Zurab Tsikhistavi - Chairman of Supervisory Board. Graduated from Moscow State University (MSU) and Institute of Humanitarian Economic with a specialty of Economist. He is a holder of scientific degree in Physics and Mathematics and is one of the founders and the second largest owner of the bank. Mr. Tsikistavi has many years of professional experience in banking and financial sector. Mr. Tsikistavi has also worked as an Assistant Professor at Tbilisi State University and a Senior Lecturer at Moscow State University. Since JSC Basisbank’s establishment he has held leading executive positions in the bank.
Zhang Jun - Executive Chairman of Supervisory Board. Graduated from MBA. Since 2010 he has been Deputy General Manager taking charge of finance and foreign investments in Xinjiang Hualing Trade and Industry (Group) Co., Ltd. From January 1998 to October 2010 he worked as Sales Department General Manager, Assistant of Board Chairman, HR Director in Urumqi City Commercial Bank. From December 1992 to December 1997 he was Deputy Director in Chengxin Credit Union of Urumqi. Mr. Zhang worked in the Urumqi Branch of Peoples Bank of China, responsible for banking supervision, and worked in Urumqi City Commercial Bank and other financial institutions for many years and held senior management positions. He has a vast practical experience in the operation and management of commercial banks, and therefore has profound and clear thought about the strategic development of small and medium-sized commercial banks.
Zhou Ning - Member of Supervisory Board graduated from MBA at the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, North Carolina, USA; MS in Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Virginia, USA; BS in Engineering at the University of Science and Technology of China, China;
Since 2005 he has been working as Managing Director by Tuhong International. Mr. Zhou has executed a number of private placement transactions and other financial advisory projects: UCCB’s (Urumqi City Commercial Bank) private placement to domestic investors, Bank of Deyang’s private placement to an international strategic investor, Yantai Bank’s private placement to Hang Seng Bank (strategic investor) and Wing Lung Bank (financial investor), Xiamen Bank’s private placement to Hong Kong Fubon Bank (strategic investor), and Bank of Tianjin’s private placement to ANZ Bank (strategic investor).
Currently Mr. Zhou is executing several (including one rural commercial bank’s) financial restructuring, private placement. Mr. Zhou has a deep understanding of strategy and business development of domestic and foreign small and medium banks.
Mr Zhou is also a principal member in the expert panel of Certification of China Banking Professional by China Banking Association, participating in the design of certifications and examination syllabus, and the preparation of examination materials.
Mi Zaiqi - Member of Supervisory Board. Graduated from Business Administration, at the University of California, USA and Business Administration at Singapore Association of Small and Medium Enterprises, Singapore; Since 2011 he has been working as Deputy director of GM Office in Xinjiang Hualing Trade and Industry（Group）Co., Ltd. and Director of GM Office in Georgia Branch Office of Xinjiang Hualing Trade and Industry（Group）Co., Ltd. From June 2010 to September 2011 he worked as an assistant to GM in Xinjiang Hualing Real Estate Development Co.,Ltd. From October 2005 to October 2006 he worked as an assistant to GM in Xinjiang Hualing Grand Hotel Co., Ltd.
Sabina Dziurman - Member of Supervisory board, EBRD Representative. Graduated from London Business School- MBA, Bedford College, London University BSc (Hons). Ms Dziurman has a solid track record in Former Soviet Union, Credit Line Management, SME Development, Institutional Development, Business Development, and Bank Training. Currently she is a Senior Banker at EBRD with the bank equity team responsible for developing and monitoring business in Central Asia, Caucasus, Moldova and Romania and is Basisbank’s Member of Supervisory Board. Prior to current positions Ms. Dziurman has worked on various development projects in Central Europe Trust Co LTD; EBRD, Tashkent, Uzbekistan; EBRD, Moscow, Russia; Sema Group Ashgabad, Turkmenistan; Know How Fund, Ashgabad, Turkmenistan; DFID, Brussels, Belgium; Enterplan International, Yerevan, Armenia; DFID, Chisinau, Moldova; Bankakademie, Tashkent, Uzbekistan and IDC, Minsk, Belarus.
