Each week, we dig into the memory bank of the City’s great and good. Today, Yana Shkrebenkova, CEO of Revolut Wealth & Trading UK, takes us through her career in Square Mile and Me

CV

• Name: Yana Shkrebenkova
• Job title: CEO of Revolut Wealth & Trading UK
• Previous roles: Strategy consultant, product manager, risk manager
• Age: 32
• Born: Russia
• Lives: London
• Studied: Finance & investments
• Talents: The team says I’m great at convincing people to join and buy into impossible-sounding projects – and probably at keeping everyone moving when things get tough.
• Motto: Stay curious, stay uncomfortable
• Biggest perk of the job? Working with the brightest people at a pace of a rocketship
• Coffee order: Decaf black americano
• Cocktail order: Old Fashioned
• Favourite book: Not so much books, you’ll mainly find me reading through regulations and analytics before bed!

What was your first job?

I worked through my high school and university years, and my first jobs were all over the place. I was a restaurant hostess for (a very tough) two days, then........

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