Ursa Bank: hot on the heels of the leader

In Russia, members of the business elite are just as likely to appear in the gossip columns as they are in the business sections of the nation’s newspapers.

Igor Kim, Ursa Bank: not a celebrity or movie star, just an ambitious and successful banker

In such a context, Igor Kim, chairman of leading regional banking player Ursa Bank, cuts a refreshingly modest and unassuming figure. “I’m not a celebrity, I’m not a movie star,” he says, adding that he hasn’t even been to Monaco, let alone owns apartments or a fleet of yachts there.