Ilya Sherbovich is the President and Co-Managing Partner of UCP Advisory. He has more than 14 years of practical experience working on the Russian capital markets.

Before joining UCP in 2007, Ilya worked as the Head of Global Banking (Russia) for Deutsche Bank. Based in Moscow, he was responsible for the corporate coverage and investment banking business of Deutsche Bank in Russia and led the regional team in providing both strategic advisory and transaction execution to clients across a broad range of sectors. Ilya has also served as the President of Deutsche UFG.

Prior to that, Ilya was employed at United Financial Group (UFG) for over 10 years, and served as General Director of ZAO UFG, later as the President of UFG Group and Head of Investment Banking where he developed a leading financial advisory services practice. He also acted as a member of UFG Board of Directors and Executive Committee. UFG was subsequently sold to Deutsche Bank.

In 2000-2001 Ilya served as a Board member of Sberbank, Russia’s largest commercial banking institution.

Ilya was also credited with the establishment of Russia’s most advanced ECM team, ranked Number 1 by Euromoney. He was responsible for supervising Deutsche UFG’s participation in more than 30 public offerings of Russian companies at both local and Western stock exchanges.

Ilya Sherbovich began his career in 1992 with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in which he worked as an Associate. From 1994 to 1995 he was employed by the Capital Markets Surveillance Unit of the Russian Federal Commission on Capital Markets where he was responsible for the securities offerings and registrar activities of Russian companies.

He is a graduate of the Plekhanov Russian Academy of Economics.

Victoria Lazareva is Co-Managing Partner of UCP Advisory. She has over 7 years of investment banking and private equity experience working in the Russian market and more than 10 years of international investment banking experience in both London and New York.

Victoria serves on the Board of Directors of several Russian companies. She has been a Board member of OJSC Fashion Continent since 2008, and was recently elected as an Independent Director of OJSC Seventh Continent, one of the leading Moscow food retail chains. She is also an Independent Director of OJSC Monocrystal, a leading Russian technology business.

Before joining UCP Victoria was a Managing Director at the Moscow office of Deutsche Bank where she was in charge of the corporate finance practice in the Retail, Consumer Goods, Healthcare, and Real Estate sectors for more than 5 years. Victoria joined UFG (subsequently acquired by Deutsche Bank) in 2003 and over 5 years built a leading ECM and M&A franchise in her chosen industry sectors.

Prior to 2003, Victoria was a Vice President in Deutsche Bank`s AG London-based Corporate Finance Group. She focused on M&A advisory, leveraged and structured finance, and IPOs, across a wide range of sectors including technology and basic industries.

Before her six-year tenure in London with Bankers Trust and Deutsche Bank, Victoria was an Associate with Cambridge Partners L.L.C in New York.

Victoria holds an Executive MBA from Stanford University and a degree in Chemistry from the Popov Chemical Institute in Saint-Petersburg.

Alexander Shmelev is in charge of advisory to the UCP Russia Fund. He was closely involved in the foundation of the Russian stock market and has unmatched experience in managing equity portfolio investments.

From 2006 to 2007 Alexander was a Director of Strategy Development Department in UFG Asset Management.

From 1995 to 2006 Alexander worked with UFG. He was responsible for international and domestic equity sales and trading operations. He later managed UFG`s Russia-dedicated hedge fund.

Prior to joining the UFG team, Alexander worked in the Audit Department of PriceWaterhouse in Germany.

He graduated from the State Finance Academy of Russia in 1993.

Yuri Kachuro is a Partner of UCP Advisory. He is responsible for all of UCP`s legal matters including the legal structuring of private equity transactions and project management.

Prior to joining the UCP team, Yuri had worked with Deutsche Bank and UFG for many years on various transactions in the capacity of external legal advisor.

Yuri was a Counsel (2006) and a Partner (2007—2010) with Clifford Chance in Moscow focusing on M&A, JV and private equity transactions.

From 2004 to 2006 Yuri also practiced with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Moscow focusing on complex M&A and JV deals as well as on equity capital markets transactions.

Yuri was an Associate with Sullivan & Cromwell in New York, advising on a broad range of corporate, capital markets and project finance transactions from 1998 to 2004.

He began his career in 1995 as an Analyst with Fidelity Investments in New York.

Yuri holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Pace University in New York and a Juris Doctor degree from the Fordham University School of Law in New York.

Mr. Trofimov has over 14 years’ experience in investment banking and financial services.

Prior to joining UCP in July 2011, he headed investment banking division of ATON, a major Russian broker & investment advisory firm.

Previously from 2000 to 2009 Mikhail worked on various positions in Deutsche Bank investment banking department and United Financial Group (UFG). From 2005 to 2009 Mikhail worked as Managing Director where he successfully completed a number of M&A and ECM transactions across a wide spectrum of industries.

Prior to this Mr. Trofimov worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers as a Senior Consultant in Corporate Financial Advisory. He also has experience at KPM Investment Management in the USA.

Mikhail holds an MBA degree from Creighton University, USA.