“Do not look for a black cat in a dark room”. Shlapak told how he was persuaded to lead the “PrivatBank”
The Chairman of the Board of “PrivatBank” Oleksandr Shlapak said that Prime Minister Vladimir Groisman managed to persuade him to lead the Bank through the coincidence of interests.
He told about it in interview to “the Economic truth”.
“Until the last moment I was not a participant in the negotiations. The interim administration went to the Bank on December 17. Two days later I was invited by the Prime Minister and made an offer I could not refuse. Than convinced? Probably a total coincidence of our interests,” he said.
According to Shlapak, the Prime Minister’s interest was to save the Bank.
“Do not look for a black cat in a dark room. Especially where it is not. I like this Bank roads since I have had the privilege of working in it before, and because it is the best Bank in Ukraine. And because I am a depositor in that Bank,” he explained.
In addition Shlapak suggested that at that time he was probably the candidate who would be the most painless was able to spend a period of transformation of the Bank from private to state ownership.
“As far as I know, he said, and with the banking community, and with the National Bank, including the management of Private. He was looking for a candidate who could most effectively deal with the task. I am not a member of a political party. No one for me not to push and to offer harmful for the Bank’s decision”, – said the Chairman of “PrivatBank”.
We will remind, on the nationalization of “PrivatBank” became known late on Sunday evening, 18 December, 2016. Wednesday, December 21, the financial institution officially became a state property. The Ministry of Finance bought “PrivatBank” Deposit guarantee Fund of natural persons for a symbolic one hryvnia.
The transition period lasted for 72 hours. Monday, 19 December 2016, the head of the NBU Valeria Gontareva said that “Privat” is classified as insolvent. According to her, the Bank’s capital deficit was 116 billion UAH, and 97% of the corporate loan portfolio was distributed to companies related to shareholders. This “hole”, the state plans to close the bond issue Treasury bonds.
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