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Vagan Abgaryan
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is a Partner at Baring Vostok Capital Partners. Joined the team in August 2009. Vagan has been working for Alfa Bank for 12 years, the last 6 years as a Head of Asset Management, he also headed up Investment Committee of Alfa Bank, and was directly responsible for a wide range of investments. One of those was CTC Media, where BVCP worked closely and successfully with him over several years. Vagan left Alfa in 2008 and worked for one year at X5 Retail Group N.V. as Chairman of the Board of X5 Development and Advisor to CEO of the group. Prior to Alfa, Vagan worked for Ernst & Young as an auditor. He graduated from the State Academy of Management, faculty of International Economic Relationships.
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Andrey Costyashkin
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is a Partner and COO of Baring Vostok Capital Partners. Andrey coordinates search and evaluation of new projects, organizes investment process, ensures that all operations are compliant to BPEI standards. Before joining Baring Vostok in 1999, Andrey worked as Director of the Research Department at the investment company Alfa Capital.
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Mikhail Ivanov
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is a Partner and Director of Oil and Gas Projects at Baring Vostok Capital Partners. Mr. Ivanov brings with him a long history of invovlement in the oil sector. Mikhail worked for over ten years at Shlumberger, an international oil services company, where he served as head of its Iran operations and was responsible for business development in Russia. Prior to joining Shlumberger, he founded and headed two companies that focused on oil production and service. Mikhail has an MBA specializing in finance, strategy and marketing, from the Kellogg School at Northwestern University and he received a Master's degree in Geology and Geophysics at the at Novosibirsk State University.
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Gabbas Kazhimuratov
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is a Partner and Chief Financial Officer at Baring Vostok Capital Partners. He works directly with the Chief Financial Officers of Fund's portfolio companies with the aim of creating high-quality budgeting and financial reporting systems. Gabbas ensures that Baring Vostok is managed according to the highest international requirements and adheres to best-practice internal financial and administrative procedures. Previously, Gabbas was the financial controller for Coca-Cola in Russia. He graduated with honors from the St. Petersburg University of Economics & Finance with a Master’s Degree in International Economics. Gabbas is a Fellow of The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (UK).
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Anatoly Karyakin
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is a Partner at Baring Vostok Capital Partners. He is responsible for security issues and provides critical support to Fund's portfolio companies in creating effective security systems. He is a retired colonel in one of Russia’s special services, whose work included ensuring the security of the Russian president and other senior officials. His work includes vetting potential projects in order to mitigate investment risks and prevent potential conflicts.
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Michael Lomtadze
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is a Partner at Baring Vostok Capital Partners responsible for investments in the financial services sector. Michael came to Baring Vostok in June 2002 and is currently a member of the board of directors of three Fund portfolio companies. Prior to joining Baring Vostok, he founded and headed GCG Audit, a leading consulting firm in Georgia (which was acquired by Ernst & Young in 2002). As the head of GCG Audit, Michael provided consulting services to Western investors covering finance and strategy in such industries as energy, telecommunications, transport and financial services. He holds an MBA from the Harvard School of Business.
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Konstantin Povstyanoy
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is a Partner at Baring Vostok Capital Partners. Joined the team in January 2011 after 14 years in investment banking in Russia and the CIS. Konstantin has extensive experience in M&A and raising capital from private equity funds across a variety of sectors, including consumer, retail, pharmaceutical, healthcare services, oil and gas, and telecoms. Prior to joining Baring Vostok he was a Managing Partner at a Russian M&A advisory firm Aquila Capital Group for 3 years, before that – Head of M&A at a junior oil production company, West Siberian Resources. From 1999 to 2004 was an M&A banker at Troika Dialog. Started his career in 1996 at Price Waterhouse, moving to Renaissance Capital in 1997. Obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Economics from Graceland College (USA) and subsequently obtained a CFA designation.
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Konstantin Smirnov
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is a Partner at Baring Vostok Capital Partners. Joined the team in 2007. From 1996 until 2001 Konstantin worked for BVCP first as a research analyst focusing on the First NIS Fund’s listed securities portfolio, then as an investment manager working on various private equity investments. Prior to BVCP, Konstantin worked at Price Waterhouse in Moscow for two years in the corporate finance department. Konstantin left BVCP in 2001 to attend Columbia Business School, where he received an MBA in 2003. Since graduation, he worked in New York for Millennium Partners, a large multi-strategy hedge fund, focusing primarily on global investments in commodity, resource, and infrastructure-based companies. Konstantin graduated with honors from the Moscow State University with a Master’s Degree in Mathematics and is a CFA charterholder.
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