By Ivan Anderzhanov in Moscow
Herbert Moos has taken up his new duties as chief financial officer of VTB and deputy chief executive.
A VTB official confirmed the report, according to the press service Interfax.
Moos takes over from Nikolai Tsekhomsky, who quit in September after four years in the job to take up a senior role leading Barclays retail banking operations in Russia.
A replacement for Moos as chief executive of it its European arm is expected soon.
Moos had agreed to stay on to help with a transition, according to a VTB Capital source.
He arrived at VTB Europe, now VTB Capital Plc in August 2008 from Lehman Brothers, where he had spent six years in the investment banking business in Asia.
