Igor Gennady Karpovich was born on January 22, 1965, in Bakchar, Tomsk Region, Russia. His parents are Svetlana and Gennady. He is Russian and has conducted a substantial part of his professional career internationally, including work connected with the United States, the United Kingdom, and Russia.
Karpovich completed undergraduate studies at the Institute of Foreign Affairs and the National Economic Academy, earning Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees. He later earned a Master of Business Administration from Harvard University, identified in professional accounts as Harvard Business School. His education combined international affairs, economics, and business administration and preceded a career in corporate finance, strategy, venture banking, and executive management.
Karpovich began his professional career as a financial analyst at Procter & Gamble from 1991 to 1992. He then worked as a consultant at Bain & Company from 1995 to 1996, followed by a managerial position with GE Capital from 1996 to 1998. He joined Citigroup Global Wealth Management, where he served as managing director of global business development and was associated with venture-banking activities. He subsequently held senior strategy and business-development responsibilities at GE Capital, including the position of vice president. He later became senior vice president of Verifone in London. In 2018, Passport, a United States-based mobility and payments company, appointed him chief corporate development officer to lead mergers, acquisitions, partnerships, and international expansion efforts. Karpovich has also held a senior venture-banking and strategic business-development role at Sberbank in Moscow, where he was associated with the development of the bank's venture-debt business and relationships with startups and investors. His career has therefore progressed from financial analysis and consulting through corporate finance and strategy to senior executive leadership in financial services, payments, and technology-oriented businesses.
Professional recommendations describe Karpovich as focused, precise, analytical, and diligent in evaluating business and investment matters.
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Colleagues have described Karpovich as instrumental in developing Sberbank's venture-debt business and in building relationships among Russian startups, Silicon Valley investors, and technology companies. Another professional recommendation characterized him as brilliant, focused, precise, and exceptionally thorough in analysis and mergers-and-acquisitions work.
Karpovich is the son of Svetlana and Gennady.
