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Moscow, Moscow, Ru

• Managing existing media assets and developing new lines of business for the company • Developing and launching new products for the existing online education business• Creating and implementing KPIs for team members and monitoring them, hiring new talent• Establishing and developing joint operations with strategic partnersThe business has grown 300x since 2015 in terms of revenue. Went from 1 employee to 60+ in 2021. Multiple investment rounds raised to fuel ongoing growth. More on the company's investment history here: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/sf-education

• Working directly with Partners in the attraction and execution of M&A mandates and capital raising projects • Building liaison with major buy-side and sell-side institutions, expanding network with strategic players • Managing the execution team consisting of junior colleagues, screening and hiring new team members • Evaluating risks and success probabilities for new undertakings in the SMEs market Selected Transactions: • Advising management of a medium-sized non-ferrous castings producer on a $40M capital raising project. Worked on the following scenarios (completed): - Sale of a 75% equity stake to private equity firms with like portfolio companies and to strategic players - A leasing and a leaseback deal to fund planned CAPEX and WC expansion and refinance existing debt load: - Structured a deal to save company from restructuring/insolvency • Structuring the sale of a $40M minority stake in a medium-sized packaging manufacturer. Worked on 4 different options simultaneously (in progress): - Sale to private equity firms - Management buy-out financed by a bank syndicate - Sale to a strategic buyer in concert with an international investment bank - Cross-border leveraged loan deal involving a major UAE investment fund• Coordinated a leaseback deal for a sturgeon farm in late construction stage (in progress) • Facilitated capital raising efforts for a $18M agriculture project involving multiple participants (completed)• Structured and managed capital raising efforts for a $17M food production & storage facility (in progress)

New York, Us

Covering global equities across a number of industries and issuing "BUY", "SELL", "HOLD" recommendations. Technical skills: financial modeling, Bloomberg Terminal, CapitalIQ, Argus, StockRover, YCharts, and other.

- Facilitated capital raising for a new real estate residential fund while working alongside the company’s CEO - Participated in the creation of an Investment Policy Statement: assessed risks and expected returns to the new product - Projected and analyzed future cash flows using a custom-made model based on sensitivities including interest rates, accounting standards, tax considerations, asset utilization levels, and other economic assumptions http://firstreliancereit.ca/

Newtown, Pennsylvania, Us

Analyzed companies in technology and real estate (REITs) sectors using DCF approach, Comparable companies' analysis, Precedent transaction analysis, and the Leveraged-buyout method.Selected Project Experience:Primaris Retail REIT:Worked together with the REIT's CEO and proposed a reconstruction of tenant portfolio of a certain shopping mall based on their (tenants') sales expectations, gross margins, reputation, and industry;Proposed divestitures that could have a positive impact on the company's valuation.LinkedIn IPO:Worked in a team of 4 people in order to model LinkedIn IPO and came to a valuation of the company 100% higher than initially planned;Created a comparable companies' analysis including Monster Inc., 51 Jobs Inc., and Google Inc.Real Estate LBO:Assisted a $3M retail space leveraged buyout resulting in a 30% IRR over three years based on 25% equity investment.

Bachelor Of Commerce, Specialist In Commerce And Finance, Major In Economics

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Financial Economics

High School Certificate, Economics