The team

We have built a team of over 30 consultants and analysts – combining top notch educational credentials, intellectual curiosity, proven leadership capacity and a commitment to values.

Adam Saulius Vaina, founder, CEO

  • 6 years of experience at McKinsey in the Eastern European office, last as Associate Partner
  • 5 years of experience as VP of Marketing for Guardsmark, a US outsourcing services company
  • MBA in Finance, Marketing and Strategic Management from Wharton School of Business
  • BA in Economics from Harvard University
  • Competence in post merger restructuring, banking, insurance, energy sector

Rokas Šalaševičius, senior project manager

  • 5 years of management-related work experience (Senior Consultant at E&Y Baltic and Bite)
  • 2 years experience in building web startups, lecturer at ISM
  • MA in International Policy from Stanford University
  • BSc in Economics and Business from Stockholm School of Economics in Riga
  • Competence in telecommunications, industry regulation and startups

Kęstutis Jovaišas, senior project manager

  • 7 years of experience at Business Advisory department at Ernst & Young Baltic
  • 3 years of experience as SM at Spotline, sports retailer
  • MA in Finance, Vilnius University
  • LEAN green belt, Six Sigma expert, Prince2 Practitioner, SAP TRM certified
  • Retail, manufacturing, transportation, education, public sector, public finance

Oleg Chanoff, Partner at Belarus office

  • 3 years of experience at BigFish consulting as founder and managing partner
  • 10 years of experience at Atlant-M companies as Head of Marketing Department
  • MBA in Marketing and Strategy from Viadrin University
  • PhD in History from Academy of Science of Republic of Belarus, Institute of History
  • Competence in marketing, business strategy development

Valentin Gavrilov, Partner at Belarus office

  • 2 years at McKinsey&Company, Moscow office, last as consultant
  • 8 years at the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus, Deputy Head of Monetary Policy Dept.
  • MBA in Finance and Strategy from HEC School of Management, France
  • PhD in Finance from Belarusian State Economic University
  • Banking, real estate, electronics, gasoline stations, macroeconomics, metals

Minijus Tilindis, Chief Financial Officer on hire

  • 8 years of experience as head of credit committee
  • 5 years of experience in financial analysis consulting for banks and corporates
  • BSc in Finance from University of Bridgeport, Connecticut
  • CFA level III candidate, lecturer in finance
  • Competence in financial analysis, budgeting, financial modeling, financial compliance

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