Dmitry Orlov

Dmitry Lvovich Orlov (in ; 1943–2014) was a Russian banker who was the founder, main shareholder and Chairman of Vozrozhdenie Bank.

Early life and education In 1968, he graduated from the Moscow Institute of Finance.

Career In the 1970s, Orlov started work as a senior credit inspector in the Krasnogorsk department of State bank of the Soviet Union.

In 1987, he became the head of the Moscow Regional Department of the Soviet Union's Agroprombank. Also, in 1987, Dmitry became the head of the Moscow Regional Department of the Agroprombank of the USSR. When corporatizing in 1991, Vozrozhdenie Bank appeared on the basis of management. By the mid-1990s, after privatization and several additional issues, Dmitry collected a blocking stake and began to build a classic commercial bank. The strategy was conservative: settlement services, loans, and deposits for medium and small enterprises and their employees.

From 1991 to June 2012, he headed the Vozrozhdenie Bank, holding the position of Chairman of the Management Board of the bank.

Later life and death In his later life Dmitry was a member of the Banking Council under the Government of the Russian Federation, a member of the Advisory Board of the Association of Banks of Russia, a member of Russia's Economic Council, and the chairman of the board of trustees of the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation. Dmitry was referred to as the Patriarch of the Russian banking market.

Dmitry Orlov died on December 5, 2014.

Recognition Honored Economist of the Russian Federation (September 23, 2002). He was recognized as the Best Banking Chairman of the Board, Russia 2014 by Global Banking & Finance Review information portal.