Singapore-based Mercantile & Maritime Group has appointed a former investment banker as its new chief financial officer.

Sergey Geller is stepping into the role after joining the company in the autumn of last year as head of Russia and central and Eastern Europe.

Geller is said to have over 15 years of corporate and investment banking experience starting out at Dutch bank ABN Amro before moving to Bank of America Merrill Lynch in London and New York.