Boris Dyakonov

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Boris Dyakonov
Born (1977-03-02) March 2, 1977 (age 47)
Occupation(s)Co-founder and director of ANNA money

Boris Dyakonov (Russian: Борис Петрович Дьяконов), born March 2, 1977, Yekaterinburg, USSR, is a former Russian banker, the co-founder and ex-director of the “Tochka” bank for entrepreneurs. Co-founder and director for ANNA money, UK based fintech startup.[1] Before that he headed Bank24.ru [ru].

Biography[edit]

Education[edit]

Boris Dyakonov was born in Yekaterinburg (in Soviet times — Sverdlovsk) and got into the Faculty of Philosophy of the Ural State University. Then he went on to study at Centenary College of Louisiana, from which he graduated with honors in 1998 (Bachelor of Arts).[2][3]

In 2000 he graduated from the Moscow State Social University with honors. In 2001, Dyakonov received Candidate of Sciences in pedagogy.[2] Later he became an associate professor at the Ural Federal University.[4]

In 2003, Boris Dyakonov was certified by the International Project Management Association [de] (IPMA) and the National Project Management Association (SOVNET) and became a Certified Project Manager (CPM) managing projects of “B” Level.[2]

In 2004 he passed the exam at the courses of the leading auditor of the quality management systems ISO 9001:2000 (IRCA).[2]

Career[edit]

In 1998, Boris Dyakonov began working at the bank Severnaya Kazna [ru]. Until 2002 he worked as an Internet technologies engineer, a head of the information system support department and then as a head of the innovative technologies department.[2]

In October 2002, he was invited by Sergei Lapshin, the founder of UralContactBank (the future Bank24.ru [ru]), to become a co-owner of the bank. Later he got promoted to the position of the first deputy chairman of the bank.[4][5][3] When the 99.5% of the “Bank24.ru” shares were sold to the Life financial group [ru] in December 2008, Dyakonov owned 20% of the bank.[6] Boris Dyakonov continued to work on the board of directors after the acquisition, and in February 2014 he was appointed as an executive director of the bank.[7][8][4]

Together with Eduard Panteleev, Boris Dyakonov co-ordinated numerous projects of “Bank24.ru”: the change and modernization of the bank's information system, entering Visa membership, creation of its own card processing, modernization and the launch of the contact center, creation of a management quality system, the integration of the project management system into the bank's activities, the launch of the loan service program and the entrepreneur-oriented intra-bank start-up "Knopka", etc.[2][4][3]

After the bank's license was revoked in September 2014 and all its obligations to clients were closed, Boris Dyakonov moved to the position of senior vice president of the Khanty-Mansiysk bank “Otkrytie”. Dyakonov took the whole Bank24.ru team of 350 employees to the new bank and started to create a service for small businesses under the brand name Tochka (Russian: ТочкаPoint). It was launched in early 2015. For his efforts to preserve the clients’ funds and the bank's team, Boris Dyakonov received the Bank of the Year Award of the Banki.ru [ru] portal in the nomination “Banker of the Year”.[9][10] In 2017, the bank "Tochka" became the leader of the banking rating of Markswebb Rank & Report in three categories — "Bank for self-employed entrepreneurs without employees", "Bank for Trade and Service Companies" and "Bank for companies engaged in foreign trade activities".[11] As of early 2017, the bank's net promoter score was 72.4%, the best rate among Russian banks.[12]

In September 2017, it became known that Eduard Panteleyev, together with Boris Dyakonov and a team of technology entrepreneurs, plan to launch a project called Anna, aimed at entrepreneurs in the UK, in 2018.[13]

Hobbies[edit]

Boris Dyakonov is fond of yachting, swimming, and life hacking. He is an instructor and master mariner.[14][15]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "PayTech Awards winners: where are they now? ANNA – Best Corporate Payments Initiative". Fintech Futures. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Finparty.ru — биография Бориса Дьяконова" [Finparty.ru - the biography of Boris Dyakonov.] (in Russian). Finparty.ru. Archived from the original on 2017-10-27. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  3. ^ a b c "Борис Дьяконов: "Компании редко говорят — мы лишь толпа старающихся болванов"" [Boris Dyakonov: "Companies rarely say that we are only a crowd of trying idiots."] (in Russian). The Firm's Secret. 2016-04-26. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  4. ^ a b c d "У руля "Банка24.ру" встал капитан дальнего плавания Борис Дьяконов" [At the helm of "Bank24.ru" is a master mariner Boris Dyakonov] (in Russian). Finnews.ru. 2014-02-18. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  5. ^ Alexey Skorik (2017-10-25). ""Самое правильное решение в жизни!" — 7 предпринимателей, которые кардинально сменили профессию" ["The best decision in life!" - 7 entrepreneurs who radically changed their profession] (in Russian). Rusbase. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  6. ^ "Группа "Лайф" приобрела 99,5% акций Банка24.ру. Чтобы не согласовывать сделку, пакеты расписали по топ-менеджерам" [Life Group acquired 99.5% of Bank24.ru shares. In order not to coordinate the deal, the shares were distributed among top-managers] (in Russian). Finnews.ru. 2008-12-08. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  7. ^ Veronica Soshina (2009-06-01). "Продав бизнес, акционеры остаются у разбитого корыта" [Having sold the business, shareholders end up with nothing] (in Russian). Banking Review. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  8. ^ Oksana Lutkova (2014-02-17). "Два известных уральских банкира официально "разошлись". Борис Дьяконов стал главой Банка24.ру, Сергей Лапшин ушел на рудники" [Two famous Ural bankers officially split up. Boris Dyakonov became the head of Bank24.ru, Sergei Lapshin went to the mines] (in Russian). Znak.com. Archived from the original on 2017-10-27. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  9. ^ "«Банкиром года — 2014» признан экс-глава Банка24.ру Борис Дьяконов" ["Banker of the Year - 2014" is the ex-head of the Bank24.ru Boris Dyakonov] (in Russian). Банки.ру. 2015-02-16. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  10. ^ Valeria Zhitkova (2016-10-04). "Бизнес-демократия: как работают российские компании без начальников" [Business democracy: how Russian companies work without bosses] (in Russian). RBC. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  11. ^ "Банк "Точка" стал лидером рейтинга Markswebb Rank & Report" ["Tochka" Bank became the leader of the Markswebb Rank & Report rating] (in Russian). BFM.ru. 2017-08-03. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  12. ^ "NPS банка для предпринимателей Точка в несколько раз превысил российские и зарубежные нормы" [NPS of “Tochka” bank for entrepreneurs exceeded the Russian and foreign standards several times] (in Russian). Sibbanks.ru. 2017-01-23. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  13. ^ Albert Khabibrakhimov (2017-09-12). "Выходцы из "Точки" и "Альфа-банка" запустят финансового помощника для предпринимателей в Великобритании" [The people from the "Tochka" and "Alfa-Bank" will launch a financial assistant for entrepreneurs in the UK] (in Russian). VC.ru. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  14. ^ Alexander Reznikov (2015-08-03). "Борис Дьяконов: "Хороший капитан — это тот, кто утопил корабль"" [Boris Dyakonov: "A good captain is the one who drowned the ship."] (in Russian). Continent Siberia Online. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  15. ^ Nikita Evdokimov (2017-10-02). "Какие Telegram-каналы читают российские предприниматели и руководители" [What Telegram channels are read by Russian entrepreneurs and managers?] (in Russian). VC.ru. Retrieved 2017-10-25.