Key qualifications:
- Good
knowledge of the economic sector in Russia.
- Corporate
finance and companies evaluation.
- Experience
in business planning and investment project management.
- Direct
equity EBRD investments with hands-on experience in Russia.
- Management
consulting for private firms and for public bodies.
- Risk
evaluation in banks and investment risk management.
- Coordination with international financial
institutions.
- Coordination with key governmental
institutions and with NGOs in Russia.
- Coordination of International
Donors’ technical assistance projects.
- Strong
interpersonal communicative skills.
Summary
Dmitry
Ershov holds a first university degree in natural
sciences, a Ph.D. in physics and mathematics (geophysics), a second
higher
education degree in Economics and a MS degree in Public Administration.
His
first assignment was with the Meteo Center of the USSR – the
leading national
institution in weather forecasting where he specialized in mathematical
modeling and programming. He then was selected for 2,5 years course at
the
Russian Foreign Trade Academy (department of World Economics and
Multilateral
Organizations) of the Ministry of Foreign Economic Affairs of Russia.
Intensive
courses on management, finance and marketing in 1993 and Harvard
Business Case
Course in 1992 contributed to his economic education and knowledge of
the
business sector. He then worked for about 6 years in banking and
finance
dealing with financial analysis, risk management, corporate finance,
management
consulting and investment projects management. His qualification had
been
considerably enforced during French Government Grant-Holder internship
program
of l’Institut International d’Administration
Publique (IIAP) in 1994-95
followed by the probation at the Caisse Nationale de Crédit
Agricole where he
dealt notably with management of projects funded by IFIs. Later he
assumed the
responsibility of Deputy Fund Manager of Smolensk Regional Venture Fund
of the
EBRD (1996-98) including wide range of investment project management
including
screening, due diligence, deal structuring, measuring and managing the
value of
companies, post investment monitoring, benchmarking, control and
reporting.
In 1998
– 2000 he worked for Russian private companies
and he concentrated mainly on business development, investment planning
and
budget control. He has thus acquired a broad experience in private
sector
development, in investment projects management and business evaluation.
In 2001
– 2004 he was supervising Technical Assistance
projects implementation for Economic Reforms and Private Sector
Development in
Russia funded by the European Commission (Efficiency of Insolvency
Procedures,
Enterprise Restructuring Facility, Reform of Auditing, SME Support,
Corporate
Governance Facility, Antimonopoly legislation, etc.). He was working in
close
cooperation with Russian ministries and governmental institutions
(Ministry of
Finance, Ministry of Antimonopoly Policy and Support to
Entrepreneurship,
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, Federal Service for
Financial
Rehabilitation, Federal Commission for the Securities Market, etc.) and
with
NGOs (Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, Agency for
Small
Business Support, professional associations). He coordinated complex EU
technical assistance projects in Russia with other donors (USAID, DFID,
World
Bank, EBRD, bilateral prorgammes). He participated in preparation of
tender
dossiers, in evaluation of tenders, in drafting contractual
documentation and
in evaluation of results of the projects.
In 2004-2005 he
worked for the Russian National Agency
for Direct Investments dealing with investments promotion to the
regions of
Russia and with regional investment funds management.
Education
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Institution
Date from
– Date to
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Degree(s) or
Diplomas (s) obtained
|
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Moscow State
University,
Moscow, Russia,
1977 - 1982
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MS in
Geography
|
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Post
graduate study at the Meteo
Center,
Moscow, Russia,
1985 – 1989 (by corresp.)
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Ph.D. in
Geophysics
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Russian Academy for Foreign Trade, Moscow,
Russia,
1991 - 1994
|
MS in
International Economic Relations
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L’Institut
International d’Administration Publique (IIAP), Paris,
France, 1994 - 1995
|
MS in Public
Administration
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Languages
|
Language
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Reading
|
Speaking
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Writing
|
|
Russian
(mother tongue)
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English
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
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French
|
1
|
2
|
2
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Employment Experience
|
Date from
– Date to
|
Location
|
Company
|
Position
|
Description
|
|
04/2005 -
present
|
Moscow,
Russia
|
IMC
Consulting Ltd.
|
Consultant
|
|
|
06/2004
– 04/2005
|
Moscow,
Russia
|
National
Agency for Direct Investments
|
Corporate
Finance Director
|
Investment promotion services to
the local administrations of Russia. Identification of priority
sectors. Contacts with potential investors, elaboration of investment
strategy and setting up regional direct equity investment fund.
|
|
02/2001
– 05/2004
|
Moscow,
Russia
|
Delegation
of the European Commission to Russia
|
Project
officer, Operations section
|
Management of the EuropeAid
Technical Assistance projects for Economic Reforms and Private Sector
Development. Preparation of Terms of Reference for service contracts.
Supervision of tender and contractual procedures. Evaluation of
technical and financial offers. Communication with Russian partners and
with contractors, evaluation of reports, organization of steering
committee meetings and other activities related to project management.
|
|
01/2000
– 02/2002
|
Moscow,
Russia
|
Raster
Technology Ltd.
|
Finance
Director
|
Business development and
investment planning. Development of commercial and franchising
agreements.
|
|
01/1999
– 12/1999
|
Moscow,
Russia
|
“AMES
Holding Ltd.” Company
|
Development
Director
|
Investment
project management in telecommunication technologies applications
|
|
11/1998
– 01/1999
|
Moscow,
Russia
|
UNICON/MS
Consulting Group
|
Project
Manager
|
Business plan and feasibility
study on infrastructure development of a major Russian oil company.
|
|
10/1996
– 09/1998
|
Smolensk,
Russia
|
Regional
Venture Fund of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
(EBRD)
|
Deputy Fund
Manager
|
Investment analysis and business
evaluation of target companies. Investment proposals preparation.
Feasibility studies and enterprise restructuring. Investment project
management: screening, selection, due diligence, follow up, set up
monitoring, benchmarking, planning, budgeting, exit. Management
consulting and investment expenditures supervision, reporting to the
EBRD. Contacts with strategic partners and local authorities.
Representation of the EBRD in Boards of investee companies.
|
|
09/1995
– 10/1996
|
Moscow,
Russia
|
JS
Commercial Bank Mezhcombank
|
Senior
Expert, Risk Management department
|
Credit and investment risk
management. Evaluation of financial statements of enterprises. Sector
and regional risks evaluation. Assets-liabilities structure
optimization of the Bank.
|
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07/1994
– 07/1995
|
Paris, France
|
L’Institut
International d’Administration Publique (IIAP)
|
Grant-Holder
of French Government
|
Courses on Economics, Banking
and Finance. 2 months internship training at Caisse Nationale de
Crédit Agricole including country risk evaluation,
international trade financing, management of international
Donors’ projects, consulting services on banking techniques.
|
|
05/1994
– 07/1995
|
Moscow,
Russia
|
JS
Commercial bank “Viatka Bank”
|
Credit
manager
|
Credit
portfolio management.
|
|
09/1991
– 02/1994
|
Moscow,
Russia
|
Russian
Academy for Foreign Trade
|
Grant-Holder
of Russian Government
|
Courses on International
Economics and finance, multilateral organizations, international law,
business administration.
|
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09/1982
– 08/1991
|
Moscow,
Russia
|
National
Meteo Research Center
|
Scientific
researcher
|
Scientific
researches on numerical simulations of atmosphere processes
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