Yuliya Polozhentseva, Cfa

Yuliya Polozhentseva, CFA --| LI: Yuliya Polozhentseva | Castellon-de-la-Plana (Spain) SUMMARY Finance and investment manager with 10 years of experience in venture capital, banking, management consulting and jcorporate financejacross multiple industries and geographies incl. emerging markets. Experience relevant to the job: - VC and PE investment cycle: origination, due diligence, advisory in fintech, SaaS, AI– in EA and Almak Funds; - Financial modeling, corporate investments, capital budgeting projects– in Kazakhtelecom, McKinsey; - M&A deals valuation in areas of IT, banking and mining demonstrated in McKinsey and HSBC. WORK EXPERIENCE Almak Capital, UAE, Spain Venture Partner, Investor VC deals sourcing, due diligence, investor relations and startup consulting. 05/2023 - now EA Ventures, PE and VC fund, Kazakhstan 09/2021- 03/2023 Investment Lead manager Established investment strategy, thesis of the Fund, recruited a team of 3 associates; Sourced and placed USD11m in VC pre-series A and managed USD5m in PE legacy deals; Managed Investment committee of the fund – presented Investment memos and materials. Kazakhtelecom, Kazakhstan CAPEX strategic investment manager Financial and strategic due diligence of B2B, B2C, network, and IT capital projects; Optimized USD150m CAPEX budget by 40% in 2022, via strategy incorporation; Interdisciplinary work: external strategy teams, business lines, and network: 20k FTEs. 01/2020- 08/2021 Academic gap and maternity leave 01/2016 – 12/2019 Kazakh-British Technical University, and own consulting bootcamp Lectured finance and business courses for undergraduate, postgraduate students; High student satisfaction scores; Apprentices got 4 offers from top-tier consulting firms. McKinsey & Company, Astana, Kazakhstan Senior business analyst Initiate and implement strategic changes with top management and business teams; Projects included: M&A valuation in IT, process and cost optimization in banking, energy privatization, and value chain expansion in mining. 01/2014- 03/2015 UniCredit Bank, Italy Trade finance analyst intern 05/2013- 08/2013 HSBC Bank Kazakhstan, Almaty, Kazakhstan Wholesale credit risk analyst Corporate portfolio of USD300m AUM, risk analysis, prudential reporting; Due diligence of credit requests, financial modeling of borrowers and stress testing; Full B2B and B2C credit cycle: collateral, risk due diligence, monitoring, reporting. 01/2010- 09/2012 EDUCATION Chartered Financial Analyst, CFA Institute, USA since 2019 UniCredit graduate programme, Veneto, Italy Master in Banking and Entrepreneurship, 98/110 - University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK BSc Planning and Public policy, 2:1 - KIMEP University, American- style university, Almaty, Kazakhstan BSc Finance and Accounting, Summa cum Laude, GPA 4.27/ 4.33 - ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Languages: fluent in English and Russian, A2 knowledge of Spanish and Italian. Citizenship: Kazakhstan. Visa status: EU work permit, Spain contractor, 10y USA visa. Voluntary activities: CFA Challenge mentor, Technovation and X culture US mentor, jury of startup competitions.