Andrei Bliznyuk

Biography

• 5 years of investment banking experience: headed the Russia/CIS Equity Capital Markets Group for Goldman Sachs (2010–2011) and, prior to that, UBS Investment Bank (2006–2009), focusing on IPOs and other ECM transactions in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan.
• In 2003-2006, head of capital markets and investor relations at Sistema, leading Russian conglomerate, managing debt and equity financing deals for Sistema, MTS, Comstar, Sistema Hals and Sitronics; prior to that, worked in Wimm-Bill-Dann’s investor relations team (2001–2003).
  
• Graduated from MSU with a master’s degree in Cross-Cultural Communications; followed this with a graduate course in Economics/Management.