OREANDA-NEWS. October 9, 2012. Renaissance Capital, the leading emerging markets investment bank, has augmented its Equity Products Group (EPG) management structure to enhance cross-regional coordination.

In New York and London, respectively, Rupert Hope and Florian Hellmich have been promoted to Co-Heads of Distribution globally, managing client coverage across sales teams in Russia, the CIS, Johannesburg, London, New York, Lagos, Istanbul and Nairobi.

In Russia, Will Abbott and Evgueni Konovalenko have been appointed as Co-Heads of Russia and CIS Equities, coordinating equity activities in Moscow, Ukraine and Kazakhstan. Also in Russia, Maria Shatalina has been promoted to Head of Russian Product Distribution.

In South Africa, Ali Khalpey has been promoted to Head of South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa Equities, expanding his role to the rest of Africa.

The Equity sales structure remains supported globally by regional and sector heads of distribution:

- Irena Radman, Head of US Distribution.

- Dominic Bokor-Ingram, Head of European Distribution.

- Ed Mason, Head of Natural Resources, Equities

Renaissance Capital’s Derivatives, Cash Sales Trading and Trading management is headed by:

- Gary Lennon, Head of Sales Trading.

- Payam Akhavan-Malayeri, Head of Cash Trading.

- Sasha Diklich and Roman Sarychev, Co-Heads of Derivatives.

Commenting on the appointments and revised management structure, Yonatan Gozdanker, Global Head of Equities, said: “Renaissance Capital’s EPG team has been built to leverage our successes and market-share leadership, recognise outstanding individual and team performances, and cement our local presence leadership in the markets of Europe, the Middle East and Africa.”