Since 2002, Veronica has worked in management positions in the professional services sector, including as a Business Development Director at the largest Scandinavian private investment bank and as a COO at an international law firm.
Since 2019, Veronica has been a program director at the Stockholm School of Economics in Russia, leading transformation projects in various sectors of the economy and teaching management courses, specializing in operational efficiency, change management, digital transformation and corporate culture change. Veronica teaches on the EMBA and corporate programs at the Stockholm School of Economics, and, as a visiting professor, at the Graduate School of Management at St. Petersburg State University.
Veronica graduated from Saint Petersburg State University, the EMBA program of the Stockholm School of Economics, has a Master's degree in Change Management (Said Business School, University of Oxford/HEC, Paris), and is also a member of the Center for the Study of Professional Services (Bayes Business School, London), where she is writing her doctoral dissertation.

Certified project management specialist, expert in teamwork practices and people management.
10 years ago she joined Avito as a sales manager, and today she holds the position of head of the key client department.
During this time, Avito Jobs has transformed from a new section on the site into one of the leaders in the job board market.

From 2004 to 2016, she was responsible for the development of banking products in the B2B segment (consumer lending, acquiring)
From 2016 to 2020, she built a partnership direction in Russia and the CIS in several software IT companies.
In 2021, she joined the team of the Professionals 4.0 platform of
Gazprom Neft as the head of the direction for developing partners and talents in the external market. Currently responsible for the commercial block.

Machine learning and artificial intelligence specialist, over 15 years of experience in creating and implementing AI-based solutions, including 10 years in banking.

Ekaterina's main areas of specialization are intellectual property and information technology. Ekaterina is also actively developing the direction of consulting in the field of the latest technologies (issues related to the legal regulation of artificial intelligence, protection of a digital image, biometric authentication, etc.). Ekaterina is involved in supporting projects to protect intellectual property, including conducting legal examination (due diligence), protecting intellectual property rights on the Internet, is engaged in the development of licensing and other agreements, and also specializes in issues arising in the field of eSports, paying special attention to the legal regulation of the video game industry (computer games). Ekaterina consults clients on personal data issues, works with issues related to content assessment, including issues of assessing age ratings and advertising, and also manages various projects dedicated to the protection of trademarks both in Russia and abroad.

Experience in various roles in Finance, Marketing and HR in industries such as IT, FMCG and Electrical Engineering.

Core competencies: Change Management, Business Transformation, Building effective teams