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Olga Kotina

Governance, Risk Management & Compliance

$1,500/day
Dubai, AE
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Olga

As a Chief Risk Officer with over 15 years of leadership experience, I specialize in building and transforming risk management, corporate governance, and internal control systems within complex global organizations. My career spans banking, metals & mining, and industrial conglomerates with a footprint across Europe, the US, Asia, and MENA. I excel at navigating large-scale transformations, fostering cross-functional collaboration, and providing strategic oversight at the board level to ensure resilience and sustainable growth.

I have a proven track record of delivering tangible financial and operational impact, including optimizing a currency hedging strategy to achieve $100M in savings and reducing insurance program costs by 20%. I successfully slashed overdue receivables by threefold within one year while maintaining business volume and have managed credit risk for multibillion-dollar portfolios, including a $2.8B bank portfolio and a $3B commodities trading book, consistently achieving loss ratios significantly below risk appetite.

Having led crisis management efforts through events like geopolitical sanctions and supply chain disruptions, I am adept at ensuring business continuity in the most challenging environments. My expertise is grounded in a practical, results-driven approach to risk that directly contributes to an organization's strategic objectives and long-term value.
  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • Russian

    Native or bilingual

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

Experience

  • FertiStream
    Director, Chairman ofthe Board
    June 2024 - Today (2 years)
    Dubai - United Arab Emirates
    FertiStream is an international fertilizer trader operating in 12 countries and shipping 10 million tonnes annually Implemented a Delegation of Authority (DOA) framework to boost
    • •
    • •
    • • decision-making efficiency and accountability. Developed a risk-management and hedging system, reducing annual losses to under $1M. Created crisis-response protocols, ensuring business continuity during emergencies. Implemented a risk-based control system, minimizing risks in commercial operations.
  • AIMM
    Chief Risk Officer
    January 2023 - August 2025 (2 years and 7 months)
    Dubai - United Arab Emirates
    A holding company managing a portfolio of industrial and commodity trading assets, including one of the largest fertilizer producers. Built and implemented a risk-management and compliance system
    • •
  • NLMK Group
    Chief Risk Officer
    RAW MATERIALS INDUSTRY
    October 2015 - December 2022 (7 years and 2 months)
    Moscow, Russia
    A leading international manufacturer of steel with an annual turnover
    more than $10 billion and operations in over 20 production facilities in
    Russia, the United States, Belgium, Denmark, Italy, France and India.
    • Optimized commodity trading strategy ensuring business continuity
    under geopolitical pressure impacting $5B turnover.
    • Being a member of the Board of the trading house governed Risk
    Management and internal controls, managing compliance across
    operations in Switzerland, Turkey, UAE, China.
    • Optimized risk parameters in insurance programs worth over $1
    billion (PD/BI, TCI, Cargo, GL, etc.) maintaining cost reductions.
    • Built and implemented a complex statistical currency and commodity
    risk assessment model to optimize natural hedging.
    • Established a new credit policy, which made it possible to reduce
    the level of overdue receivables by three times within one year.
    • Led Business Continuity Management: risk-based maintenance,
    safety management, procurement policies, and disaster recovery
    plans.

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Education

  • Bachelor in Economics
    Institute of Finance and Economics
    2003
    Bachelor in Economics
  • – Executive Development Program
    INSEAD
    2020
    – Executive Development Program

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