BCS Financial Group, the largest broker of equities and derivatives on the Moscow exchange, has appointed Dr. Vladimir Tikhomirov as its new chief economist.

Tikhomirov will help drive strategic decisions in the BCS Financial Group and will lend his economic weight to helping to grow the business.
 
Tikhomirov joins BCS from Otkritie Financial Corporation where he has worked as chief economist since 2010. He was also chief economist at at URALSIB Financial Corporation and NIKOIL Brokerage which he joined in 2001.
 
Joseph Dayan, executive director and head of markets at BCS Financial Group, says: “As BCS continues to expand we have made a number of strategic hires that will help develop our offering and provide direction for the business. Dr Tikhomirov is one of these who brings a huge wealth of knowledge about Russian and CIS markets, he will be a great asset to the team and lend his weight to helping BCS grow and mature its research capabilities.”
 
Tikhomirov is director of the Centre for Russian and Euro-Asian Studies and senior lecturer at the University Of Melbourne, Australia.