Kseniya Zinchenko
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Elite MBA Coach | SDA Bocconi MBA | Strategy & Innovation Expert
Studied at SDA Bocconi School of Management
Works at SDA Bocconi
Not currently taking new clients
Kseniya’s MBA Qualifications
Kseniya Zinchenko is an exceptional MBA coach with a deep understanding of business strategy, innovation, and leadership. With an MBA from SDA Bocconi and a diverse academic background spanning the London School of Economics and King’s College London, she brings a well-rounded and analytical approach to coaching. Her impressive career includes leading strategic initiatives at Media.Monks, co-founding a sustainability-driven startup, and advising top financial institutions as a senior strategy consultant. Kseniya’s experience in managing high-impact projects, optimizing business performance, and navigating complex corporate environments makes her an invaluable guide for MBA applicants looking to craft compelling applications and excel in their careers. Fluent in multiple languages and an active member of Bocconi’s Entrepreneurship & Innovation Club, she offers a global perspective and actionable insights to help candidates stand out in the competitive MBA landscape.
Kseniya can help with:
Application Strategy
Cover Letters
Ding Analysis
Editing
Essays
Financial Aid & Scholarships
General Exploration
Interviews
Networking Strategy
Recommendations
Resume
School Selection
Secondary Review
Supplementary Materials
Testing & Assessments
Waitlist Strategy
Work Experience
MBA Candidate
SDA Bocconi
September 2024 - Present
Business Manager
Media.Monks
April 2021 - August 2024
• Oversaw projects from start to finish including brand's positioning in the Metaverse, Influencer marketing and content production. This includes ideation, briefing, strategy, production and post-production. • Managed client partnerships and lead innovative opportunities that fit MediaMonks current and future position .
Co-Founder
good4ears
January 2021 - November 2024
• Growing venture from prototype phase to MVP, part of B4i (Bocconi's innovation hub) 2024 cohort. good4ears is the end-to-end service for music vendors to make the music industry carbon neutral. • Consulting in areas of Business, Strategy, Branding, Innovation and start ups. • Winning project at "TECHSTARS AMSTERDAM 2021", which yielded mentorship to scale up and develop MVP. • Presenter at the 'PRIMAVERA SOUND PRO 2022' and 'PRIMAVERA SOUND PRO 2023' in Barcelona on the future of music, data and sustainability. • Interviewed global artists (The Maine, State Champs, The Word Alive, The Color Morale).
Senior Management Consultant
Management Solutions
September 2019 - March 2021
Project Management for COVID-19 initiative / May 2020 - March 2021: • Supported initiative on reporting and bank’s measures in response to crisis in the top Dutch bank IRB model monitoring / Oct 2019 - April 2020: • Monitoring exercise for periodic review of PD and LGD models, by examining data quality standards and EU regulation (EBA GL and RTS) • Assessed monitoring reports in order to submit to Model Validation. • Liased with internal team in order to improve the institution’s monitoring procedure and set action points • Produced weekly progress reports On-site TRIM inspection / March 2019 to Sep 2019: • Supported framework review of submitted internal models to the ECB • Performed a qualitative assessment of the Rating Assignment Review, liaising with Business stakeholders • Managed dry-run sessions prior ECB meetings • Critically analysed client’s ratings and bank’s rating process
Management Consultant
Management Solutions
December 2017 - September 2019
ECB: on-site TRIM inspection / Oct 2018 to Jan 2019 (Dublin, Ireland): • Supported framework review of submitted internal models, overlooking compliance with CRR and RTS. • Performed a qualitative assessment of the Rating Assignment Review, which included presentation of findings to stakeholders and final documentation Internal Audit of Credit Risk Models (PD, LGD, EAD) / March 2018 to Aug 2018 (Edinburgh, UK): • Part of Internal Audit reporting and validation team. • Quantitative and qualitative analysis of risk parameters (PD, LGD and EAD). • Assessed methodologies and compliance with regulation (replication of bucketing and segmentation, compliance with the EU regulation). • Produced Audit reports MiFID II Data Architecture Project (Reference Data team) / Dec 2017 to March 2018 (London, UK): • Validated data through SQL databases and performed data reconciliation • Performed data quality checks on internal system. • Assisted with the production of ‘performance monitoring dashboard’ in order to test data transfer between two systems • Presented findings to the stakeholders
Education
SDA Bocconi School of Management
MBA
2024
London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London
Master of Science (MSc), Media and Communications (Data and Society)
2016 - 2017
Conducted research on audience in the music industry. This included collaboration with Universal Music UK, Universal Music Sweden, Warner Music UK, Spinnin’ Records and Rude Records. Dissertation Topic: The Music Industry Dualism: Examining ‘the move towards data’ in the record labels’ practices. Research method: Qualitative, semi-structured interviews with affinity mapping.
King's College London, University of London
BA, Mathematics and Philosophy
2013 - 2016
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Overall Rating
5.0
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