OREANDA-NEWS. April 16, 2008. The National Depository Center (NDC), Russia's only settlement depository servicing the full range of Russian securities, announced today that Maria Ivanova has been appointed Director for Development.

Maria Ivanova was born on 29 June, 1972 in St. Petersburg. She graduated from Leningrad State Teachers Institute with a specialty in foreign languages. She also studied at L'Ecole Communale Supйrieure de Secrйtariat, Administration et Commerce (ECSSAC) in Liege, Belgium, graduating n 1996.

Maria Ivanova began her career at Fortis Bank in Belgium, one of Europe's biggest banks. In 2001, she was promoted to the post of Bank Deposits Advisor. The same year she joined Clearstream Banking in Luxembourg as a Key Account Manager. She was responsible for the Russian market as well as those of the Baltic countries, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan. Through her work with Clearstream, Ms Ivanova was able to learn well the structure of the international financial markets and Russian market’s infrastructure.

Ms Ivanova speaks English, French, German and Dutch fluently. She is married and has two children.

Maria Ivanova will be responsible for the promotion of NDC’s settlement and depository services in the international markets including in the securities markets of CIS countries, and among Russian and foreign investors. She will also be working on the structuring of NDC services aimed at the development and strengthening of the company’s competitive position globally since the structuring of these services is one of NDC’s most important strategic tasks.