Bio

Yulia Lukianova joined UFG in January 2014 as the Investment Director. Ms. Lukianova is responsible for monitoring and oversight of UFG’s current portfolio investments, as well as analysis of new investment opportunities. Prior to UFG Yulia held the position of senior associate at the Goldman Sachs Special Situations Group, the bank’s principal investment arm in Moscow, where she participated in providing equity and debt capital to mid-market private companies in Russia and CIS countries. During her tenure, Ms. Lukianova was involved in different stages of the investment processes, from due diligence, deal structuring, and closing, to the full cycle of portfolio management and exit from portfolio companies. Prior to Goldman Sachs, in 2007–2010, Yulia held an analyst position at J.P. Morgan in London, where she worked in the M&A department, covering real estate companies in EMEA and providing advisory services on private equity placement. In 2006–2007, Ms. Lukianova was an analyst in the Corporate Finance department of Deloitte & Touche in Moscow. She graduated with honors from the Moscow State University with a BA in Economics.