OREANDA-NEWS. March 05, 2012. Troika Dialog, one of the leading investment companies in the CIS, today announces the appointments of Dirk Werner and Angelo Morganti as Managing Directors of the Investment Banking Division.

Dirk brings 22 years of global M&A experience to Troika Dialog. He has been a senior banker with leading international banks including Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and Lehman Brothers. At Bank of America Merrill Lynch he was a senior M&A banker, leading the execution of large international transactions in the Telecoms, Media & Technology sector in EMEA and at Lehman Brothers he was Head of M&A for Germany. Dirk has worked on global teams in London, New York and Frankfurt and brings deep industry and M&A execution experience to the Troika Dialog platform. Dirk also worked as partner and member of the senior team at Millennium Finance Corporation Ltd. in Dubai where he helped develop the firm’s fully integrated investment banking model, building the company from a starting position of 8 full-time professionals to over 30 in less than two years.

Angelo Morganti joins Troika Dialog from Renaissance Capital in Moscow where he was a Managing Director and Head of Equity Corporate Finance. While at Renaissance Capital, Angelo also held the position of Head of Investment Banking for Central Asia. Angelo started his 14-year investment banking career as an associate at Citigroup where he spent his final two years as a Director of the Equity Corporate Finance Team in the European Investment Banking Division.

Commenting on both Dirk and Angelo’s appointments, Todd Berman, Head of Investment Banking said: “We are delighted to welcome both Dirk and Angelo to Troika Dialog. The expertise each will bring to our team and our clients will be instrumental in our continued drive to maintain our market leading position and our goal of creating a world-class investment bank. The importance of Troika Dialog’s M&A business to our clients continues to grow as we see the cost of assets in the CEE decrease and consolidation of businesses increase. By seizing these opportunities, our team of banking professionals will ensure that Troika Dialog remains best-in-class across the region.”