HSBC Private Bank has appointed Anatoly Crachilov as an investment counsellor, working with the international team and focusing on the Central and Eastern European market.

In his new London-based role, which represents an expansion of the private bank’s team there, Crachilov will report to Daniel Ellis, head of the London private bank investment group.

He joins from Troika Dialog Investment Banking in Moscow, where he latterly managed the launch of the Russian firm’s first UCITS-compliant offering.