Oksana Strashna

Prior to her appointment as Vice President of Horizon Capital effective March 2006, Ms. Strashna served as Investment Manager at WNISEF since March 2002, after serving as an Associate and Senior Associate with the Fund since October 1996.  Over the past ten years, Ms. Strashna has effectively participated in every stage of private equity portfolio development: identification of investment opportunities, due diligence, structuring and valuation, negotiation, relationship management and monitoring.  She has experience in a variety of industries, including financial services, FMCG and light manufacturing.  Most recently, Ms. Strashna closed a $7 million expansion investment in a high-growth FMCG sector. She successfully led another portfolio company through a brown-field acquisition which increased production capacity by an additional 50%.  In addition, she managed WNISEF’s investment into a fast-paced financial services niche, recruiting the core management team, overseeing registration and licensing, and managing relationships with follow-on financiers. As a result, the financial institution has attracted $30 million in long-term debt from the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC).

A native Ukrainian, Ms. Strashna received her Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University in 1996.   In 2001 she became one of first Ukrainians to earn a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. Ms. Strashna is a member of the Banking Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine. She is also a regional representative of CluMBA, a professional association of MBAs in Ukraine.