Elena Ivashentseva has been a non-executive director since 2000. Ms. Ivashentseva is a partner at Baring Vostok Capital Partners, a Russian private equity firm. Baring Vostok structured and led the initial investment in Yandex in 2000 by Internet Search Investments Limited (the parent of ru-Net B.V.), in which Baring Vostok’s fund is the founder and largest shareholder. Since 2000, Ms. Ivashentseva has managed the investment in Yandex on behalf of Internet Search Investments Limited. She is also a member of the board of Enforta, and was previously a member of the board of directors of CTC Media, Inc., a leading Nasdaq-listed Russian television broadcaster, and other portfolio companies of Baring Vostok. From 1994 to 1998, Ms. Ivashentseva was a director of EPIC Russia, where she led telecom and media investments of the Sector Capital Fund. Ms. Ivashentseva received a master’s degree in finance and accounting from the London School of Economics and a diploma with honors in economics from Novosibirsk University. She is a CFA Charterholder.
