Russia Depository Fills Information Roles

National Settlement Depository (NSD), the central securities depository for Russia, has named Alina Akchurina as managing director for collateral management systems, and hired Svyatoslav Berezin as information security director.

Akchurina joined NSD last November as chief of product development, and previously had worked for Deutsche Bank in Moscow. Berezin has 15 years' experience in financial industry IT, most recently as head of information security at Intesa Bank in Moscow.