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Education

Webster University

BA in Business Administration, Geneva
Higher, from 1997 to 2000 (2 years 8 months)

Language proficiencies

• English — advanced
• Russian — average

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EXPERIENCE:
Independent Consultant
2006 – Present Real Estate Development and Project Management: Ukraine (Kharkov, Kiev, Yalta)
• Lead manager of entire deal cycle: land selection, legal rights examination, preliminary investigation of original documentation, and acquisition.
• Primary role in developing and implementing investor-defined tax optimization structure.
• Full pre-purchase analysis of possible acquisition targets, including market research, marketing studies and analysis of risk factors, along with benefit analysis and business-plan implications.
• Represented investors in negotiations, deal management and board meetings, while also advising local and foreign interests on deal structure, tax implications, pricing and documents procurement and change of ownership issues.
• Worked with government agencies, municipalities and key officials in overcoming substantial barriers in project development, structure or title management. Familiar with procedural norms and bylaws with regard to real estate, development and construction.

10/2003 – 10/2006World Capital Investments LLC
Founding Partner
Asset Management and Trading Services: New York, Moscow, Kharkov
• Established a full-fledged independent financial trading company in New York, with subsequent offices in Moscow and Kharkov. The company specializes in proprietary securities trading of equity issues on the U.S. markets and offering brokerage and clearing services to Ukrainian banks and local brokerage companies.
• Created and managed a strategically integrated and geographically diverse business model, based on active asset allocation and efficient market-driven strategies to consistently pair with risk profile models aimed at generating uniform cash flows.
• Developed the company product range from proprietary trading in our foreign divisions to client services and intermediary clearing facilities with complete Internet-based, back-office solutions.

10/01 - 9/2003 WorldCo LLC
Managing Director
Proprietary Equity Trading Desk: New York
• Created, built and managed a proprietary trading desk with 15 equity-based traders. This included negotiating individual deals with senior traders, offering flexible payout and commission structures and securing their commitments via contractual obligations.
• Developed, trained and nurtured my group of traders into a successful revenue producing and profitable division. This was accomplished through a combination of lectures and seminars to develop their trading performance and individual confidence-building measures to improve the overall psychological conditions.

2/99 – 6/01 Trans-World Group
Corporate Finance & Liaison Protocol
Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Metals Production, Finance & Sales: Geneva, Moscow
• Worked closely with senior executives, establishing and maintaining a successful hedging strategy for the group’s aluminum output via the London Metals Exchange. This task consisted of evaluating optimal entry and exit points and hedging alternatives, while employing defensive maneuvers utilizing spot and three-month pricing, via options and futures strategies.
• Participated in a project for securing long-term bauxite requirements from major suppliers worldwide for the largest European aluminum producer, based in Ukraine. This project involved communication with plant management and coordination between various offices, adhering to a strict delivery schedule for plant consumption.
• Involved in supporting the group’s corporate infrastructure by effectively monitoring additional formation of companies and respective role throughout their lifecycle. This included drawing the necessary minutes, powers of attorney, altering corporate charters and various schemes for distribution of shares to partners of the proposed business.

3/98 – 2/99 Intermetal Group Limited
Project Finance Support
Ferrous Metals Production and Sales: Geneva, London, Moscow
• Collaborated with key management on drawing an effective model for production and finance of three million metric tons of steel from NLMK.
• Effectively assisted in handling a legal and physical delivery dispute between the management of a metals plant, the shipper and the port agent, bringing about peaceful resolution and restoration of our rights to the title for 700,000 metric tons of metal at port.
• Supported the London-based sales staff in handling customer specification requirements for purchase of steel via effective communication channels with the Moscow office.
• Efficiently handled customer claim complaints on defective materials and coordinated required action between our Moscow and London offices for an overall solution in the form of future discounts or monetary compensation to existing clients.

4/95 – 2/96 First Cambridge Securities & Co.
Sales Associate
Investment Banking Boutique: New York
• Participated in an effort to reduce