Ivan Glazachev has been working in the industry of merchant acquiring and payments for more than 13 years. He spent the last 10 years at Russian Standard Bank and became a member of the Board in 2012. He served as the Executive Director responsible for acquiring department and transactional business. With his active participation, Russian Standard Bank became the third biggest player in acquiring industry in Russia and developed and implemented the biggest white label card-to-card money transfer platform, which is now used by many commercial organizations in Russia. Furthermore, the Bank relaunched its mobile and online banking solution. Ivan holds an MBA in investment and corporate finance from Toronto’s Schulich School of Business at York University and a bachelor’s degree in international economics from Moscow State University of Commerce.