By Jason Corcoran in Moscow
VTB Capital, the investment banking subsidiary of the state-controlled VTB Bank, has swooped to hire one of the most senior bankers from Nomura Bank in Moscow.
Caroline Gibault, a managing director and head of equity derivatives at Nomura, is understood to have quite the Japanese bank to take up a similar role at VTB.
Both VTB and Nomura were unavailable for comment but sources close to both banks confirmed the move.
Gibault relocated to Moscow from London a little over a year ago to set up equity derivatives and financing at Lehman Brothers. When the US bank collapsed, Nomura acquired Lehman’s European and Asian operations and Gibualt and others in Moscow were moved to a combined platform.
Gibault spent over 13 years at Lehman and was latterly co-head of France and Benelux equity derivative teams in London before moving to Russia.
VTB Capital, which has over 500 personnel since launching a year ago, has recently plundered teams of bankers from Morgan Stanley, ING, Dresdner Kleinwort and Troika Dialog. The bank is currently hiring for multiple positions in its investment hubs in Moscow, London, Singapore and Dubai.
