Viacheslav (Ukraine) graduated in the top 3 from the IE Master in Finance in July, 2015. Before IE, he graduated in the top 3 from the Kyiv School of Economics. Despite his young age, Viacheslav has worked in various firms which include the Ukraine Stock Exchange, Concorde Capital, KPMG, Horizon Capital… and just started a new role as Business Analyst at McKinsey Ukraine in January, 2016.
Over the years, apart from his studies, Viacheslav has taken part in many academic and extra-curricular competitions which include the NIBC (National Investment Banking Competition of Ukraine), the CFA Institute Research Challenge (Top 5 EMEA Team), the KPMG International Case Competition, and most recently, he was part of the IE Business School Team that won the No. 2 position worldwide in the BNP Paribas’s “Ace Manager” online game. His other achievements include being the Prizewinner of the Iron Entrepreneur Ukraine(organized by Microsoft Ukraine), Semifinalist of the Global Management Challenge Junior Ukraine, Winner of Kyiv Athletic Championship, Prizewinner of Open Ukrainian championship in Swimming, amongst many more, and most recently, in September 2015 Viacheslav became a Beta Gamma Sigma member.
About the Master in Finance at IE, Viacheslav said: “Before coming to IE to pursue the Master in Finance, I always studied and lived in Ukraine. At some point I decided to look for an international experience. IE doesn’t only provide the top finance education, but also opens doors for me to see the world from another perspective. During the 10 months of the Master, together with classmates and friends I traveled a lot, and participated in the optional trips offered by the program to New York, London and Ghana. During these trips we visited top investment banks and funds, participated in competitions and helped local microfinance institutions. This amazing international experience, together with top-ranked master in finance, changed my life forever.”
About the author
Viet Ha Tran, Director of Admissions for Masters in Finance, IE Business School, Alumnus of IE Master in Marketing Management 2009. For the past 10 years, Ms. Tran is the Head of Admissions for the Finance Master Programs at IE Business School. She leads an international team of exceptional professionals who specialize in recruiting the best Finance talents to IE. Originally from Vietnam, she holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Ritsumeikan University (Japan) and a Master in Marketing Management from IE Business School. Before joining IE in Madrid, Ms. Tran worked for Japan Parker Group, Euromonitor International, and Mizuho Bank in Tokyo, Singapore and Hanoi respectively. Her fields of expertise include market intelligence, investment feasibility studies, trade finance, credit risk management, real estate consulting, government relations, and talent acquisition in the education sector. In 2017, combining her passion for art and education, Viet Ha co-founded I FEMME which is an art project aiming at raising funds in order to send girls who have no access to education to schools. Viet Ha believes that education is the most powerful weapon which we can use to change the world and art is another way to change the perspective and inner vision of a person. She hopes that I FEMME will help changing lives of thousands of girls.