BCS Global Markets Hires Evelina Evtimova as Head of Legal and Compliance

BCS Global Markets (BCS GM), the investment banking services provider of Russia's largest independent broker, announced that it has hired Evelina Evtimova as its new Head of Legal and Compliance.

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In her new role, Evelina will provide support across business lines and geographies, including Russia, the UK, the US and Cyprus.

Evelina Evtimova is a legal veteran with over twenty-five years of experience in law and compliance. Prior to joining BCS GM, Evelina served as Country Head of Compliance at Sova Capital in Moscow for two and a half years, and in 2011-2017, Evelina was Head of Legal at Barclays Capital. In 1998-2011, she worked at the Moscow branch of Credit Suisse, where she rose from a specialist to Head of Legal and Compliance. At the dawn of her career, Evelina worked as a lawyer at major Russian investment firm Aton.

Evelina has been a member of NAUFOR's Legal Committee for over 10 years and is currently a member of the Legal Committee of the Moscow Exchange. She holds a master's degree in law from Moscow State University.

"Evelina Evtimova's key mission will be streamlining controls, aligning policies and procedures across the Group, as well as introducing new technology and leading innovative projects in legal and compliance. BCS Global Markets will rely on her vast experience to improve the efficiency and agility of legal and compliance procedures, an essential move amid a complicated and fluid regulatory environment in global financial markets," said Alexey Gonus and Maxim Safonov, co-CEOs at BCS Global Markets.