Experience

DWM

• United States
• Investment Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Regional Representative for EECCA Region, Tbilisi, Georgia

  • Jun 2022 - Present



Broadpeak GmbH

• Switzerland
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Manager (Part-time)

  • Apr 2022 - Jun 2022

  Broadpeak GmbH is an advisory firm based in Zurich, Switzerland. We service institutions, governments, and investors in the field of development finance in their ambition to address global challenges like climate change, resource depletion, and poverty reduction. Our work ranges from fundraising advisory, RfP writing, tender agent and procurement work, due diligences, ex-post evaluations, country / sector analysis to assist our clients to focus on their strategic impact creation. Broadpeak is a start-up company of diverse, international, and driven individuals with an interest in development finance and keen to make a real impact. Show less



Financial Due Diligence Associates (FDDA)

• Ville de Paris, Île-de-France, France

• Co-founder at Financial Due Diligence Associates (FDDA)

  • Apr 2020 - Jun 2022

  Co-founder, with Guy Rodwell, of a consultancy specialized in incisive due diligence and analysis of emerging market and impactful financial institutions, and in providing expert advice to institutions on fund-raising and productive communication with capital providers. Co-founder, with Guy Rodwell, of a consultancy specialized in incisive due diligence and analysis of emerging market and impactful financial institutions, and in providing expert advice to institutions on fund-raising and productive communication with capital providers.



Zinaida VASILENKO

• Paris/Moscow

• Inclusive Finance Independent Consultant

  • Jan 2019 - Jun 2022



responsAbility Investments AG

• Switzerland
• Investment Management
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Senior Investment Officer

  • Aug 2009 - Jul 2019

  Main responsibilities: Building debt investments portfolio in financial sector in Eastern Europe and Central Asia region; Maintaining and fostering relationships with existing and potential investees; Conducting due diligence of financial institutions: - Collecting and analyzing institutional reports, policies, legal documents off-site and on-site; - On-site visits and analyzing operations and processes of investees; Preparing risk analysis with a focus on financial sustainability; Presenting deals to investment committees internally and externally; Negotiating terms of deals with institutions’ Senior Management; Supervising a team of junior investment analysts; Executing and monitoring approved investment deals in cooperation with the company’s head office in Zurich; Conducting regular risk monitoring of the debt investment portfolio in EECA region on the basis of monthly reporting; Elaborating country investment strategies for CIS portfolio; Representing the company at international conferences/events as a speaker; Running training sessions on Financial analysis Main achievements: - Developed and monitored a debt investment portfolio of over 35 financial institutions in nine countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Managed an investment portfolio of a total value of over 170m USD; - Conducted over 100 full due diligences of banks and financial institutions in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Bosnia, Benin and Togo; Show less



PlaNIS at Planet Finance

• Microfinance Investment Analyst (Intern)

  • Aug 2008 - Jul 2009