News 26.04.2006
Alfa Capital Partners announces appointments to its private equity and real estate teams Moscow, April 26, 2006 – Alfa Capital Partners announces the addition of two new members to its private equity team, Managing Director, Slava Sinadski and Investment Director, Denis Kourakin and the promotions of Vladislav Mamoulkine as Managing Director of its private equity investment team and Andrey Pogodin as Investment Director of its real estate investment team.
Slava Sinadski and Denis Kourakin joined Alfa Capital Partners in early 2006. "We are pleased with the two new additions to our private equity team. Mr. Sinadski brings in-depth expertise in restructuring, strategic development and M&A with both Russian and international companies. Denis Kourakin has extensive experience in Russia, including experience in telecom, pharmaceutical, software and consumer goods industries. Our private equity efforts will benefit greatly from their experience and expertise" said Alfa Capital Partners’ CEO Richard Sobel.
Vladislav Mamoulkine was appointed Managing Director of ACP’s private equity team in March 2006 after joining as Investment Director in September 2004. Andrey Pogodin was appointed as Investment Director in the real estate team in December 2005 after joining as Investment Manager in June 2004.
A summary resume of each individual is provided below:
From 2003 to 2005, Mr. Sinadski worked as Managing Director and Member of the Board of JSC Narzan where he was responsible for strategy, business development and M&A activities. Prior to Narzan Mr. Sinadski worked as Head of Corporate Finance with Deloitte & Touche LLP where he co-founded the Corporate Finance Department and originated and actively participated in transactions and advisory projects in FMCG, food and beverage, power, oil & gas, and metals. In addition, Mr. Sinadski worked as Director of Investment Banking at Troika Dialog. He started his career in the US in AT Kearney’s emerging markets practice (Washington D.C.), PWC (New York, Washington D.C.), and with Cannon Associates (Washington D.C. and Moscow). Mr. Sinadski holds an MBA from J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University and an MS from Moscow Automotive Institute.
Prior to joining Alfa Capital Partners, Mr. Kourakin worked at the Boston Consulting Group in San Francisco and Moscow, where his work consulting senior management of major Russian and international corporations on strategic and operational issues ranged from telecom, pharmaceuticals, software and consumer goods. From 1997 to 1998, he worked at Coopers and Lybrand, an accounting firm conducting audit and financial due diligence projects in Russia. Mr. Kourakin holds a B.A. degree from Cornell University and an MBA from Stanford.
Prior to joining Alfa Capital Partners Mr. Mamoulkine worked as an Investment Manager at Texas Pacific Group in Moscow and London where he focused on development of new investments and monitoring of portfolio companies in media, leasing, airlines, and brewing sectors. From 1996 to 2001 Mr. Mamoulkine worked at ESN Group in Moscow as an Investment Officer and as CFO for Russian Operations and Head of Treasury at Alfa Eco. Mr. Mamoulkine holds a B.A. from Moscow State University for International Relations (MGIMO), and an MBA from the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania.
From 2002 to 2004, Mr. Pogodin was a deputy head of corporate finance at Ost West Group, a Russian private equity and real estate advisory firm. Until 2002, he worked at BDC Financial, a Boston-based alternative investment advisory firm, where he originated and analyzed investments for private equity fund-of-funds and at New York-based KTR Real Estate, where he participated in underwriting commercial real estate loans. Andrey started his career in 1997 at Commonwealth Property Investors, a Russia-focused real estate investment fund. Andrey holds a M.A. in Business Administration, with distinction, from the Moscow State University for International Relations (MGIMO).
ALFA CAPITAL PARTNERS, a Moscow-based private equity and real estate investment group, manages US$285 million in capital from international institutional and private investors alongside capital from Alfa Group, one of Russia’s largest financial industrial groups. Alfa Capital Partners seeks to invest in leading companies in emerging and growing sectors in Russia, Ukraine and the CIS.
In April 2005 Alfa Capital Partners was appointed Regional Manager of the US OPIC-sponsored US$180 million Great Circle Fund. The Great Circle Fund is a dedicated emerging markets infrastructure fund with regional focus on Russia, CIS, Turkey, Baltic and Mediterranean regions. In December 2005, ACP held its first closing of Alfa Private Equity Partners, L.P., a private equity fund organized to invest in small and medium-sized private companies in Russia, Ukraine and the CIS.
For more information about Alfa Capital Partners, please contact Mr. Richard Sobel, CEO and Ms. Anna Shumaylova, marketing coordinator, at: +7 495 775-1828 or ashumaylova@alfacp.ru or visit www.alfacp.ru. |
