Andrew Zemnitsky
Founder and President
Andrew received his MBA degree from NYU Stern, before that he obtained his PhD in Economics from the Higher School of Economics in Moscow. Andrew is a co-founder of the CFA Institute affiliate society in Russia
Andrew started his career as a research fellow of the World Bank Insitute. His team advised governments of Kazakhstan, Russia and Morocco on the accession roadmap to the World Trade Organisation. In 2002 Andrew ventured into investment banking doing many major M&A deals in the Oil&Gas industry. Andrew is a former Head of M&A of a global telecom provider VEON (NASDAQ:VEON), currently serving 230 million subscribers worldwide, he is a former head of business development a leading European private-equity fund investing into telecommunications. Andrew originated and executed acquisitions with total transactions value of more than USD 1 bln. He also managed projects in Armenia and Myanmar and was a head of office in Indonesia.
In his last corporate job in Europe Andrew became a CEO of a private-equity fund managing a diversified multi-billion private-equity portfolio. In that role he was a board member of a major car dealership, a low-cost airline, a chain of movie theaters, a food retailer, an IT-services company and several gold mining projects. After leaving his corporate career in Europe in 2010 Andrew moved to New York City to continue doing what he likes the most – helping private companies and startups to prosper in partnership with ANZ Capital