Natalia Barantseva

Regional Director, Latin America

Grassroots Business Fund

United States

Professional Summary

Natalia Barantseva is the Regional Director of Latin America at Grassroots Business Fund. Her responsibilities include managing operations of the Latin America office in Lima, Peru, and supervising a team of investment professionals. She is also responsible for business development and stakeholder management in the region as well as overseeing the structuring and implementation of business advisory projects to portfolio clients. Finally, she also contributes to the organizational and field building as a member of the GBF management team. She received her Masters in Liberal Arts in Latin American Studies from Dartmouth College in 2001 and her MBA from Georgetown University, The McDonough School of Business. She attributes her success to always knowing what she wanted and taking it step by step. In the next five years she hopes to move into a Director position at an Investment Fund Company.

Skills

Specialization

Emerging Markets; Investments; Latin America; Financial Modeling; Finance; Business Strategy; International Development; Entrepreneurship; Financial Analysis; Management