Higher Education – Master’s Degree in International Economics

 33 years of experience in banking and finance.

 Private venture capital and fintech investor in Silicon Valley and globally through the co-management of a multi-strategy fund in the Cayman Islands. Co-founder, Director, and Investor across multiple investment funds and a Management Company in the Cayman Islands and the Astana International Financial Centre jurisdictions in Kazakhstan.

Experience at the world's leading financial institutions – Citibank,
Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, DLJ, Sberbank, including C-level executive roles (Chief Financial Officer, Chief Risk Officer, Country Corporate Officer) – 7 years in London, 24 years in Moscow.

Served as Deputy CEO and Chief Financial Officer of Sberbank (a financial powerhouse with a $100 billion market capitalization) and was a key member of the executive committee's strategic turnaround team, overseeing finance, risk management, and distressed debt recovery. Spearheaded Sber's successful $5.3 billion SPO on the New York and London Stock Exchanges.

Extensive hands-on experience building large-scale corporate and investment banking subsidiaries from the ground up for global financial corporations in specific jurisdictions—twice: scaling Citibank from 12 to 450+ employees in 4 years, and Morgan Stanley from 15 to 120+ employees in 2 years.

Delivered the global financial, operational, and technological transformation of one of the largest universal banks in Eurasia with a market capitalization of $100B+.

Has a proven track record of securing direct loans from international financial institutions. Possesses practical experience in successfully executing a bank's global secondary offering of $5.3 billion across the London, New York, and Frankfurt stock exchanges among hundreds of institutional investors from over 50 countries worldwide.