Subsidiary Bank Sberbank of Russia receives award for effective support of Kazakhstan's economy according to rating "Expert-200-Kazakhstan" for 2013

/KASE, November 14, 14/ – Subsidiary Bank "Sberbank of Russia" JSC (Almaty), whose bonds are officially listed on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), has provided KASE with the following press-release: quote The ceremony took place in the framework of the VI National Business Economic Forum "Expert-200-Kazakhstan" in Astana. The award "For effective support of the Kazakhstan’s economy" was presented to the Chairman of the Management Board of SB Sberbank JSC Alexander Kamalov according to the results of rating of "Expert-200-Kazakhstan" for 2013. The forum was attended by Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Karim Massimov, Minister of National Economy of RK Yerbolat Dosayev, Deputy Chairman of the Management Board for International Business of Sberbank of Russia OJSC Sergei Gorkov, Chairman of the Management Board of SB Sberbank JSC Alexander Kamalov, representatives of national holdings, banks, large private companies, experts and analysts. This year, the main theme of the forum was the reform of public administration. Panel members discussed the key issues of interaction between business and the state, prospects of cooperation in the framework of implementation of economic development policy of Kazakhstan. Speaking about the reforms, Deputy Chairman of the Management Board for International Business of Sberbank of Russia OJSC Sergei Gorkov said that this theme is closed to Sberbank: "New technologies, team and new values have allowed us to transform into a modern financial institution with the latest technology just for 6 years from" old Soviet primus", as journalists display technical state of bank. Today, the Sberbank group operates in 22 countries and serves more than 10 million customers." Today Sberbank is one of the key investors and supports strategically important projects for the development of Kazakhstan's economy. "Today's forum raised the important issue of interaction between business and government, perspectives of their cooperation. Over 7 years of work in Kazakhstan, we see dramatic changes. Only in the last six months, we took part in the four regional forums, where signed several agreements with akimats. We see the interest of regional authorities to attract investment. All this allows us to implement large-scale projects that make a significant contribution to the economic development of the country", - said the Chairman of the Management Board of SB Sberbank JSC Alexander Kamalov. SB Sberbank JSC is a regular participant and general partner of the Forum "Expert-200-Kazakhstan". unquote [2014-11-14]