OREANDA-NEWS. Gazprombank is continuing to recruit experienced professionals in line with gradual strategy of the bank to build its capital markets platform with a focus on servicing its public and private corporate clients in arranging and raising finance in the international capital markets and actively participating in the development of Russian securities market.

Sanjar Aspandiiarov joins Gazprombank as Executive Vice President, Michael E. Hammond as co-Chairman and Head of Capital Markets, Asia-Pacific and Igor Donnio as Managing Director and Head of Equity Solutions within the Capital Markets division of the Bank.

In his new role of Executive Vice President Sanjar Aspandiiarov will be in charge of sales and trading across debt and equity capital markets. Prior to joining Gazprombank Sanjar worked in Barclays (London) where he was one of the founding traders of the Barclays emerging markets fixed income group focusing on the CEEMEA and CIS region. Lately, he headed Barclays RUB local currency trading in Russia developing RUB franchise for non-resident clients. Sanjar has prior experience across research, trading and structuring departments of Credit Agricole Financial Products (Paris, London), Credit Suisse First Boston (London) and Citigroup (London). Graduate of Moscow State University (Lomonosov), he has a PhD in mathematics from University Paris VI (Pierre et Marie Curie).

Michael Hammond will lead the development of Gazprombank's capital markets platform in Asia-Pacific and setting up a Hong Kong office. Michael brings 31 years of investment banking experience across Debt, Equity, and Equity-Linked Capital Markets. Michael has structured and executed transactions for large Russian and international clients including debut Eurobond for the Russian Federation and the first Chinese privatization through IPO. He has held senior positions at CSFB, SBC/SBCW (UBS), RF/JF (JPM), ABN AMRO Rothschild and City Capital, based in U.S.A., U.K., Switzerland, Japan and HK/China. Michael has BA and MBA from the University of Rochester/Chicago Program.

Igor Donnio as Managing Director and Head of Equity Solutions will focus on strengthening the equity advisory and execution capabilities for Bank's corporate clients. Igor has 15 years of investment banking experience and joined Gazprombank from Goldman Sachs where he was until recently acting as a Managing Director responsible for Equity Capital Markets in Russia and CIS. Previously, Igor was responsible for the Equity Capital Markets coverage team for France and Belgium, based in Paris. Prior to this, he spent 8 years in London in various positions in the European Equity Capital Markets team at Goldman Sachs. Igor started his carrier in the M&A and corporate finance department at BNP Paribas, France. Igor is a graduate of HEC Business school and Institute of Political Sciences in France.

The above appointments follow the arrival last year of Denis Shulakov as the 1st Vice President in charge of capital markets.