Team

Boris Tkachenko - Head of the Branch Office in Russia; Programme Director, Russia; Youth Business Russia Programme Manager. Boris comes to IBLF from the Russian Microfinance Centre (RMC), where he was Executive Director. RMC is the leading resource centre for promoting microfinance in Russia. Previously he worked for fourteen years in technical assistance projects financed by USAID, DFID and TACIS, focused on institutional, regulatory and legal framework and business development. Boris has also worked with the IFC, the British consulting company ADAS International, the French consulting consortium SOFRECO and the French cooperative bank Credit Mutuel. Boris has a law degree from Rostov University and received a post-graduate diploma from the prestigious Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow. He has a second education in the psychology of management and additional education in the business psychology consulting for organisations.

Elena Abramova - Marketing Director, IBLF Russia. Previously she was PR Director at the Independent Directors Association. Elena has considerable experience of project work with Ernst & Young, PwC, IFC, Chartis and RSPP. Prior to that she worked in PR and marketing with Euromanagement and ECOPSY Consulting, as well as in the publishing industry. Elena graduated from the Russian State University for the Humanities and Moscow State University of Printing Arts.

Elena Emelianova – Chief Accountant, IBLF Russia. She has substantial experience of working in international business and NGOs. Before joining IBLF Russia she was a chief accountant of Moscow branch of Santera Company and Marathon Oil Company. She also has worked with leading NGOs such as Open Society Institute, McArthur Foundation, and Eurasia Foundation. Elena is a member of the Institute of Professional Accountants of Moscow Region.

Yelena Yelagina – Manager of External Relations, IBLF Russia. Before joining IBLF Russia, Yelena was Administrative Director and External Relations Officer at the Institute for Urban Economics. She is an expert in the field of public relations, institutional development and corporate social responsibility. Yelena has substantial experience working in USAID, Open Society Institute and World Bank projects in Russia. Graduated from the Russian State University for the Humanities; received advanced training at the Russian Public Relations Association, Center for the Study of Philanthropy (the Graduate School & University Center, City University of New York).

Elena Trakhtenberg –Chief Operational Officer of the Youth Business Russia Programme. During 11 years, Elena Trakhtenberg has been in charge of international technical assistance projects within the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation. As the Royal Bank of Scotland (former ABN AMRO) sustainability manager, Elena took part in the launch of the Youth Business Russia (YBR) pilot project in Kaluga. Elena graduated from Moscow State University (history department) and received Ph.D. at the Institute of World History (Russian Academy of Sciences). She has also studied at the French-Russian program “Master de management” and has got the master of management diploma.

Victor Glushkov - Business Development Manager of the Youth Business Russia Programme. Before joining IBLF, Victor worked as a specialist for small business development in Oxfam, and in that role directly participated in the development of YBR. After graduation from the Saratov State Socio-Economic University with a degree in economics, Victor was employed by the Eurasia Foundation where he was in charge of small business development programs. He has attended trainings in Great Britain on social enterprises and organizational development