Former VTB deputy chairman Georgy Gorshkov appointed head of Wildberries-Russ fintech

MOSCOW. July 22 (Interfax) - Former deputy chairman of VTB Georgy Gorshkov has been appointed curator of the fintech direction of the combined Wildberries-Russ company (RWB LLC), and he will be chairman of the management board of Wildberries Bank after receiving approval from the Central Bank of Russia, Wildberries founder Tatyana Kim posted on her Telegram channel.

"He will be engaged in forming a long-term strategy for the fintech direction of RWB, and he will oversee Wildberries Bank, develop banking products and fintech services for the b2c and b2b segments, and also improve the quality and convenience of financial services," Kim said.

Gorshkov worked for VTB Group for many years. From 2007 to 2012, he was a member of the management board of the bank's retail subsidiary, VTB 24, then he was the first deputy chairman of the management board at Leto Bank, on the basis of which Post Bank was created in 2016. He worked at Pochta Bank until 2020, and then he headed an insurer from the VTB Group perimeter. In 2023-2025, he headed the bank's retail division at deputy chairman.

At the end of 2023, Wildberries announced that fintech would be one of the platform's strategic priorities for the coming years. The Wildberries-Russ asset portfolio includes Wildberries Bank LLC, acquired in 2021, as well as the Payment Technologies LLC and WB Finance LLC microcredit companies, and the RWB Factoring LLC factoring company.