WORK & LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
Endurance project Moscow, Russia
May 2015 – Present
• Investor relations
• Fundraising
• Financial modeling and valuation
Auriant Mining AB Moscow, Russia
Investment Manager, Secretary of the Board of Directors, Member of the Strategy committee February 2013 – June 2015
Managing of all M&A, Corporate finance and Investor Relations activity at one of Russia’s leading and fastest developing public junior gold miners (listed in Stockholm)
M&A Activity
Closed transactions:
– Acquisition of the 70% stake in Kara-Beldyr gold deposit from Centerra Gold for Net Smelter Royalty;
– Received the call option to acquire 50% interest in Chukotka gold mining assets from Millhouse and Invest AG
– Signed a managing contract to manage and develop Chukotka gold mining assets for 3 years
– Spin-off of one of the Company’s producing gold mining asset – final stage of negotiations between shareholders, preparing an Option and Royalty agreements
Key responsibilities:
• Conducting an intensive search for investment opportunities in gold mining industry in Russia, CIS and Europe (more than 30 potential targets were analyzed)
• Financial modeling of the mining companies and assets
• Valuation of the mining companies and assets using DCF, NAV, trading and transaction multiples
• Development of potential transaction’s structure, incl. type of investments, source of financing, shareholders structure
• Participation in fund raising for the deal (proceeds: execution of the Option and acquisition of new assets) and for the development of current assets
• Participation in negotiations with partners: investors (Private Equity Funds, Family offices, Mining companies), shareholders, bankers, consultants and other
• Managing and control of the deal process – negotiations, transaction documentation (NDA, MoU, Term Sheet, Option Agreement, SHA and other), road maps, Due Diligence, site visits, etc.
• Ongoing market analysis and research – benchmarking, preparation of valuation tables, data finding and collecting, constant peers monitoring and valuation
Corporate Finance
Key responsibilities:
• Preparation and updating Company’s financial model
• Financial modeling of strategic alternatives for the Company
• Financial modeling of internal investments
• Working with banks and other potential debt capital lenders
Investor relations (Public and Non-public)
Key responsibilities (Public IR):
• Preparation of all necessary reports in accordance with the requirements of the Stock exchange – operational updates, interim reports, etc.
• Preparation of the Annual Report
• Creation of different types of presentation – corporate presentations, teasers, investment proposals, presentations for conferences and forums
• Participation in public events (conferences, forums and professional industry meetings) in Moscow, London and Stockholm, participation in meetings with analysts and minority shareholders
• Work with lawyers and Investment Bankers to meet Stock Exchange and other regulatory requirements
Investor relations (Non-public)
• Participation in the Company’s Board of Directors meetings
• Control for the implementation of the Board of Directors’ decisions
• Preparation and consolidation of materials for the Board of Directors meetings
• Preparation of the operational reports on regular basis
Gazprombank Moscow, Russia
Analyst, Oil & Gas Projects Department, Investment Banking Division October 2011 – January 2013
Analytical support of the investments and M&A transactions in Russian & CIS Natural resource sector (Oil & Gas, Metals & Mining) in the internal Private equity fund in one of the top Russian banks
Closed transactions:
– Advisory to the acquisition of 49% of Nortgas by NOVATEK
– Participation in the acquisition of 30% of Polygon gold by Gazprombank
– Participation in certain deals with portfolio companies (acquisition of new producing assets, change of capital structure, development of corporate governance, etc.)
• Private Equity investments in Russian mining and oil & gas assets: performed valuation of the assets and companies, financial modeling, prepared presentations
• Operational control of gold mining company: managed exploration process, built liquidity analysis model, managed launching of the gold deposits, participated in negotiations with counterparties, analyzed internal investment projects
• Conducted an intensive search for investment opportunities, analyzed and valued companies in natural resource sphere (precious and base metals, coal, oil and gas)
• Buy-side M&A assistance in acquisition of a vertically integrated Oil & Gas company: prepared presentations materials and built several parts of financial model
EDUCATION
National Research University – Higher School of Economics Moscow, Russia
BSc in Economics 2008 – 2012
Core Subject: Corporate Finance
HONORS & AWARDS
• Prize-winner of International Interdisciplinary Competition of the National Research University Higher School of Economics in Economics, Mathematics and English language
• Winner of the regional stage of the All-Russian competition in Social science and Economics
• Winner of the regional competition in Social and Economic projects
• Winner of the regional competition “Intellectuals of the XXI century”
• Was twice included in the intelligence rating of “100 most productive students of Russia”