He stayed in Ukraine after the full-scale invasion began in 2022. According to Dupuch, it was the experience managing the bank during the pandemic that helped him to keep serving Ukrsibbank’s 2 million customers during Russia’s war. Ukrsibbank, a subsidiary of the French BNP Paribas bank, is Ukraine’s second-largest among foreign banks in the country after the Austrian Raiffeisen Bank. It’s the 7th largest bank among all Ukrainian banks. The bank never stopped banking operations after Russia invaded. It currently operates more than 200 branches and more than 700 ATMs and ensures the uninterrupted operation of all its programs and digital services.Laurent Dupuch, CEO of Ukrsibbank BNP Paribas Group. (Ukrsibbank press service)Dupuch told the Kyiv Independent that keeping the bank running “was not a stroke of luck, but a result of our concerted efforts to get even closer to our customers.