Our team


Dimitri Akopov
Dimitri Akopov
Managing Director, Jacobson Partners

Dimitri graduated from the University of Colorado in Denver (USA) with a degree in Economics, also Dimitri has a degree in Foreign Languages from the Moscow State University. Since 1999 — Deputy Director of Sales, NTV+.

Dimitri joined the consulting industry in 2001 as Director of Business Development in one of the largest consulting companies in Russia. Since 2002 he has been in charge of the Production Industry sector where he has implemented hundreds of projects for search and recruitment of senior and middle managers for industrial and mining companies. Over 9 years of his work, the number of projects completed by Dimitry's department increased more than 5 times.

In Jacobson Partners, Dimitri has combined cutting-edge consulting technologies with individual approach to each client. Such principles of work enable challenging most complex and innovative projects.

Antonio Gutierres
Antonio Gutierres
Associate Partner, Jacobson Partners

Antonio graduated from the Faculty of Geography in the Lomonosov Moscow State University in 1992 with a degree in Physical Geography of Foreign Countries and was trained as Interpreter.

He started his professional career in 1993 in Mars, Inc. For several years, Antonio held various positions in sales, and in 1997 he became Head of Sales Training.

In 2001, Antonio joined the HR Department where he was Deputy Director responsible for training and development of employees of Mars CIS.

In 2006, Antonio was appointed Director of Corporate University/Candidate Pool in Mars CIS. In this position, he was in charge of developing a system of training and development within the global initiative of the Mars University and building internal HR processes affecting the formation of the company candidate pool, its organizational and management efficiency, quality of line management, motivation and involvement of employees.

In 2009, Antonio was invited to join the Moscow School of Management Skolkovo as Sales Director where he was responsible for sales strategy and building relationships with current and potential clients of the School in domestic and international markets.

In 2012-2013 Antonio was in charge of Organizational Efficiency practice in Talent Performance Consulting Division of Ward Howell.

He is a member of the Association of Independent Directors of Russia and consults shareholders and senior management of a number of companies in Russia and CIS countries on HR management.

Main specialization: development and implementation of HR strategies, development of leadership potential and talents, development and optimization of organizational structures, introduction of KPI systems, establishment of corporate universities, coaching and mentoring, development of top management of companies and others.

Kirill Petrunkin
Kirill Petrunkin
Partner, Jacobson Partners

Kirill graduated from the Moscow Aviation Institute with a degree in CAD Process Engineering in 2005, and he also received a degree in Financial Management from the Lomonosov Moscow State University in 2009.

Since 2006 Kirill teaches a course of Simulation of Mathematical and Technical Systems at the Moscow Aviation Institute.

In 2007-2008, Kirill was Sales and Marketing Controller at LONMADI (JCB Russia). He was responsible for analysis and development of motivation for sales teams, development of planning and control of sales, preparation and arrangement of the Board of Directors.

Since 2008, Kirill has been employed in the Master Association, where he began his career as Head of Production Automation and Management Audit.

Currently Kirill is Vice President of the Association for Strategic Projects. He is also responsible for the entire logistics hub of the Association. Among Kirill's achievements are development of a management system for six companies of the group (manufacturing and transportation assets), and asset optimization.

In 2009-2012 Kirill supervised foreign trade activities, including organization of international supplies of equipment and services for all companies of the group (from negotiations and formation of the control system up to the execution of contracts).

In 2010-2014 Kirill was Director of Autotechnoimport, which is one of the companies of the Association. As part of the management of the company, Kirill was responsible for development of the business strategy, development of the company and M&A projects, and building the branch network. Over three years under Kirill’s management the company became leader in the logistics market of finished vehicles. Currently, Kirill is a member of the Board of Directors of Autotechnoimport.

Also, Kirill is the first member representing Russia in the Board of Directors of the European Car Group (ECG).

Main specialization: development of business strategies, crisis management, organizational design, performance management, cost optimization, reengineering and automation of business processes.
 

Maria Guschina
Maria Guschina
Senior Consultant, Jacobson Partners

Maria has a degree in Information and Measuring Equipment and Technologies and Business Economics in Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University. She also has an International Certificate in Staff Management from the School of Administration at the Moscow State University. She has worked in the field of staff management since 2006. She started her career in the field of recruitment in leading recruitment agencies in Moscow. Since 2010, she was engaged in selection, training and development of staff in the largest media holding company and she was employed  as Talent manager in one of the TOP 5 communication agencies.

Maria's main specializations: Engineering, Chemistry, Oil & Gas, Media, Marketing, E-commerce, HR. Closed positions: Director of Sales & Marketing for chemical companies, Chief Engineer for Hydraulic Fracturing, Client Managers for advertising agencies, Creative Directors, Directors of Sales of Advertising, Online Marketing Director for a media company and others.
Natalia Eremina
Natalia Eremina
Consultant, Jacobson Partners

By education Natalya is a criminal lawyer. She joined the company in 2011. Prior to consulting she had worked in the media industry.

Main specialization: administrative positions of various levels, HR, Marketing. Natalia’s portfolio of filled vacancies features HR Directors, Administrative Directors, Financial Directors, a Plant Manager, a Head of R&D Unit and others.