Team

  • Alexey A. Evstratov

    Senior Advisor

    Alexey Evstratov has more than 12 years of investment banking, corporate finance and private equity experience in leading organizations. Since 2012 he has been working as CEO of Lirona Capital and Russian Appraisal, advisory and valuation companies with offices in Moscow and New York. Prior to joining LC and RA, Alexey worked as Investment Director at largest Russian Holding Company.

    From 2008 to 2009 Alexey worked in Eurasia Capital, leading real estate investment fund in Russian and CIS. Before that in 2007–2008 Alexey was Senior Manager in advisory and investment practice at Knight Frank in London and Moscow.

    He began his career in 2002 as Senior Consultant in Corporate Finance and Business Restructuring department at PwC.

    Alexey Evstratov holds Master degrees in:

    • Applied Physics and Mathematics from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
    • Economics from Financial Academy under Government of Russian Federation
    • Finance from New Economic School.

  • Robert J. Fernstrom

    Senior Advisor

    Robert Fernstrom has a total of 25 years of investment and corporate banking experience in leading financial service organizations. He is currently working as the CEO of EACP, a boutique advisory firm with offices in Singapore/Jakarta/Bangkok. Prior to founding EACP, Mr. Fernstrom worked at KT ZMICO Securities as the head of the M&A/Special Situations Department in Thailand.   Before KT ZMICO, he worked at Newhall Capital Partners Limited (Tokyo), HSBC Investment Bank (HK) as MD and Global Head of Energy & Utilities, MD Energy & Utilities at Nikko Salomon Smith Barney in Tokyo and HK, PT Salomon Brothers Nusa Securities (Jakarta) and Salomon Brothers Hong Kong Limited.

    Mr. Fernstrom is a U.S. lawyer and member of the bars of New York and New Jersey, with an MBA from Cornell University, a JD from William Mitchell College of Law and a B.A. from Seton Hall University.  

  • Hans Hyun

    Senior Advisor

    Mr. Hyun has over 23 years of experience in various fields of investment banking. Mr. Hyun is also currently working as an in-house project finance advisor to a subsidiary of Russian Railways (RZD) for developing overseas projects. Prior to joining RAsia, Mr. Hyun was the head of Global Banking Asia at VTB Capital Plc., the largest investment bank in Russia/CIS and has been in charge of the bank‘s M&A, project finance, direct Investment, ECM and DCM activities in Asia. Mr. Hyun also worked as the Head of Energy, Metal & Mining Group for North Asia at ABN AMRO Bank Hong Kong, Head of Structured Finance at ABN AMRO Korea, Head of Corporate Finance Group at Citigroup Korea, and Vice President at Citigroup Hong Kong for M&A. During his career, he has built up intimate client relationship with key energy, infrastructure and resources companies in Asia including Korea, Japan and China.

    Mr. Hyun earned an M.Phil. in Economics from University of Cambridge, U.K., and a B.A. in Economics from Seoul National University.

  • Alexander Shulgin

    Senior Advisor

    Alexander has more than 15 years of investment and venture capital experience. He is unique Russian composer who successfully combines creative work with business. He effectively manages Familia Group of Companies (“GRUPPA KOMPANIY FAMILIA”, LLC), which specializes in investment and venture capital in media, new media, publishing, and entertainment sectors. He is one of the founder of the 5 Continent Continent Consulting Group specializing in IT-sector, biotechnologies and financial management. Partner of the iTech Capital Fund, which is major stakeholder of such leading companies as Ticketland, AviaSales, QIWI post, SeoPult Group, Garpun, MFM Solution and others. 

    Alexander successfully established rASiA.com - networking platform.

    He is one of the main world experts in media, entertainment and sport. He makes foresights speeches at different leading world forums and conferences such as
    MIPTV, MIPCOM, MIDEM (France), World Knowledge Forum (Korea), All That Matters (Singapore). 

    Alexander gives lectures at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HSE France, Potsdam University in Berlin and many others 

    In addition, he is an accomplished publicist and author. His articles and reports regularly appear in major Russian media.

    In 2008, he was awarded the order of medal For Professionalism And Business Reputation.

    Focus Telecom, IT, digital, MES ( Medias , Entertainment & Sport).