Payment transfer solutions

Hans is responsible for consolidation of the Key Account Management function in SCHNEIDER GROUP to further improve client services. He is running the project management office, supporting the execution of internal group-wide projects in order to enhance competitiveness and service provision. Hans has brought with him 20 years of hands-on consulting expertise in Russia. Most recently working as Director International Business for 1C-Wise Advice in Moscow, he previously held executive positions at Accountor Russia and Ernst & Young (CIS) B.V. He has in-depth knowledge in project management, marketing, financial strategy, and business development. He holds a university degree in Economics and Commerce from the University of Mannheim (Germany) and from the Ecole Supérieure des Sciences d'Economie et de Commerce in Paris. He holds an MBA from the University of Oregon (the USA). Hans speaks English, German, French, and Russian.

Sofia joined SCHNEIDER GROUP in 2017 as an intern in the business development department under the DAAD trainee programme. She was preparing contracts and assisting colleagues. After six months Sofia was already permanently employed as junior project manager. She moved from pure contractual tasks to full-time business development and started to manage client projects independently. Two years later, Sofia was promoted to team lead business development, supervising the team responsible for processing of incoming requests and in 2022 – to the head of business development. Sofia graduated from Justus Liebig University (Giessen, Germany) specializing in modern foreign languages, cultures and economy. Sofia speaks English, German, French and Russian,

Vlasta joined SCHNEIDER GROUP in 2012 as head of the legal department. She provided legal support to SCHNEIDER GROUP’s Russian and international clients, and also was responsible for internal legal support.   In 2020, Vlasta was appointed to the position General Counsel. Besides legal advice, she is involved in projects on legal services automation and provides legal support for in-house developed IT solutions. She provides methodological support for the development of online platform for electronic HR records management - Client Login. Vlasta advises the product development team and the company's clients on legally-valid electronic labour document management. Vlasta graduated from the Krasnoyarsk State University, Department of Comparative Law, with a degree in Law and studied at the University of Greifswald in Germany. She speaks Russian, German, and English.