Andrey Leonidovich Kostin - representative of the financial world of the Russian Federation. He dared to assume a number of responsibilities - managing a leading bank, trusteeship of several educational institutions and sports clubs, and copes with them perfectly. Who is he and where from? How did you come to the world of economics and manage to achieve such heights in your career?
Andrey Kostin is a financier, economist, manager, doctor of sciences, a wonderful husband, father and grandfather. Few people know that in addition to the duties of the head of VTB Bank, he is a member of the Board of Trustees overseeing several Russian universities and sports organizations. The media often appear to “incriminate” his articles, but most of them are based on the speculations of journalists. So who is he - Andrei Leonidovich Kostin?
Biography and education of the head of VTB Bank Andrei Kostin
Andrei Leonidovich was born in Moscow in September 1956 in the family of an employee of the Central Committee of the CPSU. In addition to his parents, there was another son - Sergey. The boys were required not only good performance in school, but impeccable behavior, as their father's status required.
Andrei Leonidovich's father specialized in economics. Children received specialized education in the same direction. After graduating from high school, Andrei Kostin entered the Department of Foreign Economics of Moscow State University, in 1979 he successfully graduated from it and received a diploma in finances.
Andrei Leonidovich also added the Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation to his educational piggy bank, on the basis of which he defended his doctoral dissertation, and being at a fairly mature age - at 45 years old.
All of Kostin's professional activities are related to finance. For some time he was engaged in his own business, but in the end he returned to the civil service and headed one of the leading banks in the country.
Career Andrei Leonidovich Kostin
Kostin began his career immediately after graduating from Lomonosov Moscow State University. As a promising and successful student, he was sent to the USSR State Consulate in Sydney (Australia). Following his career milestones:
- Secretary in the European Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR - 1982-85,
- employee of the Russian embassy in England - 1985-90,
- First Advisor and Secretary of the European Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs - 1990-92.
In 1992, against the backdrop of changes in the country, Andrei Leonidovich left the civil service and went into business. First, he held a high post in one of the investment and financial companies, and then became deputy manager and adviser on international relations of Imperial Bank.
The knowledge of Andrei Leonidovich and his experience working abroad, the desire to give all his best to his post were highly appreciated by management. The success of the financier was noted by representatives of the Russian government. It is natural that he received an offer to engage in politics, and accepted it - in 1997, Kostin was elected to the council of the public movement "Our Home - Russia".
In addition, in 1996, Boris Yeltsin entrusted Andrei Kostin with the post of chairman of VEB (Vnesheconombank), who oversaw the work with external debts transferred from the USSR to the Russian Federation.
Head of VTB Bank and social activities
Andrei Leonidovich Kostin is successful in any professional field related to economics and finance. From 2002 to 2010, he oversaw two organizations at once - he held the post of head of Vneshtorgbank and served on the board of directors of Russian Railways (Russian Railways). But in 2010, he decided to concentrate on working at VTB (previously Vneshtorgbank).
For his professional services, Andrei Kostin was awarded several high awards, and his powers as the head of VTB Bank have been extended more than once, including by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Kostin will hold this post until 2022.
Since 2007, Andrei Leonidovich Kostin has been a member of the Supreme Council of the leading Russian party, United Russia, and is actively involved in social activities. The Board of Trustees, of which he is a member, oversees such educational institutions as Lomonosov Moscow State University and MGIMO, the legendary hockey club Dynamo.
In addition, Andrei Leonidovich takes an active part in the work of one of the foundations supporting the sport and physical development of youth of the Russian Federation. Kostin invests his own funds in sports and culture. In 2015, he made a gift to the State Museum of Pavlovsk - he bought the service of Empress Maria Fedorovna at an international auction and handed it over to the museum.
