IRINA GURYEVA

Irina

EDUCATION

State Academy of management, Moscow, Russia: Management and Economics, MA Bristol University, UK and ENPC, France: International Business, EMBA

WORKING EXPERIENCE

  • 23 years of wide international professional experience in a huge multinational food industry company in the areas of:
    • General Management,
    • Finance and IT Management,
    • Business Transformation and Strategic Planning
  • Positions held during the last 15 years:
    • Business Transformation Programme Coordination Director, Switzerland
    • Company General Manager, Switzerland
    • Cluster Business Process Driver, Russia, Ukraine& Central Asia
    • Cluster Finance Controller, Russia, Ukraine & Central Asia
    • Company Deputy General Manager, Russia
    • Company Finance Director, Russia

KEY COMPETENCES

General management, skills of multifunctional leaders:

Strategic thinking, Problem solving, Decision making, Basic financial skills, Effective communication, Team building and People development, Creativity and Innovation, Planning, Organizational development, Corporate Culture

Finance Management:

Treasury & liquidity, Customer and Project Financing, Accounting, Reporting, Financial Planning and budgeting, Financial Analysis, Cash flow, Investment techniques and tools, Credit management, Optimization and centralization of finance activities, ERP system solutions, Finance career planning and development

Business Transformation

Strategy setting, Value management, Risk Management, Business Processes, Program and Project Management, Transformational IT management, Organizational change, Competence management and training

Managing multicultural environment

Cultural differences awareness, Motivation of multicultural teams, Communication skills in multicultural environment, Management of virtual teams on a distance

Change management

Change curve and organizational and personal behavior, Dealing with ambiguity, Communication of changes, Planning change, Progress monitoring and measuring

Building-up successful teams

Setting Direction, Team structure and mix, Alignment of tasks to skills & motivation, Interpersonal dynamics, Coaching team members, Performance-based feedback

Presentation skills

Preparing, Designing and delivering a presentation, Handling presentation questions Overcoming the fear of public speaking, Technical and visual presentation tools and skills