Alfa-Bank has appointed Barry Schumaker to the position of senior telecoms analyst, with responsibility for covering stocks such as Sistema, MTS and Vimpelcom, as well as Comstar and Golden Telecom, and the pan regional fixed line operators. Barry joins Alfa-Bank after working as a telecoms analyst in various Moscow based investment banks, most recently FIM. He holds an MBA, with a specialty in International Finance, from Thunderbird, the Garvin School of International Management.

“We welcome Barry aboard and look forward to his contribution to our dynamic research team”- says Ronald Smith, Director, Head of Research at Alfa-Bank.