Stepping Back from the Steppe

Mr. Kotchoubey, was educated in the United States and is of Russian heritage and Swiss nationality. He began his professional career at Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. 1993 in New York City and later in London as Head of Research Sales for Switzerland, then again in New York as a Senior Research salesperson and briefly as a Relationship Manager for Northern European clients. In early 2003, he joined Richard Medley (a former Quantum Fund partner with George Soros) at Medley Global Advisors and then moved to Merrill Lynch & Co. where he built, managed and ran the Investment Strategy team for Global Private Client. In 2006, Mr. Kotchoubey became Deputy CEO for Renaissance Group’s Investment Management business and he moved with his family to Moscow, Russia. At Renaissance Investment Management he focused on a number of businesses including wealth management and RIM’s entry into the Sub-Saharan African markets. He served on the firm’s executive committee as well as its investment committee. Mr. Kotchoubey is a frequent radio and television commentator in Russia on financial markets and global affairs and was appointed to the faculty at the prestigious State University Higher School of Economics where he lectured on Financial Markets. He advised the Russian Government on the practical applications of managing endowment assets and is a featured investment strategist in a number of publications across Russia & the CIS.