Education

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.

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.

ICEF graduate Vazgen Badalyan (2014), now working in investment banking, describes what it was like to study on one of the best finance master’s programmes in Britain…

Working abroad after the university is both a step forward in your career, as well as a valuable personal experience. ICEF HSE graduate Mikhail Savkin, who is currently the Director of Global Strategy at France’s Schneider Electric, tells Success Builder how easy it is for a consultant to lead a nomadic lifestyle, why HSE should become a subculture, and how to survive in the French corporate world without losing your own cultural identity.

On 15th September theInternational College of Economics and Finance ICEF held its Graduation ceremony at the British Ambassador’s residence in Moscow for the 15th year in a row. At the ceremony, students were awarded their diplomas for the Double Degree programmes run jointly by ICEF and the London School of Economics.  

ICEF 2006 alumnus Yuri Kiselev is now head of debt capital markets in Russia and the CIS at Société Générale. In an interview for the ICEF website Yuri talked about his career and education in Russia and abroad.