Ms. Levashova has over 20 years of experience of long-term investing in Europe, Middle East and Africa and Latin America and has served on a number of company boards of directors across the UK and Russia. Currently at Blackfriars Asset Management in London, Anastasia oversees several portfolios investing in global equities and high yield securities. Prior roles include leading BNP Paribas EMEA equity sales business, managing research sales and capital transactions at Citibank, and establishing Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s equity sales/trading and research teams in Russia. She holds a PhD from Moscow Lomonosov State University and a Masters from Columbia University, NY, USA.