Kay Hope

Ms. Kay Hope is a Research Analyst at Merrill Lynch International.
She is a Director and Corporate Credit Analyst, focusing on banks and corporates mainly in Russia, the CIS, and Israel.
She joined the firm in 2010 and is based in London.
Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Hope held emerging markets roles at Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse First Boston.
She also spent several years at McKinsey & Company in Moscow, and a year in Almaty, Kazakhstan, working for an international aid organization.
Ms. Hope holds a Bachelor’s degree in Slavic literature from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, a Master’s degree in Soviet foreign policy from Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and an MBA from Columbia Business School.