Sergei Ezhov

I am an investment and finance professional with more than 20 years of experience. Certified accountant in the US (US CPA)

2011-PresMajor Investment Company (>USD5b under supervision), Moscow, Russia; Geneva, Switzerland Director, Asset Management 

• Supervised a number of portfolio companies mainly in construction, infrastructure, mining and transportation sectors including membership in the Board of Directors and BoD Committees including Finance and Audit Committee:
• Working out strategy and control of its implemenation
• Setting KPIs for management team and evaluation of performance 
• Setting up and control of budgeting, management and IFRS reporting and analysis
• Supervision of risk management and internal audit 
• Coordination of work with external auditors
• Worked as CFO of a number of portfolio companies (i.e. large coal producer):
• Reporting to the General Director and Board of Directors
• Responsible for consolidated budgeting, management and IFRS accounts 
• Long-term financial modelling
• Cost reduction and other profit improvement inititatives
• Treasury and working capital
• Internal controls and internal audit
• External financing and banks, optimization of debt/equity ratio
• Economic justification of management decisions including capex
• Tax planning including international structuring
• External audit
• Risk management 
• Led a number of restructuring projects:
• Business scope and portfolio, divestment of non-core business
• Ownership structure including taxation aspects
• Management structure
• Debt and financial restructuring
• Completed >10 deals: (major Russian coal producer, major Russian сonstruction сompany etc) including all deal aspects:
• Negotiations
• Valuation
• Coordination of due diligence and other advisors involved
• Deal structuring
• Preparation and review of transaction documentation
• Managed junior staff

1995-1999Moscow State University named after Lomonosov Moscow, Russia Economic Department, Bachelor of Economics, specialized in accounting, analysis and audit