Oleg Ilyin is the Managing Partner of the ASER consulting group. Prior to entering the consulting industry, he served as Vice President of the QUMMIF investment fund in London, where he was responsible for the analytics division and liaising with international financial institutions. Before that, he headed the Investment Policy and Business Planning Department at a major industrial holding company in the CIS, overseeing financial modeling, fundraising, and M&A transactions.
Since 2013, Oleg has been a lecturer in finance and investment for the English-language MBA program at the Belarusian State Economic University, as well as at several private business schools in Belarus.
He holds a Master’s degree in Economics from the Belarusian State Economic University and a Master’s degree in Investment and Finance from Queen Mary University of London. He has completed executive education programs and internships at Stanford University, Lund University, Széchenyi István University, the Russian School of Management, and the Round A Online Academy for Entrepreneurs, among others. He is a certified Category I Securities Market Specialist (Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Belarus) and a member of the German-Belarusian Economic Club and the Audit Commission of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
From 2019 to 2022, Oleg served as an Independent Director (Member of the Supervisory Board) at Minsk Automobile Plant (MAZ). He actively participates in working groups and expert councils involved in shaping national policy, including the Strategy for Attracting Foreign Direct Investment, the draft Law “On Investments,” the development of green finance, and the securities market in Belarus. He is a recipient of the Chevening Scholarship and a Minsk City Executive Committee Award for contributions to the scientific, civic, and cultural life of the city.