Irina Shinkareva has been with NYBay since its founding and heads the Firm's European business.  She has particular interest and expertise in fashion and e-commerce, having worked as the New York correspondent for the Russian edition of Elle Magazine (Elle Deluxe).  

 

Irina previously worked as management consultant for Bain & Company in London and Moscow, serving a variety of clients in their restructuring and international expansion strategies.  She has also worked in Corporate Finance and M&A in the Investment Banking Division of Goldman Sachs & Co. in New York.

 

Irina holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, a Ph.D-M from the Russian Academy of Sciences, and a Master's Degree in Applied Mathematics from Moscow State Lomonosov University.  She was born and raised in Moscow and is a dual US-Russia citizen.