Boris Dyakonov

Boris Dyakonov , born March 2, 1977, Yekaterinburg, USSR, is a former Russian banker, the co-founder and ex-director of the “Tochka” bank for entrepreneurs. Co-founder and director for ANNA money, UK based fintech startup. Before that he headed .

Biography Education Boris Dyakonov was born in Yekaterinburg (in Soviet times — Sverdlovsk) and got into the Faculty of Philosophy of the Ural State University. Then he went on to study at Centenary College of Louisiana, from which he graduated with honors in 1998 (Bachelor of Arts).

In 2000 he graduated from the Moscow State Social University with honors. In 2001, Dyakonov received Candidate of Sciences in pedagogy. Boris Dyakonov continued to work on the board of directors after the acquisition, and in February 2014 he was appointed as an executive director of the bank. In 2017, the bank "Tochka" became the leader of the banking rating of Markswebb Rank & Report in three categories — "Bank for self-employed entrepreneurs without employees", "Bank for Trade and Service Companies" and "Bank for companies engaged in foreign trade activities". As of early 2017, the bank's net promoter score was 72.4%, the best rate among Russian banks.

In 2017, Boris Dyakonov together with banked and investor Eduard Panteleyev launched an UK-based neobank Anna.

Hobbies Boris Dyakonov is fond of yachting, swimming, and life hacking. He is an instructor and master mariner.