In 2019 6 ICEF graduates have already entered PhD programmes of world’s leading universities.
Alumni
The results are in for the Competition of the Best Thesis Projects, held by the Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy for the graduates of economics faculties.
Andrei Kostylev graduated from the ICEF Master’s Programme in 2012, and is now a Senior Manager in the Strategic Direction department at the state corporation Rosatom. On Saturdays, Andrei leads a course in Business Negotiation and workshops on ‘The Foundations of Banking and Finance” for ICEF students. Andrei told us a little about his studies and career.
Ksenia Kushner graduated from the Master’s Programme at ICEF in 2015, and later that year joined the team at XENON Capital Partners, one of the leading financial investment consultancies.
Vladimir Shmarov graduated from the Master’s Programme in Financial Economics in 2015 and went on to complete a summer internship at Barclays in London. He now works there full-time as an ESG quant. Vladimir tells us not only about his studies and work in the bank, but also about teaching, dancing and how useful sitcoms can be.
Maria Logvinenko graduated from the ICEF BSc programme in 2006. For ten years, she worked in marketing, first at Nestle and then at The Coca-Cola Company, and she now works as a Line Manager in Services at Avito.
ICEF graduate Georgy Tseluiko continued his academic career with a MSc in Investment Management at Cranfield University. In this interview, part of our series that profiles recent graduates, he discusses his life goals, his studies at ICEF and Cranfield and how best to choose a Master’s programme.