Evgeny Smirnov

Professional Focus

• Over 15 years’ experience in leadership development, coaching, training and consulting
• Clients include leading international companies and mid-sized, high-growth businesses across sectors including banking and finance, energy, oil & gas, manufacturing, construction, agriculture, FMCG, pharma, media, consulting and IT
• Assists leadership teams in strategy development, managing change and transformation, team alignment, conflict resolution, and management of complex group dynamics
• Extensive background developing, directing and delivering advanced management development programmes for senior management and high-potential employees covering a broad range of topics
• Highly trained and certified in coaching (ICF and Marshall Goldsmith), leadership assessment and psychometric tools such as MBTI, DISC and Hogan
• Native Russian, fluent in English

Business Expertise

• Independent executive coach, team alignment and strategy session facilitator and organisational consultant, based in Almaty
• Affiliate Executive Coach at INSEAD Executive Education; executive coach for leadership development modules and MBA core curriculum, based in Almaty
• Associate Consultant at Group Relations Russia; conducted Group Relations conferences in collaboration with the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations (UK)
• Executive Coach and Consultant, Programme Director of Executive MBA corporate programmes at another top global executive search and leadership consulting firm; promoted from Associate, based in Moscow
• Senior Consultant at the Oxford Group, a leadership training, executive coaching and consulting firm
• Executive Coach and Business Trainer at the Center for Creative Leadership, a global executive education provider
• Lead Trainer at HSE University (National Research University Higher School of Economics), Moscow; developed and conducted training in coaching, communications and psychometric tools
• Lecturer at Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA); taught psychology in business for MBA students
• Marketing Manager at Internet Exhibition VDNH, an IT startup
• Investment Consultant at Troika Dialog Asset Management (TDAM)

Sector Expertise

• Financial Services
• Banking
• Energy
• Oil & Gas
• Manufacturing
• Construction and Development
• Agriculture
• Public Services
• Consumer Products - FMCG
• Pharmaceuticals
• Media
• Technology - IT
• Consulting

Education & Certifications

• Master’s degree in psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic business consulting from HSE University (National Research University Higher School of Economics)
• Bachelor’s degree in economics from London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and HSE University (joint programme)
• Attended a number of Group Relations conferences as a participant and consultant, including Tavistock Institute of Human Relations (UK)
• Degrees in Transactional Analysis and Jungian Analysis from Moscow Institute of Analytical Psychology and Psychoanalysis
• Professional Coach and Team Coach Certifications, International Coaching Federation (ICF)
• Stakeholder Centered Coach Certification, Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coaching
• MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Instrument) Certification, The Myers-Briggs Company
• Hogan Assessment Certification, Hogan Assessments
• Certified in LEGO Serious Play facilitation methodology, Inthrface
• Certified in Influence Style Indicator (ISI) leadership assessment tool, Discovery Learning International