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Olga Makarova

  • Olga Makarova has been at HSE University since 2022.

Responsibilities

Ph.D., МВА, 
CMBE (Certified Management and Business Educator, CABS, UK)

Education and Degrees

  • 1999

    Candidate of Sciences* (PhD)

  • 1993

    Degree
    St. Petersburg University of Economics and Finance

* Candidate of Sciences
According to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 2011, Candidate of Sciences belongs to ISCED level 8 - "doctoral or equivalent", together with PhD, DPhil, D.Lit, D.Sc, LL.D, Doctorate or similar. Candidate of Sciences allows its holders to reach the level of the Associate Professor.

Continuing education / Professional retraining / Internships / Study abroad experience

MBA (IMISP-Henley-Bocconi-ESADE-EmLyon, 1999)
additional education (main):
- Psycology of teaching (ВШЭ, 2024)
- Organizing distant interactive group work (HSE, 2021)
- Data storage and Analysis (ITMO, 2021)
- Working in Teaching System BlackBoard (SPbU, 2020)
- E-marketing (Texterra, 2020)
- SAP & S4/HANA - Intellectual Enterprise Process Management (СПбПУ, 2019)
- System of efficient tasks in distance and blended learning (2018)
- Information Systems Administrator, PG diploma (LIMTU, 2014)
    paper: Budgeting and Management Reporting Automatization by 1C:ERP and 1C:Consolidation Implementation for Decentralised Companies 
- Internal control: Sorbanes-Oxley Act - seminar (Ernst & Young, 2006)
- Accounting for local GAAP and IAS reporting (IMISP, 2001)
- Financial Accounting, Management Accounting - seminars (Artur Anders, 1995-97)

Courses (2023/2024)

Courses (2022/2023)

Courses (2021/2022)

Author's courses and master-classes (in Russian, in English):

- on-line course Doing Business in Russia (at SPbU) on Coursera (with co-authors)
- Basic financial management instruments and budgeting system - series of seminars for management of engineering company Dipaul
- Cost reduction at food production enterprises - open program organized by School of Food Production Management  
- Basics of Working Capital Management and Commercial Decisions - seminars for commercial department of Neva Milk (formerly Nevsky Cheeses)
- Financial Management Basics for Owners - seminars for shareholders of  Jenavi 
- Financial reports analysis, marginal approach - seminar for pulpwood production company-exporter Lemo
- Financial indicators, departmental marginal contribution - series of seminars for top & departmental management of mobile operator Tele2 
- Other seminars for management and owners upon request

Publications6

Online Courses

Doing Business in Russia (co-author), 2019
online course of SPbU at Open Education and Courcera, in English

https://openedu.ru/course/spbu/RUSBUS/

https://gsom.spbu.ru/all_news/event2019-12-9_1/

Employment history

1992-2008 - financial director (CFO), financial manager, controller with Russian subsidiaries of international companies:
- AT&T  (Lucent TEchnologies),
- Gillette CIS, 
- Metrosvyaz CIS,
- Tele2 SPb,
- Pratt & Whitney Rus,
- Agility Logistics CIS.

2008-2011, 2015-2021 - GSOM SPbU:
strategic and international management department,
finance and accounting department,
Director of master programs
Executive board member and a member of finance committee at CEMS global alliance (cems.org),
International and Double Degree programs academic director,
Director of executive education center,
Copropate programs academic director,

+ since  2008 - business consultant, visiting lecturer at GSOM SpbU, HSE Spb, SWISSAM, SPbUE&F, AlmaU

https://sites.google.com/site/ovmakarovafinance/welcome-page-engl/Profile

Consulting (since 1998 till now)

Academic adviser of consulting projects for the companies:
MTS, VympelCom, Megafon, Tele2, Gazpromneft, Rosneft, Almatyinzstroy, Lenta, Ahlers Logistics, Amrest, Netwrix, VCV, L'Oreal, P&G, FAR & other

Private professional advise and consulting, incl.:

management reporting audit & reingeneering, constructing a budgeting system (MBO),
KPIs and 
management reporting  based on marginal approach,
business units performance evaluation system,
transfer pricing for business units performance management
clients & product profitability analysis,
financial model of management analysis, payroll plannings and motivation sustem,
anti-crysis management,
financial and economic support of investment and marketing decisions,
content-coordination of ERP system implementaton,
investors' ambassador in projects, incl. automatization,

educational programs for company management.

Academic (rus & engl) and administrative experience in the Universities:

Since 2019 - CMBE (Certified Management and Business Educator), status awarded by CABS (Chartered Association of Business Schools, UK)

2015 - 2021 - Graduate School of Management (GSOM), St.Petersburg University, Master's Programs (#23 in MIM FT ranking 2018, education in English, dual degrees, CEMS)
                    Academic Director, International Programs, Double Degree programs; 
                        CEMS Executive Councillor (Board Member), member of CEMS Finance Committee
                    Director of Master Programs (2015-2016)
                    Strategic & International Management Department, teaching (in English at master level, in Russian at EMBA): Doing Business in Russia, Business-Planning, Financial 
                    Management, Management Accounting, Budgeting & Management Control Systems, Working Capital Management         
2013 - 2015 - swiss-american Hospitality Business School (SWISSAM) (specialisation - hotels, restaurants, tourizm)
                    teaching (in English): International Financial Accounting and Reporting, Management Accounting, Financial Analysis, Business-planning, evaluation of investment projects  
2013 - 2018 - Higher School of Economics  (HSE) , Saint-Petersburg branch, Finance Department, associate professor (part-time)
                    teaching at Master Degree Programs (in English, Russian): 
                    Introduction to Financial Management, Working Capital Management
2008 - 2011 - Graduate School of Management (GSOM), St.Petersburg University, Finance & Accounting Dept, Sr.lecturer,
                    Director of Executive Education Center, 
                    Academic Director of Executive education programs.
                    teaching (in Russian, at all levels): Management Accounting, Working Capital Management, Internal Audit, Business-planning, Ivestment Projects 
2000 - 2001  -  StPb University of the Economics & Finance (SPbUE&F), Finance Dept (part-time)
                    teaching (undergraduate): Financial Management Basics, Investment Projects Evaluation 

Timetable for today

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'Be an Integral and Valuable Part of Your Team': Olga Makarova on Working in Business and Teaching

Olga Makarova is a lecturer at the School of Economics and Management, HSE University-St Petersburg. In the 90s, she was one of the lucky people who were good at Economics and foreign languages. Thanks to that, for a long time, she was working as a financial executive for such large companies as AT&T, Gillette CIS, Tele2, Pratt & Whitney. Then she transferred to the education and consulting spheres. Read about how prof Makarova started her career and what the students should make a note of in the article.