Svetlana Belyaeva

Svetlana Belyaeva is a seasoned CFO with 24 years of experience in high-level finance roles in renowned international and Russian companies across various sectors like retail, wholesale trading, production, and construction.

She excels as a financial strategist, demonstrating an exceptional capability to identify and capitalize on new growth opportunities, enhance business profitability, and optimize financial processes.

Svetlana has a diverse skill set encompassing day-to-day financial management, strategic and investment project oversight, and adept management in challenging environments.

In her recent focus on investment fund assets, she has showcased proficiency in implementing best practices, raising substantial funds for business activities, building financial functions from the ground up, and managing a range of financial areas like strategic planning, budgeting, financial modeling, reporting, controlling, tax planning, and investment analysis.

Her achievements include driving a 20% increase in business profitability in a year, securing substantial funding for operations and investments, and implementing cost-effective procedures resulting in improved working capital management.

Svetlana has hands-on experience with SAP, 1C, and AXAPTA implementations, along with a strong track record of managing finance services across multiple international affiliates.

Moreover, she is fluent in Russian, English, and French, holding an ACCA designation and a Masters's degree in Economics from the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia.

Currently, Svetlana serves as the Managing Partner overseeing IR, Finance, and M&A at ASTARTA CAPITAL, with previous roles including Financial Advisor at Financial Consulting Business services, Group CFO at STAN Holding Company, CFO at AQUANIKA, CFO at GINGER INVEST RUS, Financial Director at Sprandi, CFO at Wrigley - Korkunov, Financial Director at Castorama Russia, and Chief Accountant/Finance Manager at SAIPEM.