EXCLUSIVE: Troika’s sales chief leaves after just three months

By Andrei Skvarsky.

Will Hammond,  global equity sales head Troika Dialog, has parted company with the Moscow brokerage a little over three months after joining.

Hammond’s appointment to the job in April was one of Troika's big signings since it sold a third of the company to South Africa's Standard Bank

Previously Hammond headed the international and domestic equity sales of Deutsche Bank’s Russian operation, and earlier on was an institutional investor-ranked analyst at Deutsche covering US broadcasters. Hammond effectively replaced Gerrit Heyns, who left Troika a year ago.

A Troika employee told EmergingMarkets.me by phone yesterday that Hammond “is not in the office at the moment” and that “it’s not clear when he’ll be back”. Hammond himself declined to comment when reached by mobile today.

Ruben Vardanian, Troika’s founder and chief executive, is considering selling out of the company with chances that the firm will slip under Russian state control, according to Russian business newspaper RBC Daily.

By Andrei Skvarsky. Will Hammond,  global equity sales head Troika Dialog, has parted company with the Moscow brokerage a little over three months after joining. Hammond’s appointment to the job in April was one of Troika's big signings since it sold a third of the company to South Africa's Standard Bank Previously ...