A Gala Reception Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Academic Department Bank and Investment Management

16:59, June 5, 2019

Representatives of more than 12 years of the department graduates starting from the very first attended the celebration

On May 30, 2019 the Ural Federal University main hall hosted the gala reception for graduates, staff and partners of the Academic Department of Bank and Investment Management (former Chair of Banking) celebrating 25 years since the year it was founded.

UrFU Rector Victor Koksharov opened the official part of the celebration:

“Today we celebrate an anniversary of one of the best academic departments of our university — the Academic Department of Bank and Investment Management. For the past quarter of a century, this department developed into the leading education centre for specialists working in credit and investment organization in the Big Ural and beyond. Many graduates work in international companies, making reputation for the department all over the world”.

Mikhail Khodorovskiy, Director General of the Sinara Group, Member of the Board of SKB Bank and Head of the Academic Department, delivered welcoming remarks:

“These 25 years flew by so fast. That romantic time, 1994, when the Rector Naboychenko offered me, when I was already in the banking business, to establish a chair, it still feels like a pressing task. There were risks of course, and I didn’t take the offer right away, but the market of banking education was quite empty those days, and we had to find our place in it. Today it is safe to say that the academic department is a success. Our graduates are always able to face current challenges. They acquire in-demand competencies to work in an aggressive competitive environment. They learn to apply virtual communication means in the global space, to create and transform viable business structures, introduce new products to the market and lead their own investment businesses”.

Representatives of the government authorities, UrFU and GSEM leadership congratulated the department at the reception. Top managers of financial and banking organizations in Ekaterinburg, such as Ural Branch of the Russian Central Bank, Ural Bank of Sperbank, Otkrytie Bank and Raiffeisenbank also gave their regards, along with colleagues from other departments and graduates. Together with graduates and staff of the academic department, a photo display was assembles showing archive documents and photos, which was then passed to the staff members to be posted in the hallways of the School.

The anniversary of the Academic Department of Bank and Investment Management will be commemorated with a series of special events planned by the department staff members, including communication platforms for business and academia, open lectures by successful graduates and field trips to partner companies.