Sarkis Atanesov

Sarkis Atanesov is an experienced product leader currently serving as the Chief Product Officer at Yandex since July 2022. Prior to this role, Sarkis held key positions such as Head of Product at Банк Точка and МТС, where responsibilities included product strategy development, lifecycle management, financial modeling, team organization, and product implementation for legal entities. Sarkis also served as Head of Product at Alfa-Bank, leading the strategy for digital product development and overseeing a range of products from ideation to execution. Earlier career experience includes roles as a Product Owner and Service Product Manager at Raiffeisen Bank Russia, focusing on remote service channels and cross-functional team leadership. Sarkis holds a degree from the Russian State Technological University named after K.E. Tsiolkovsky.