23.01.14

Sberbank to host business breakfast at World Economic Forum on Friday, 24th

23 January 2014, Davos (Switzerland) - Tomorrow, on January 24th, as the part of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Sberbank will host a business breakfast "State institutions or a strong government: what is more important for economic growth?"

The event will be moderated by Herman Gref, CEO and Chairman of the Management Board, Sberbank of Russia. The business breakfast will be attended by members of the Government of the Russian Federation, top Russian business executives, prominent representatives of global business and recognised experts from the international community.

Sberbank's breakfasts have been hosted annually since 2009 at the largest investment and economic forums around the world, including the World Economic Forum in Davos, St. Petersburg International Economic Forum and the International Investment Forum in Sochi. The event acts as a platform for discussions of the most pressing issues faced by global and Russian economies. Notably, the Sberbank's breakfast meetings which bring together business, government and society, have rightfully earned a reputation as having an unprecedented ability to facilitate heated debate between the most influential and competent people on the most pressing economic issues globally.

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Sberbank of Russia
Alexander Baziyan
Public Relations
Tel.: +7 495 957 5721
media@sberbank.ru

Sberbank of Russia is Russia's largest bank and a leading global financial institution. Sberbank holds almost one third of aggregate Russian banking sector assets, it is the key lender to the national economy and the biggest deposit taker in Russia. The Central Bank of the Russian Federation is the founder and principal shareholder of Sberbank owning 50% of the Bank's authorized capital plus one voting share, with the remaining 50% held by domestic and international investors. Sberbank has more than 110 million individual customers and 1 million corporate clients in 20 countries. Sberbank has the largest distribution network in Russia with more than 18,000 branches, and its international operations include UK, US, CIS, Central and Eastern Europe, Turkey and other countries.

The Bank holds the general banking license No.1481 issued by the Bank of Russia. The official website is www.sberbank.ru

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