Investor Relations, Business Development, Due Diligence, Analytics

ELENA POLIAKOVA

adn7vv@r.postjobfree.com 424-***-**** Santa Monica, CA 90401 http://hk.linkedin.com/in/epoliakova

ABOUT

General Management: own P&L, responsible for scaling companies and achieving results, representing the organization to company leadership and external stakeholders Financial: highly analytical and tactical professional, with extensive experience in due diligence of acquisition targets, formulating investment strategies by utilizing financial models and valuation projections, restructuring and scaling portfolio companies. Closely monitor operating and financial results against plans and budgets, to ensure goals are met and exceeded

Operational: develop effective strategies and operations processes where none exist to drive and support significant growth for the business. Hired and managed teams, spanning from 3 people to 30 Sectors worked in: FinTech, Decentralized Finance, E-commerce, Marketing, Private Equity, Capital Markets, Aviation, Waste Management, Alternative Energy

U.S Green Card holder. Canadian Passport. Hong Kong Permanent Resident. WORK HISTORY

2020 - Present OCEAN AVENUE PARTNERS, PRINCIPAL LOS ANGELES, CA Multifamily office and consulting firm with focus on fintech and digital asset ecosystem o Sourced and analyzed a high-growth FinTech company valued at $300M, becoming the lead investor for a $50M Series C round

o Structured a Joint Venture in Healthcare and medical devices during COVID-19 outbreak, via a direct investment from a Hong Kong Family Office. Scaled retail, wholesale revenue to $1.2M in 6 months by developing effective customer acquisition campaigns o Advising an emerging deep learning & crypto mining company for a SPAC transaction o Deep analysis and tracking of ~70 fintech and crypto companies 2014 - 2020 ORION AVENUE PARTNERS, DIRECTOR HONG KONG Strategic advisory firm, providing growth insight and access to funding for early to late-stage companies in real estate, FinTech and medical space. o Advised leading FinTech startup: Velotrade Inc. (now with MUFG) on strategy, funding structure o Organized a successful Asia market launch for iDeals Corp., a SaaS company for data management o Aggressively scaled Merrill Corp. sales efforts in HK, contributing to a USD$6M book of business and sales growth of 120% YoY. Transactions varied from US$10K-180K 2009 - 2014 CANGAP GROUP OF COMPANIES, VICE PRESIDENT: General Portfolio TORONTO, CANADA A boutique PE firm with primary verticals in aviation and alternative energy sectors. o Led acquisition and restructuring of SkyService Air Ambulance Inc; achieved revenue growth of 7X over 3 years. Acquired for 900K, sold for $16M in 4 years o Sourced, supervised a $2M revolver to leading Canadian trade finance firm: Z&Z Financial o Oversaw US$1.3M SustainCo public listing on TSX.VE via Capital Pool Company 2007 - 2009 CANGAP GROUP OF COMPANIES, ASSOCIATE: Media & Entertainment Group TORONTO, CANADA o Managed a mezzanine fund for the film and music projects, facilitating gap loans ranging from US$500K-$10M for 30+ projects

o Supported full cycle GP/LP fund accounting, reporting, reconciliations, payroll for 200+ staff EDUCATION

2019 NYU STERN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

HKUST - HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Master of Science in Global Finance

NEW YORK, NY USA

HONG KONG

2013 RYERSON UNIVERSITY

Bachelor of Commerce – Accounting

TORONTO, CANADA

PERSONAL

o Love to help and foster animals. Volunteer and marketing committee member at Karma Rescue of LA since 2019 o Avid skier, advanced PADI scuba diver, fan of Shark Tank & Seinfeld, currently learning Python and JavaScript o Tools: Tableau, Bloomberg Terminal, QuickBooks, Photoshop, Shopify, Wix, Wordpress, Google Analytics o English(fluent), Russian(fluent), Mandarin(beginner), Spanish(beginner)

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