Kiev, December 10, 2009 – Renaissance Capital is pleased to announce the appointment of Roman Nasirov as Head of Sales and Trading for its Kiev office.

Roman joins Renaissance Capital from the Kiev based brokerage Concorde Capital, where he was Head of Sales and Trading. Previously, Roman was also Head of CIS products at Cantor Fitzgerald / BGC in London.

“Ukraine is a core market for Renaissance Capital and it is our strategy to keep expanding the existing team in Kiev by attracting the top talent available in the market”, says Peter Vanhecke, CEO, Renaissance Capital Ukraine and CEE. “With more than 5 years of covering Ukrainian capital markets and advising Ukrainian corporates, Roman will add further scope to the broad advice that we offer our clients. In addition, he will be supporting our expansion into CEE."

Renaissance Capital is a recognized leader in sales of Ukrainian equities. The firm’s sales team was ranked No. 1 in Ukraine by Institutional Investor’s Best Europe Sales Team surveys for the last two years in a row, since Ukraine was singled out into a separate category in 2008.

Renaissance Capital Ukraine is a leading full-service investment bank based in Kyiv and a part of Renaissance Capital, the No 1 independent investment bank in the CIS and other high-opportunity emerging markets. The company holds market-leading positions in each of its core businesses in Ukraine – financial and strategic advisory, M&A, structuring, trading, equity and debt issuance, and research.