Private Equity Russia

Societe Generale has named Rafael Nagapetiants, 48, as head of the mergers and acquisitions in Russia.  The group will concentrate on both private equity and listed transactions in the Russian Federation.

Nagapetiants was previously head of corporate finance at Alfa Bank.  Before Alfa, Nagapetiants was SUN Group’s director from 2001 to 2005 and Inkombank’s vice president from 1994 to 2000.  From 1984 to 1994 Nagapetiants worked for Russia’s Ministry of Finance and later at the committee for foreign investment as a deputy chairman.

A seasoned manager and private equity investor, Mr Nagapetiants graduated from the Moscow Finance Institute in 1984 with an MA in international economics.  In 1991 he received an Economics Master of Science degree from Moscow Finance Institute, and then a law degree from Moscow State University in 1995.  In 1996 he completed the financial management programme at the Amsterdam Institute of Finance.

[via Emerging Markets.Me]

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