Growth through well-designed infrastructure
Ivan Pirozhkov is CEO of VM.Capital. His work brings together corporate governance, financing, business development and digital transformation.
“We do more than establish companies. We build infrastructure for growth, taking account of international business conditions, legislation and tax structures. Central Asia offers opportunities and a practical platform for your business.”

Experience at a glance
20+ years
Corporate governance experience across companies in seven industries with combined annual revenue exceeding US$1 billion.
50+ projects
Completed projects in corporate and financial management, business development, restructuring and digitalisation.
US$250m+
Financing raised for projects and transactions.
4 boards of directors
Established and organised boards of directors for private holding groups.
300+ speaking engagements
Public and private conferences and seminars, alongside conference moderation and facilitation of strategy sessions.
Entrepreneurial experience
Founder of Desktop.Rent, a cloud desktop service designed to simplify corporate work, improve security and reduce costs.
Areas of expertise
Strategy and negotiations
Strategic negotiations, business development and project-based sales. Aligning objectives, stakeholder interests and implementation terms.
Corporate governance
Holding-group management for mid-sized and large businesses, boards of directors, group formation and restructuring.
Financing and transactions
Fundraising, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate and financial management.
Projects and transformation
Project management, business process simplification, non-core function optimisation and digital transformation.
From governance design to implementation
Ivan’s professional experience spans holding-group formation and restructuring, business development, and corporate and financial management. A further area of work is simplifying processes and organising non-core functions.
At VM.Capital, this approach connects international structures with business objectives: governance, financing and continued development.

Entrepreneurship and digital transformation
Ivan founded Desktop.Rent, a cloud desktop service intended to simplify corporate work, improve security and reduce costs. Building his own digital service complements his experience in business management and transformation.
Explore Desktop.Rent ↗Speaking and teaching
More than 300 appearances at public and private conferences and seminars. Conference moderator and facilitator of strategy sessions.
In 2019, course participants rated Ivan the best instructor on the Corporate Governance course at HSE’s IPPS.

Education
2011 · MBA
Higher School of Economics, Higher School of Management.
2000 · NSU
Novosibirsk State University, Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics.
1996 · Bishkek
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