Otkritie, one of the largest financial groups in Russia, has bolstered its research team with the appointment of two senior Russian equity market specialists.

Vladimir Tikhomirov, who joins from Uralsib Financial, becomes senior economist at the firm, while Marat Ibragimov, who moves from Citi Investment Research, joins as senior consumer analyst.

They both start at Otkritie on 30 August. They will be based in Moscow and will report to Vladimir Savov, head of research at Otkritie.
 
Tikhomirov has over 25 years’ international experience and is one of Russia’s leading economists. He joins Otkritie from Uralsib Financial where he has been the firm’s senior economist since June 2001. Prior to this, he was deputy director and head of research unit for Russian & Euro-Asian Studies at Contemporary Europe Research Centre at the University of Melbourne.
 
Ibragimov has more than ten years’ experience in Russian equity markets. Prior to joining Otkritie, he held equity research analyst roles covering retail and real estate at Citi Investment Research, Uralsib Bank and Prospect Investment.
 
Savov says: “We are pleased to welcome Vladimir and Marat to Otkritie. Both are experts in Russian and international markets, and their skills and wealth of experience will add significant further depth to our growing Research team. We now have one of the strongest teams in the Russian market, and we are in a position to provide an extended range of Research products and services to our clients.”
 
In the last 12 months, Otkritie has added over 200 new Russian and international institutional clients and increased its Russia research team to over 15 investment professionals.