Yevgeny Savelyev will become the new CEO of Sports Lotteries

Evgeny Savelyev will take the position of General Director of Sports Lotteries LLC (works under the National Gallery brand, 48.4% belongs to VTB) instead of Mikhail Volkov, who switched to Russian Post. This was reported in the press service of the company, transmits RBC.

Sports Lotteries expect that his appointment will lead to increased “promotion of the lottery business in Russia.” In his new position, Savelyev will be involved in the systemic development of Sports Lotteries, the launch and sale of new products and services, and will also expand the company’s participation in Russian sports events.

Savelyev graduated from the Financial Academy under the Government of Russia, and also received an Executive MBA from the French business school INSEAD. It is specified that Savelyev joined VTB in 2010 as a vice president and worked at VTB Capital, where he was responsible for the development of large investment projects. For the last two years he has been involved in launching new digital projects.

In this post, Savelyev will replace Volkov, who the day before, on January 11, was appointed to the post of General Director of Russian Post instead of Maxim Akimov. The reasons for the departure of the latter from the company are not officially disclosed. According to RBC, Akimov independently accepted decision to leave the company for “personal reasons”. As Kommersant wrote, he can move to VTB for the position of senior vice president.

Volkov has been the CEO of Sports Lotteries since 2021. Prior to that, since 2017, he held the position of Deputy General Director for Operations at Russian Post, and in 2019 he became Deputy General Director for Operations and Retail.