Where did Katya Zotova go to school?

Katya Zotova studied at Harvard Business School (Executive Development Program, Disruptive Innovation: CEO bootcamp on innovation strategy and leadership through disruptive change); University of Oxford (Artificial Intelligence Programme - Executive Education, Artificial Intelligence Programme); Rotterdam School Of Management / Columbia Business School (MBA, Focus: Corporate Finance).

Katya Zotova

Investor

Advisor - Energy / Energy Transition, Industrials and Infrastructure at Antler · Member of the Advisory Board at Verb Ventures

United Kingdom

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About

Corporate finance and strategy leader with nearly three decades of experience across investment banking, private equity, and consulting, including roles at Shell, Citigroup, McKinsey, and Mizuho International. She serves as a board director for a lithium mining business and advises Antler on energy and industrial investments.

Experience

Verb VenturesAdvisory Board Membercurrent2025 — present
LithiumBankInvestor and Board Director - Strategy, M&A and Performancecurrent2023 — presentLondon, UK and Calgary, Canada
AntlerAdvisor - Energy / Energy Transition, Industrials and Infrastructurecurrent2022 — presentLondon, Copenhagen and Abu Dhabi/Dubai
Harland & WolffNon Executive Board Director and Chair of the Audit Committee2022 — 2024Greater London, England, United Kingdom
World Energy Capital AssemblyAdvisory Board Member2021 — 2024
MizuhoManaging Director, Head of EMEA Investment Banking Coverage2020 — 2022Greater London, England, United Kingdom
McKinsey & CompanySenior External Adviser - M&A and Private Equity2017 — 2020London, UK and Abu Dhabi, UAE
Vedanta Resources PlcIndependent Board Director and Chair of Sustainability Committee2014 — 2020London Area, United Kingdom
Pamplona Capital Management / L1 EnergyPrincipal, Private Equity - M&A and Corprorate Development2014 — 2016London Area, United Kingdom
CitiHead of International Acquisitions and Divestments, Oil & Gas Investment Banking2012 — 2014London Area, United Kingdom
Royal Dutch Shell plcHead of Portfolio Management2010 — 2012the Hague, Netherlands
Royal Dutch Shell plcSenior M&A Lead / Relationship Lead for Private equity - Americas, EMEA and Australasia2005 — 2010Houston, Texas Area and the Hague, the Netherlands
Lehman BrothersM&A Associate2004
ShellHead of Finance / CFO1997 — 2003Moscow, Russia and Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Skills & more

Large Language Models (LLM)Neural Language ModelsDigital StrategyArtificial Intelligence (AI)Artificial Neural NetworksMachine LearningInnovation ManagementVenture Capital2Financial StructuringFinancial AnalysisInfrastructureFinance3

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Carolina Strobel

Partner at Antler

Frequently asked questions

Who is Katya Zotova?: Corporate finance and strategy leader with nearly three decades of experience across investment banking, private equity, and consulting, including roles at Shell, Citigroup, McKinsey, and Mizuho International. She serves as a board director for a lithium mining business and advises Antler on energy and industrial investments.
Where does Katya Zotova work?: Katya Zotova is Advisor - Energy / Energy Transition, Industrials and Infrastructure at Antler.
Where did Katya Zotova go to school?: Katya Zotova studied at Harvard Business School (Executive Development Program, Disruptive Innovation: CEO bootcamp on innovation strategy and leadership through disruptive change); University of Oxford (Artificial Intelligence Programme - Executive Education, Artificial Intelligence Programme); Rotterdam School Of Management / Columbia Business School (MBA, Focus: Corporate Finance).