Our team

Founded MARS Capital group in 2004 and played a key role in its development.

Prior to that, Andrei held the positions of Managing Director, Head of Emerging Markets investments in Calyon Bank (Paris) and Managing Director, Head of Emerging Markets Sales in Société Générale (Paris), where he established relationships with numerous customers in Eastern Europe and managed a multibillion dollar portfolio of financial instruments after the 1998 financial crisis.

Holds a PhD degree (with Honors) in economics from Paris-I-Sorbonne University, a postgraduate degree (with Honors) from the Moscow State Lomonosov University Faculty of Economics.

Responsible for oversight of the company’s strategic development.

Re-joined MARS Capital in 2020. 

 

Co-Founder of Xtreme Investments, an advisory group specialized in alternative investments. Prior to that, she was a Member of the Board of MARS Capital SA & investment funds managed by MARS Capital, acting as the group COO.

 

Kira’s experience includes over 10 years in corporate and investment banking as Director,
Corporate Clients and Structured Finance, Crédit Agricole CIB, Moscow, and Head of Fixed Income Sales at Indosuez (Moscow).

 

She is an alumni of Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) in International Economic Relations (with honors).

 

Responsible for oversight of client relationships and alternative investments.

Joined MARS Capital in 2008 as a risk manager and investment analyst, developed and implemented risk management policies, risk assessment and investment analysis models, successfully completed the project of transition to a sophisticated portfolio management system.

In 2012 became the Head of Risk Management. Since 2014, Investment Manager and Managing Director of the company.

Holds a BA degree in applied mathematics and computer science from the Moscow State Lomonosov University Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics and a Masters degree in Economics from the Higher School of Economics (Moscow).

Responsible for management of the Company and investments, global markets/macro, debt, equity, commodities, derivatives, issuer analysis.

Dr. Ekaterina Schiess has been a Member of the Board since June 2022. Ekaterina worked for over fifteen years for global banks, responsible for strategic initiatives, complex innovation and change management projects. She has an excellent understanding of international finance and digital technologies. She possesses a broad experience in strategic projects, in the development and the implementation of client initiatives including analytical insight and the relevant milestones.

 

Ekaterina is holding a PhD in Banking and Finance of the University of St. Gallen.

Ekaterina has been with MARS Capital (and related companies) since 2006 in various positions, including Head of Risk Management and Investment Analysis.

 

Has deep expertise in risk management, and comprehensive experience in the alternative investment space since 2012.

 

Ekaterina graduated with honours from Moscow State University’s Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics, with a degree in applied mathematics.  CFA charterholder. 

 

Responsible for coverage of alternative investments and private deals, sectoral analysis, and issuer analysis.

Our partners

Anton has been Portfolio Manager and Chairman of the Board of  Courant Partners S.à r.l., the General Partner providing administration and investment management services to Courant SICAV-SIF regulated by CSSF (Luxembourg). He has been Director and Portfolio Manager of Courant Fund since its inception in June 2007 and works closely with clients and service providers as their point of contact with the Board of Directors. Before founding Courant, Mr. Dudoukin worked in investment management for over a decade, gaining dedicated experience in global macro, equities long/short, statistical arbitrage strategies and proprietary trading.  

 

In 2001 obtained a Ph.D. from the MIS&S University in Finance and Economics (Moscow).

 

Anton brings with him over 20 years of diversified investment and business experience, with a demonstrated record of successful high-level asset allocation opportunistically across strategies and consistent outperformance.

Dmitry Dudukin is a Director and CFO of Courant Asset Management. He has been in trading and investment business since 1999 having a successful investment management experience and a deep knowledge of hedge fund strategies, due diligence, compliance and operations. He was a co-founder, Director and CFO of Courant Fund Ltd. from 2006 to 2016.  

 

Dmitry graduated in Economics at the University of Statistics of Moscow. Dmitry has over 20 years of statistical analysis, research, accounting and operations experience.