By Andrei Skvarsky. Investment bank Renaissance Capital has announced three hires – two for technology-related research positions in its Africa operation and one for a London-based role of overseeing the firm’s relations with key institutional and retail clients. Yusuf Ibrahim has been hired as an analyst for venture investment in private-sector technology companies in Africa, including… Continue Reading
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Julius Baer announces staff moves for Swiss market, makes hires for Moscow investment unit
By Andrei Skvarsky. Swiss bank Julius Baer has announced staff moves in its central management in Switzerland and made hires for its Moscow-based investment consultancy for Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Gilles Stuck, today’s head of structured finance, will be in charge of the Zurich-headquartered bank’s entire Switzerland business with effect from… Continue Reading
World Bank appoints David Knight lead economist for Russia
The World Bank has appointed David Knight, earlier a senior economist for the international bank and an adviser in the British and Sierra Leonean governments, as the lead economist for Russia with effect from September 1, 2021. Before his current appointment, Knight, who will be based in Moscow, was the World Bank’s senior economist for… Continue Reading
RenCap hires Boris Sinitsyn as global metals and mining analyst
Emerging and frontier markets investment bank Renaissance Capital has hired Boris Sinitsyn from VTB Capital as analyst for metals and mining to cover the firm’s M&M business in all its markets. Sinitsyn will be based in Moscow and report to Daniel Salter, global head of equity strategy and head of research for Eurasia, RenCap said… Continue Reading
Alessandra Galloni appointed Reuters editor-in-chief as Steve Adler is going
Alessandra Galloni has been appointed editor-in-chief of Reuters to replace Steve Adler, who retires at the end of April, Reuters president Michael Friedenberg said in a statement. Galloni, previously global managing editor at Reuters, will oversee 2,500 journalists in 200 locations around the world. Before joining Reuters in 2013 as editor of the Southern Europe… Continue Reading
EM communications firm & investment consultancy hires Anna Vasilenko as CEO, appoints Tom Blackwell chairman
Anna Vasilenko, an ex-head of primary markets at the Moscow Exchange, has been hired as chief executive officer of emerging markets communications firm and investment consultancy EM to replace Tom Blackwell, who is moving to the newly created role as chairman of the EM management board. Before joining the Moscow Exchange, Vasilenko had worked at… Continue Reading
Olga Turischeva hired from VC firm to head Sber University
Sberbank Corporate University (Sber University), an institution belonging to Russia’s biggest lender Sberbank, has a new rector, Olga Turischeva, who has been hired from Russian venture capital firm RTP Global, the bank said in a statement. Turischeva’s record includes jobs at Russia’s search engine Rambler, consumer electronic retail chain M.video and telecommunications company Vimpelcom. Sber… Continue Reading
Guernsey Finance rep to promote Guernsey financial services in S. Africa
Guernsey Finance, a public-private agency for the promotion of Guernsey’s financial services industry, has appointed its first dedicated representative to South Africa, giving the role to Grant McLeod, who has had a long career in the African country’s financial sector. McLeod’s duties will include promoting the Channel island’s financial industry not only in South Africa… Continue Reading
Swiss bank Julius Baer hires six relationship managers for Hispanic America business
By Andrei Skvarsky. Swiss bank Julius Baer has hired six relationship managers for its Hispanic America operation, with five of the newcomers joining from Zurich-based bulge bracket bank Credit Suisse and two having worked at Spanish lender BBVA. All six are due to take their jobs on February 1 and will be based in Zurich,… Continue Reading
Sberbank media chief Dobrokhvalova to simultaneously head Rambler
Sberbank, Russia’s biggest lender, has announced that the head of its media, advertising and entertainments division, Tatyana Dobrokhvalova, has been appointed as chief executive officer of Russian internet company Rambler, a Sberbank subsidiary, a position she will combine with her current Sberbank post. As CEO of Rambler, a company that runs one of Russia’s key… Continue Reading
