Consumer >> Analyst Interviews >> March 3, 2002
RUTH BELBIN joined Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc. in April 1998 as the
Eastern European Telecommunications Analyst. In January 2001, she began
covering the European Cable and ISP sectors. Previously she worked at
DMG Moscow from 1994-1996 as a Russian equities analyst and from
1996-1998 as Russian Telecoms Analyst. She was directly responsible for
setting up DMG's Russian brokerage and custody operation. Prior to that,
Ms. Belbin worked at Deloitte Touche Moscow as a management consultant,
where she worked on US Aid privatization and capital markets projects
throughout Russia. Ms. Belbin graduated first class honors with a BS in
Economics and Political Science from the University of Birmingham, UK in
1991. She also received a Masters in Russian and East European studies
at the Centre for Russian Studies, University of Birmingham, UK in 1993. Profile
uncertainty of the markets that followed, and the reductions in
corporate spending ' how have these factors been reflected in the
