(Adnkronos) – Former Russian Deputy Prime Minister and government chief of staff Dmitry Grigorenko has been appointed Vice President of Sberbank with responsibility for strategic initiatives including AI, the public bank announced after Vladimir Putin’s decree confirming government changes following last month’s elections. Irina Okladnikova has been appointed to replace Grigorenko, a trusted associate of Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, for whom she served as deputy at the Federal Tax Service. Sberbank, along with Yandex, is the main player in Russia for the development of Artificial Intelligence systems.
Russia, former deputy prime minister and government chief of staff appointed Sberbank vice president with responsibility for AI