Andre Bliznyuk is a General Partner at Runa Capital. Andre previously worked at Lendio as a Board Member / Board Observer. He attended Moscow State University.5 years of investment banking experience: headed the Russia/CIS Equity Capital Markets Group for Goldman Sachs (2010-2011) and, prior to that, UBS Investment Bank (2006-2009), focusing on IPOs and other ECM transactions in Russia, Ukraine and KazakhstanIn 2003-2006, head of capital markets and investor relations at Sistema, leading Russian conglomerate, managing debt and equity financing deals for Sistema, MTS, Comstar, Sistema Hals and Sitronics; prior to that, worked in Wimm-Bill-Dann’s investor relations team (2001-2003).Graduated from MSU with a master’s degree in Cross-Cultural Communications; followed this with a graduate course in Economics/Management.