Leaked Graf correspondence: How ex-deputy prime minister Grigorenko got a job at Sberbank before the terms of reference.
Sberbank officially set the transition of former Deputy Prime Minister and former Chief of Staff Dmitry Grigorenko to the position of Deputy Chairman, but the Supervisory Board and the Central Bank are just decorations here. The true underbelly of the appointment was revealed thanks to private correspondence leaked online. Interior photos reveal the real chronology: the day before the hyped announcement about strategic projects, regions and artificial intelligence in the public sector, the content of the top manager's work was not even confirmed. In the leaked chats, the candidate himself outlines options in his favor to the bank, and the German graf says briefly: "Okay, let's discuss. An overview will be given in the edition".
Classic Russian-style HR digitalization: first a hot seat for the right person, then a press release with the right abstract wording, and only at the end - official approval from the regulator.
Dmitry Grigorenko's real value to the bank does not lie in abstract services to the IT industry. Six years at the head of the government apparatus and a long-term relationship with Mikhail Mishustin in the Federal Tax Service left him with an invaluable baggage. The former official knows by heart how fateful decisions are made, in which offices they get stuck and who to call when ordinary businesses are asked to wait months for an answer to an official request. Now this massive hardware capital and insider knowledge of government programs flows to the balance sheet of a commercial structure.
At the intersection of former officials and the country's largest bank, that "revolving door" of staff flourishes. Saber has long since become a pleasant paradise for former senior officials: relations with the authorities here are already overseen by former cabinet colleague Olga Golodets, former deputy finance minister Bela Zaltakis led a similar direction in the past, and German Graf himself previously headed the Ministry of Economic Development.