Sberbank promotes tech unit chief to senior VP
Konstantin Kruglov, chief executive of the SberDevices department of Sberbank’s technology division, has been promoted to senior vice-president of Russia’s biggest lender. Kruglov will remain in the technology division and will continue to oversee the development of artificial intelligence-based solutions for speech, natural language processing, face and voice authentication and virtual assistants technologies, Sberbank said… Continue Reading
Andrey Shemetov raised to senior VP of Sberbank, tasked with global business, investment, oversight of key clients
Russia’s biggest lender Sberbank has promoted Andrey Shemetov, one of its senior managers, to the rank of senior vice-president with the duties of overseeing activities in world markets, investment business, and work with key clients. In this position, Shemetov will be one of the top figures in the corporate and investment arm, Sberbank’s largest division,… Continue Reading
Seychelles-based CFD broker M4Markets hires Marilena Iakovou from Tickmill as head of marketing
By Andrei Skvarsky. M4Markets, a foreign exchange (FX) and contract-for-differences (CFD) brokerage headquartered in Seychelles, has announced it has hired Marilena Iakovou from FX broker Tickmill as chief marketing officer (CMO). A CFD is a financial derivatives trading deal where the difference between the open and closing trade prices is paid by the buyer to… Continue Reading
EM communications firm makes three senior hires
By Andrei Skvarsky. EM, an emerging markets communications and investor relations consultancy, has made three senior hires with Daria Khilenkova joining the company in Moscow, Jamie Hyman in London and Yury Krebs in Valencia. Khilenkova, who comes from investment bank Renaissance Capital, is in charge of financial communications in Moscow, according to an EM statement.… Continue Reading
Sberbank appoints head of marketing, names head of Sberbank Life Insurance
By Andrei Skvarsky. Russia’s biggest lender Sberbank has vested vice-president Vladislav Kreynin with the duties of head of marketing and communications to supplement his current role of chief growth officer for the SberX ecosystem and named ex-Raiffeisen banker Igor Kobzar as chief executive of Sberbank Life Insurance. Kreynin will receive the title of Sberbank senior… Continue Reading
Sberbank setting up Mideast subsidiary
By Andrei Skvarsky. Russia’s biggest lender Sberbank is planning an addition to its global network by establishing an investment subsidiary for the Middle East, to practise both conventional and Islamic investment banking, and expects to open it by the end of 2020. Regulators in Russia and the United Arab Emirates have given the go-ahead to… Continue Reading
Sberbank hires S7 airline ex-deputy CEO to oversee IT in subsidiaries, affiliates
By Andrei Skvarsky. Russia’s biggest lender Sberbank has hired Pavel Voronin, a former information technology chief of the country’s second-largest airline S7, as chief information officer (CIO) for the bank’s subsidiaries and affiliates. Voronin will report to Sberbank chief technology officer David Rafalovsky and interact with the CIO of the Sberbank ecosystem, Oksana Smirnova-Krell, the… Continue Reading
African Development Bank gives Akinwumi Adesina 2nd 5-year term as president
By Andrei Skvarsky. The African Development Bank (AfDB) has re-elected Akinwuma Adesina for a second five-year term as president of the bank. Adesina, who is a former Nigerian agriculture minister, was re-elected during the AfDB’s 2020 annual meeting late in August. He received a unanimous vote from the 54 African and 27 non-African member countries… Continue Reading
Sberbank to set up company to develop driverless cars
By Andrei Skvarsky. Sberbank, Russia’s biggest lender, is planning to convert one of its divisions into a subsidiary with the name Sber Automotive Technologies (SberAutoTech) to develop self-driving cars and digital automotive services. SberAutoTech’s first few driverless vehicles are planned to roll off the production line late in 2020 or early in 2021, Sberbank said… Continue Reading
Sberbank names Kirill Tsarev as deputy head of retail, elevates him to SVP
Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank, has announced it has appointed its vice-president Kirill Tsarev as deputy head of its retail business with the title of senior vice-president. Tsarev joined Sberbank in 2011. Since then he has worked at Sberbank Leasing, a subsidiary for the leasing of motor vehicles and other equipment, first being deputy CEO and… Continue Reading
Renaissance Capital re-hires Alexey Bulgakov as head of fixed income research
Investment bank Renaissance Capital has re-hired one of its former analysts, Alexey Bulgakov, as head of fixed income research. Bulgakov, who had worked in RenCap’s fixed income research department before and had left the bank in 2008, will be based in Moscow and oversee fixed income coverage for Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States… Continue Reading
Sberbank hires Tatyana Dobrokhvalova as head of advertising and media
Sberbank, Russia’s biggest lender, has announced it has hired Tatyana Dobrokhvalova, formerly a senior executive in a media company in the Gazprom group and a top figure in the Sochi 2014 Olympics organising committee, as head of advertising and media. Dobrokhvalova joined Sberbank from Gazprom-Media, a firm where she had been deputy CEO. Gazprom-Media is… Continue Reading
Renaissance Capital hires Maria Radchenko as chief fixed income analyst
Investment bank Renaissance Capital has hired Maria Radchenko from Moscow-headquartered investment company BCS Global Markets as head of fixed income analysis. Radchenko has joined RenCap’s distribution team for Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and is based in Moscow, according to a RenCap statement. She reports to Grigory Sedov, global head of private… Continue Reading
BCS GM hires oil and gas analyst Ronald Smith from Citi
By Andrei Skvarsky. BCS Global Markets (BCS GM), the investment banking arm of Russia’s BCS Financial Group, has hired Ronald Smith from Citibank as senior oil and gas analyst. Smith will be based in Moscow, BCS GM said in a statement. He will report to the investment bank’s head of research, Kirill Chuyko. At Citibank,… Continue Reading
Standard Chartered appoints CFO for Africa and Mideast
Standard Chartered on June 8 announced the appointment of Subhradeep Mohanty, previously the bank’s chief financial officer (CFO) for India, as CFO for Africa and the Middle East (AME). Before joining Standard Chartered in 2014, Mohanty held Singapore- and Hong Kong-based CFO roles at J.P. Morgan, positions at American Express and a job at one… Continue Reading
Russia’s Sberbank confirms Anna Loevskaya as head of Digital Corporate Bank
By Andrei Skvarsky. Anna Loevskaya has been confirmed as director of the Digital Corporate Bank division of Russia’s biggest lender Sberbank after being caretaker head of the unit since the end of 2019. Loevskaya replaces Yevgeny Kolbin, who was discharged as Digital Corporate Bank director late last year due to being appointed CEO of SberCloud,… Continue Reading
Drake Star Partners CEO to oversee company selection for investment portfolio of Da Vinci’s Emerging Technologies Fund III
Emerging markets fund manager Da Vinci Capital has hired Gregory Bedrosian, co-founder of four investment firms, to head the evaluation committee for companies being considered for inclusion in the portfolio of the firm’s Emerging Technologies Fund III. Da Vinci expects to launch the fund, a vehicle for investment in technology companies across Eurasia, late in 2020… Continue Reading
Sberbank hires Sofia Ivanova from Kalashnikov gunmaker as press service chief
Sberbank has hired Sofia Ivanova from Kalashnikov Group, maker of the famous assault rifle, as head of the largest Russian lender’s press service. Ivanova was head of marketing and public relations at Kalashnikov. During her three years’ work at the weapons firm, “the world-known and legendary product had its image changed radically” and a media… Continue Reading
Sberbank PR chief Anna Kozlovskaya quitting
By Andrei Skvarsky. Sberbank has announced that Anna Kozlovskaya, its head of public relations, is leaving Russia’s biggest lender seven months after joining it. Kozlovskaya, who came to Sberbank in October 2019 from Mastercard, has overseen the bank’s press service and the communications and media relations of its ecosystem, which consists of more than 40… Continue Reading