denis terentev

Established functional and organizational policies and boundaries for the business unit and participated in the development of IT-strategy for the biggest telecom operator in the country. Key achievements include: - Developed functional, responsibility and organizational models for the business unit. - Successfully executed organizational (personnel), financial and performance benchmarking of business unit resulting in identification of main areas for improvements and recommendations on how to achieve them. - Developed methodology for investment appraisal of IT-systems based on automation of business operations and optimization of productivity. - Project management, including development of project schedules, communication and risk management plans, establishment and management of relationships with key stakeholders, negotiating contract terms with sub-contractors and overall control of project work execution against project KPIs.

Provided consulting services to a large oil & gas customer in Russia through series of projects: - Organizational transformation of the business unit. Participated in the development of functional, responsibility and organizational models and process adaptation of best industry practices for the business division. - Reorganization of the business department (efficiency control). Performed diagnostics of current problems, defined and described key functions of the department and developed project investment methodology (project prioritization). - Development of IT-infrastructure strategy. Managed a team of people performing audit of corporate infrastructure and executed IT-infrastructure investment appraisal resulting in successful delivery of project results. Managed relationships with sub-contractors and controlled work execution against project KPIs.

Project investment apparisal, involving investment analysis of gas-stations' solutions (construction or rent), application of evaluation methods developed within the company and other types of project assessment - Prepared business-case presentations for management team

Development of initiatives for operational budget optimization

Summative essay from Year 2 in 'Financial Markets and Risk Management' is used as an academic example. Dissertation: MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS: Post-Merger Share Performance Analysis in US Energy (O&G) Sector. Case Study of Chevron and Unocal Merger (First class mark) Activities and Societies: Durham University Investment and Finance Group (DUIFG) (2010-2011)

Activities and Societies: Durham University Russian Society