Biography
Grigory Leshchenko is an Investment Director at Skolkovo-Venture Investments, where he manages investment projects for companies in the information technology sector. Prior to starting work at\\Skolkovo - Venture Investments\\, he collaborated with the ROEL investment industrial holding and IFK Metropol, where, as director of the corporate finance department, he led the strategic development of portfolio assets. He has more than 16 years of experience in the United States in leading positions in investment banks Newbridge Securities, Rodman & Renshaw and Maxim Group, where he carried out financial projects worth more than $1 billion. He has extensive experience in the field of international investment banking services, including M&A transactions, IPOs on the Nasdaq and Amex exchanges, raising funding, as well as in the field of venture investments. He graduated from the Faculty of Foreign Languages of the Tula Pedagogical Institute and the business school The College of St. Rose (New York), has an MBA degree.