OREANDA-NEWS. January 22, 2013. Sberbank CIB, the leading investment company of Sberbank Group, announces the appointment of Bill Beller as Head of Equity Options Trading, Managing Director. He will join Sberbank CIB on 1st February 2013 and will be based in Moscow. This hire forms part of Sberbank’s continued focus as a leading universal banking platform to strengthen its market leadership and broaden the industry capabilities of Sberbank CIB.

Bill Beller brings nearly two decades of experience to his role, including positions in London and Frankfurt. Beller arrives from Unicredit Bank where he was Head of EEMEA Equity Derivatives Flow Trading, managing a team focused on Russia, Poland, Turkey and other CEE countries. He and his team were responsible for working with institutional clients across the UniCredit franchise.

Beller started his career in the early 90s working for a number of broking houses in Germany, before moving to Citibank in Frankfurt at the beginning of 2000 as a Vice President managing the German Options Trading team. He then moved to Citigroup Global Markets in London where he traded a variety of options across sectors before becoming Head of EEMEA Equity Derivatives Trading. There he was responsible for building up the company’s trading platform for institutional, corporate and private banking clients, both in EEMEA and internationally.

Timur Nasardinov, Head of the Equity Division, Managing Director at Sberbank CIB added, “I am delighted to welcome Bill to head up our Options Trading Desk. His experience providing compelling products to institutional, corporate and private banking clients to enable them to access opportunities in the region will be an important addition to our trading and execution capabilities. As a pioneer of the Russian derivatives market, our commitment to developing this area of our business continues as we look to leverage this expertise across the Sberbank platform.”