Head of the Head of the Supervisory Board, Chief Executive Officer of Alfa Banking Group

Johann Jonach is the Head of Alfa Banking Group. As the Banking Group’s CEO he is in charge of subsidiary banks in Russia, Ukraine, the Netherlands, Kazakhstan and Belorussia. Alfa Banking Group’s business model is focused on the most lucrative and dynamically developing segments, investing in high-tech operating platforms and highly skilled personnel.

From January 1997 till December 1998, Johann Jonach worked as President of Alfa Capital Ukraine.

Before joining Alfa-Bank in October 2008, he played a significant role in Raiffeisen Group’s successful development in Eastern Europe and worked in many countries of the region.

In 1999 Mr. Jonach became member of the Managing Board of Raiffeisenbank Ukraine, where he was responsible for corporate banking.

For the following three years (2000-2002), Mr. Jonach worked as Chairman of the Board of Raiffeisen Bank Bulgaria. Under his leadership, the Bulgarian bank grew significantly in all spheres of activities and the branch network reached 34 offices across the country.

From 2003 to 2005 Mr. Jonach worked in Ukraine as Deputy Chairman of the Managing Board of Raiffeisenbank Ukraine and took over as Chairman of the Managing Board of ZAO Raiffeisenbank, the Russian subsidiary of Raiffeisen International Bank-Holding AG (Raiffeisen International) in the beginning of 2006.

Under his leadership ZAO Raiffeisenbank became the biggest foreign owned bank in Russia, ranked 7th by assets (as of July 2008).

Mr. Jonach graduated from the University of Economics, Vienna with an MBA in International Trade.

He is a fluent Russian speaker; he also speaks German, English, Bulgarian and Spanish. He is married and has two children.