OREANDA-NEWS. July 13, 2010. Deutsche Bank announces a significant appointment in Russian Investment Banking. Marina Kraschenko will join as Managing Director and Head of Russian Equity Capital Markets. Marina will be based in Moscow and will report to Reinout Koopmans, Head of Equity Capital Markets, Emerging Europe and Andrew Chulack, Head of Global Banking Russia and CIS.

In her role Marina will seek to expand and deepen the Bank’s leading ECM franchise overseeing marketing and execution of equity-related capital markets products, including IPOs, follow-on and private placements, equity block trades and pre-IPO financings.

Marina joins from United Capital Partners where she has been Head of Sales and Product Development since October 2009. Prior to that, Marina was Deputy CEO for Sales and Marketing at Rosbank Asset Management. Before that, she was Head of Moscow ECM at United Financial Group, which was acquired by Deutsche Bank in 2006. Marina holds an MA degree in Business Administration from Russian Plekhanov Academy of Economics.

Igor Lojevsky, Chief Country Officer for Russia and CIS said: “Marina’s appointment underscores our commitment to the continued success of Deutsche Bank’s ECM business in Russia. Marina is a well known senior professional in Russian ECM and we are confident that her leadership of the ECM team will further enhance Deutsche Bank ECM offering in Russia and her experience will be invaluable to our platform and, most importantly, our clients.”

“We are delighted to welcome Marina back to Deutsche Bank. She has an extensive experience and an excellent track record among clients and industry colleagues alike. Marina will help further strengthen our leading ECM platform and ensure continued delivery of market-leading services to our clients”, said Andrew Chulack, Head of Global Banking Russia and CIS.