Boris Romanovich Rotenberg the Soviet Union. In 1992, he became a professional judo trainer in Helsinki. In 1998, he returned to St. Petersburg. In 2001, he and his brother founded the SMP bank, which operates in 40 Russian cities with over 100 branches, more than half of them in the Moscow area. SMP oversees the operation of more than 900 ATM-machines. Based on his friendship with Vladimir Putin, his company became closely aligned with Gazprom. Mr. Rotenberg is a member of the St. Petersburg Connection, a powerful energy lobby under the leadership of Mr. Putin. He was involved in 20 construction projects for
Igor Rotenberg Organizational Structures. Since 2006, he is the owner and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Moscow-based NPV Engineering Group. Since 2008, he is the Vice-President of the design bureau CB "Northern Sea Route" (). Since 2010, he is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Mosenergo Heat and Power Company. Since 2011, he is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of (Burgaz). In 2015, Arkady Rotenberg sold his son Igor Rotenberg a number of assets including up to 79% of Gazprom Drilling (Bureniye), 28% of the road contruction company Mostotrest, and 33.3% of Jersey-based TPS