Kirill Zimarin

Kirill A. Zimarin (born in January 1971)[1] is a Russian banker and businessman, and a former CEO of RCB Bank.

[citation needed] In 2003 he joined VTB Group, where he served as head of department in Vneshtorgbank (now – Bank VTB) and deputy president-chairman of the executive board of CJSC Vneshtorgbank Retail Services[6] (rebranded to VTB24 in 2006) and Head of Investment Banking Division.

[9] Since 2011, Zimarin has been a member of the International Affairs Steering Group of the European Banking Federation (EBF).

[5] The Steering Group monitors WTO/GATS/EU bilateral trade agreement issues, foreign legislation, in particular in the US, which affect European banks.

In December 2016, during the signing ceremony of the first EFSI agreement in Cyprus between the European Investment Fund and RCB Bank Ltd, Zimarin stated: “The role of the banking system in Cyprus is to provide the much needed liquidity to healthy businesses that want to materialize their investment and growth plans.