Educated
at the School of Slavonic & Eastern European Studies,
London University, and the John F Kennedy School of Government,
Harvard University
Academic
research at Harvard focused on international development studies.
Previously a corporate
finance specialist with J P Morgan Chase in London.
Provided financing, risk
management and structuring solutions to domestic and international
corporations and financial institutions in Croatia, Hungary,
Poland and Slovenia. .
Advised private equity
clients on the formulation and execution of their industrial
strategies in Western Europe and worked with Central and Eastern
European governments on privatisations.