The National Depository Center (NDC), Russia's only settlement depository servicing the full range of Russian securities, announced today that Anatoly Chekmarev has been appointed NDC's Director responsible for technologies.
Mr. Chekmarev is a graduate of Moscow State Institute of Electronics and Mathematics (Technical University) with a specialty in computer engineering and technologies. In 1999 he graduated from Financial Academy under the Government of Russian Federation with a specialty in Global Economics. Mr. Chekmarev was employed by Gazprombank OJSC (now GPB OJSC) as Head of the Department for Management of Treasury Operations and Head of the Treasury Operations Department from 2005-2007. From 2003-2005 he worked at Vneshtorgbank OJSC as Advisor to the IT Systems Management Department and to the Department for Formalization, Accounting and Control of Bank Operations. Prior to this, Mr. Chekmarev was employed in various IT positions at MICEX, Bank of Russia, Aeroflot, Hewlett Packard and RTS.
In 2004, Mr. Chekmarev was appointed a lecturer at the Banking Institute of the Higher School of Economics. He holds a certificate for broker-dealer operations and for securities management. Mr. Chekmarev speaks fluent English.
He is married and has two children.
About NDC
Not-for-Profit Partnership “The National Depository Center” is the largest settlement depository in Russia, servicing the full range of equity securities of Russian issuers. It services 100% of transactions conducted in the federal bond and the Bank of Russia bond markets, 95% conducted in the corporate and regional bond markets, and 90% of stock exchange share transactions. NDC provides storage of global certificates and depository accounting for 99% of corporate bond issues, and 95% of sub-federal and municipal bond issues. The international rating agency Thomas Murray has assigned NDC an A+ rating as a central depository. For the first nine months of 2007 the value of assets in storage was more than RUR4 trillion, securities turnover was more than RUR40 trillion. NDC is the largest paying agent on behalf of corporate bond issuers. It is Russia's national numerating agency, the substituting numerating agency for the CIS, authorized to assign the international ISIN and CFI indexes. It is also a member of the international accounting infrastructure, providing settlements on the global financial markets using direct accounts at Clearstream Banking S.A. and Euroclear Bank. It also holds accounts at the Central Depository of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the NDC of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Among NDC’s founders are MICEX and Bank of Russia (the founders’ shares in the property are 46.7% and 39.3% respectively, and in the votes 50.2% and 42.3% respectively). Members include GPB OJSC, Evrofinans Mosnarbank, Rosbank, VTB Bank (Vneshtorgbank), Bank of Moscow, Rossiysky Credit Bank, Vneshekonombank, ING Bank Eurasia, JP Morgan Bank International LLC, International Moscow Bank, Deutsche Bank, and Sberbank of Russia. The Partnership also has a stake in Depositary Clearing Company CJSC (36.96 %) and in Settlement Depository Company CJSC (29%).
For further information about NDC: www.ndc.ru, or NDC Public Affaires Department: +7 495 232 0910, .