Alexey Ustaev

1982 – Graduated from the Tashkent Polytechnic Institute Archived 2017-02-20 at the Wayback Machine, with qualification as "Civil engineer".

1994 – Graduated from the Interdepartmental Institute of Professional Development at St. Petersburg, University of Economics and Finance, chosen field Finance and Credit, with a major specialization in "banking".

2004-2007 – Applicant seeking degree as Candidate in Economic Sciences at St. Petersburg University of Economics and Finance.

2007 – Defense of thesis on "Monitoring of Clients as a System Element of Bank Crediting", assignment of the scientific degree of Doctor of Economics.

Since 1999 - Member of the Diplomatic Club

Since 2004 - Academician of the St. Petersburg Engineering Academy

2004-2006 – President of the St. Petersburg Chess Federation

Since 2007 - President of the Association of the Chess Federations of the Northwest Federal District

The Viking bank led by Alexey Ustaev actively participates in various social programs, it provides help to socially disadvantaged segments of the population, and it supports the development of sports, science and education.

1995-2009 - payments of grants to families of disabled people who have to look after minor children, and later to families of disabled people.

Since 2004 - financial support of the Ballet Drama School of L.V. Jakobson and Orphanage No. 8 of the Vyborgsky District of St. Petersburg.

2004-2006 – Alexey Ustaev actively develops chess activities, being the president of the St. Petersburg Chess Federation.

Since 2006 – financial help to the Turner Children's Orthopedic Research Institute and to the K.K. Grota Boarding School for Blind and Visually Impaired Children.

Since 2007 - Alexey Ustaev was elected president of the Association of Chess Federations of the Northwest Federal District of Russia. The association unites chess federations from 10 regions of the Northwest and is one of the largest chess associations in Russia. With Alexey Ustaev's financial and organizational support, sporting events of various levels – from children's competitions to tournaments of veterans, the championships of Russia, large international competitions to participation of the most successful chess players are held.

Since 2008 – charitable help to Orphanage No. 6 of the Primorsky District of St. Petersburg.

Since 2009 - under the patronage of Alexey Ustaev, the Chess School Northwest Federal District successfully works with the participation of the grand masters Evgeniy Solozhenkin and Alexey Shirov.

Since 2011 Alexey Ustaev founded bank scholarships for gifted students of leading economic HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS of St. Petersburg.

Since 2011 help is given to the Regional Children's Clinical Hospital, the Volosovsky Regional Orphanage No. 1, and the shelter "Baby".

In 2011 Viking Bank represented by its chairman of the board, A.Y. Ustaev, was awarded the gratitude of the Governor of St. Petersburg, Valentina Matviyenko, for its active participation in charity and the promotion of programs benefiting children.

The main activity of Alexey Ustaev is the work within the sphere of investment financing of enterprises in the real sector of the economy.

Inside Viking Bank, Alexey Ustaev developed its own unique system of service for corporate clients – the industrial enterprises – for the purpose of protection of the business against external risks. The two-tiered model includes a professional team of experts for financial profiles working in Viking Bank and also highly specialized companies, which were especially created and attracted on the terms of outsourcing the rendering of legal, economic, tax, consulting, IT, business maintenance services, both ensuring economic safety and insurance of the enterprises, and also a bank which conducts monitoring of the borrower, not only at the stage of issuing of loans, but also during the course of implementation of the business plan in changing market conditions, for which it was organized.

This system allowed Viking Bank to introduce a new approach with the organization and regulation of the process of lending to companies. The bank refused to play a passive role as the provider of borrowed funds and became instead a full partner interested in the improvement of the financial position and expansion of the business of its clients.

The bank carries out active work for enterprises in light industry, hotel business, trade and services sectors, development sectors and other branches of the economy.