Deutsche Bank strengthens its Russian presence

by Richard Kilner

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Deutsche Bank has reinforced its presence in Russia with a quintet of appointments to its Moscow office.

The new head of emerging markets for Russia and CIS is Alex Bronin.

He returns to Deutsche Bank after spending two years with Goldman Sachs in their FICC structuring team.

Valeri Pouchnia becomes leader of rates and fx trading for the same region, and Andrey Yumatov has been appointed as head of corporate derivative sales for Russia.

Pouchnia leaves behind Merrill Lynch to join the firm, having earlier spent three years with the German bank.

Yumatov leaves Unicredit Bank in Moscow, giving up his post as leader of sales and trading in addition to membership of the board.

Diana Nikolova is named as senior structurer responsible for focusing on Russian structured credit, and the head of local currency bond trading for Russia and CIS is Alex Danylenko.

Nikolova joins from Merill Lynch, where she spent five years, most recently as vice president in the emerging markets illiquid credit structuring team.

Danylenko also joins from Merill Lynch where he worked for eight years.

Deutsche Bank’s global head of emerging markets, Dalinc Ariburnu, has said that the appointment of so many experienced and respected individuals to Russia marks the firm’s commitment to the country.