OREANDA-NEWS. January 18, 2011. Citi announced the appointment of Igor Kan as Managing Director and Head of Equities in Russia.

Igor will be responsible for Russian Equities, managing Citi’s Equity Sales and Trading teams in Moscow. He will serve as the main point of contact for most major Russian corporates, global and domestic investors in the Russian Equity markets.

"Citi is a longstanding leader in emerging market foreign exchange and local currency bond trading, where it has an unparalleled footprint in 33 markets across CEEMEA. The bank is building an advanced emerging market equities platform, which has already gained a leading share in many equity markets across the region. We are confident that Igor Kan’s leadership and seasoned business management experience will add tremendous value to our Russian Equity business" — said Zdenek Turek, president of ZAO Citibank, Head of Citi Russia and CIS.

Igor Kan joined Citi from Morgan Stanley where he worked for the last 15 years and was responsible for Russian Equities; Igor has Masters of Art degree from Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, USA.

Citi equities in CEEMEA offers a full range of products, including cash equities, derivatives, Delta 1, structuring, equity finance, prime brokerage and investment research.