Sberbank hires ING researcher as FX and rates chief strategist

By Andrei Skvarsky.

Sberbank has hired Tom Levinson from ING as chief strategist for foreign exchange and rates at Sberbank CIB, the investment arm of Russia’s number-one lender.

Levinson has spent 13 years in his London-based role at ING, including eight years in forex strategy with more than four years as head of strategy for the G10.

In his Sberbank CIB job, he will be based in Moscow and report to head of fixed income research Alexander Kudrin, Sberbank said in a statement.