Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management has made six new appointments to its Emerging European Markets team to strengthen its presence in what it sees as an important area for growth.

Serkan Gur joins from Morgan Stanley as a financial advisor covering the Turkish market.

Konstandia Germanou joins from HSBC as a financial advisor covering the Greek market.

Inna Zhuranskaya and Alexander Vlassov have transfered internally to GWM as financial advisors covering the Russian market.

Irina Klivanskaya transfers from Merrill’s UK market as a financial advisor covering the Russian market.

Lastley Tatiana Pyatigorskaya joins from Alliance Trust, as a market coordinator for Emerging Europe.

All six will be based in London and report to Jean-Marie Deluermoz, director of Emerging European Markets, EMEA Wealth Management.

Last year Merrill appointed Mr Deluermoz to the newly-created position of director of Emerging European Markets.

Mr Deluermoz had spent five years with Credit Suisse Private Banking in Russia. He was director of the Moscow and St Petersburg private client offices.