Milana specializes in executive search and talent advisory for Private Markets Investment Managers. Typical clients include General Partners, Asset Owners, Family Offices, and other alternative asset management firms.

Milana has significant experience working across the spectrum of illiquid investment strategies including Private Equity, Private Credit, Secondaries, Infrastructure, Growth Equity, Venture Capital, among others.

Her functional areas of specialization include recruiting senior professionals in investing, capital raising, deal origination, fund CFOs, COOs, GCs, operating partners and other senior-level executives.

Milana also works closely with the portfolio companies of her private equity clients to access C-level executive recruitment as well as the full spectrum of Korn Ferry’s talent advisory capabilities including compensation advisory, D&I, executive assessment, succession planning, etc.

Prior to joining Korn Ferry Milana was with a global investment manager in various roles including as an Associate Portfolio Manager serving institutional clients.

Milana earned her MBA from NYU Stern School of Business and a BBA in Finance from Pace University.

She speaks fluent Russian.