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Irina KirikovaIK

Irina Kirikova

Strategy & Transformation, Energy

$1,700/day
Dubai, AE
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Irina

15+ years of career in consulting, ex-Bain, ex-Oliver Wyman, ex-EY. Worked 10+ years in the UK and the rest of the EU, last 3 years based in Dubai. Specialise in Energy sector, have extensive experience in supporting C-suite executives with commercial decision making, business restructuring and optimisation
  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • Russian

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
Dubai (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Bain & Company,
    Senior Manager, Energy
    October 2022 - August 2025 (2 years and 10 months)
    Dubai - United Arab Emirates
    • • Developed a strategy and an operating model for a regional electricity Principal buyer, defining key initiatives, implementation strategy and tactical steps
    • • Supported government of a GCC country with implementation of a petrochemical strategy reporting into a Vice Minister. Developed an investors outreach strategy and respective operational processes to roll out the new petchem strategy
    Corporate Strategy Project Management Investors outreach Operations Executive communication
  • Oliver Wyman,
    Engagement manager, Energy
    August 2018 - August 2022 (4 years)
    London, UK
    • • Improved gross margins of large energy trading companies by developing commercial strategies, defining implementation requirements and drafting cost efficient roadmaps; presented & defended suggestions to the SteerCo and at the Board level
    • • Designed energy transformation strategies, decarbonisation targets and emissions assessment for traditional fossil fuel companies
    • • Member of a task force providing expertise and perspectives into developing an industry-wide framework for ranking companies based on their decarbonisation efforts and achievements
    • • Led a data sharing collaboration between public and private companies, which contributed proprietary data for the benefit of addressing a shared problem - rolling out charging infrastructure for electric vehicles in the most efficient way across all stakeholders involved
    • • Led set ups of commodity trading businesses from scratch, including risk management, logistics and operations, transfer pricing, market access (trading at exchanges and via brokers) and clearing
    • • Optimised operational models of commodity trading companies by delivering efficiency across Front, Middle, Back Offices, Finance, Treasury, IT and Corporate Governance
    Commodity trading Corporate Strategy Change and Transformation Management Target operating model Business transformation
  • Ernst & Young LLP.
    Senior Manager, Energy trading & Risk management
    August 2010 - July 2018 (7 years and 11 months)
    London, UK
    • • Designed and implemented Risk Management Frameworks for Energy companies in Oil & Gas and Power & Utilities sectors across Front, Middle and Back Offices
    • • Advised Energy companies on whether their Risk Management Frameworks are appropriate for the scale and complexity of their business operation; improved cost-effectiveness and operational efficiency of business functions; initiated business re-structuring and led change management
    • • Transformed business of a global Price Reporting Agency enhancing transparency and credibility of price reporting
    • • Designed optimized & tailored hedging strategies for commodity-exposed companies to match their actual risk exposure with the risk appetite of the key stakeholders
    • • Acted as a mentor in a collaboration between Energy sector and Blockchain startups advising both side on a) articulating pressing industry problems and b) shaping solutions to match the problems
    • • Selected Energy Trading Risk Management (ETRM) systems best fitted to companies' objectives, scale & type of business operations, risk appetite and budget
    • • Conducted internal audits and assessments of in-house internal audit functions for commodity trading companies

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Education

  • University Degree in Financial management
    St Petersburg State University.
    2003
    University Degree in Financial management

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