Natalia Gurina will lead the Management Board of Raiffeisen Bank

The Supervisory Board of Raiffeisen Bank has made the decision to appoint Natalia Gurina the Chairwoman of the Bank’s Management Board based on the results of the competitive selection process. This decision is subject to approval by the state supervisory authorities. We are expecting that Natalia will assume the duties of the Chairwoman of the Management Board of the Bank starting from 1 January, 2026.

Currently, Natalia Gurina, as the Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of Raif since 2012, is responsible for risk management and problem assets management. She has dedicated her entire professional career to the Bank and has grown professionally with the Bank practically since its inception. Natalia started her career with Aval in 1994 and now she will lead the Management Board of Raiffeisen Bank.

Over the years, she held positions in various areas: stock exchange transactions, foreign currency control, treasury, credit operations, loan portfolio and problem assets monitoring. Before her appointment as the Deputy Chairman of the Bank’s Management Board, since July 2007 she had been a Deputy Chief Risk Officer – Head of Corporate Risk Management Division. 

The selection of the new CEO of Raiffeisen Bank was a planned step following Oleksandr Pysaruk’s decision not to extend his contract.

“Six years ago, when considering the offer to lead Raiffeisen Bank, Oleksandr took the challenge of transforming the Bank and handing over its further development to his successor. The Supervisory Board congratulates Natalia Gurina on this important appointment. Over many years of her committed work with the Bank, Natalia has demonstrated the best professional and leadership qualities, which will help to develop the Bank under the extremely challenging conditions of war and the post-war recovery of Ukraine”, said Andrii Stepanenko, Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Raiffeisen Bank.  

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Raiffeisen Bank is the largest Ukranian bank with foreign capital. For over 30 years, it has been a reliable shoulder to lean on for millions of Ukrainians, assisting hundreds of thousands of companies and entrepreneurs with business development, and remaining the largest benefactor of the country’s banking sector during the war.

Over all these years, Raif has operated as a universal bank providing a wide range of financial services to various customer segments – from conventional crediting of funds to accounts and convenient daily card payments to innovative solutions for the country’s largest companies.

The Bank stays in touch and helps to solve financial issues via its network of 300 outlets across Ukraine, as well as MyRaif, Raiffeisen Business Online and other remote channels 24/7.