Julia Balandina is Head of the AIG Sustainable Investment Group, a private equity vehicle focused on investments in clean technologies, renewable energy and healthy living. She joined AIG in 2002 and prior to initiating the Sustainable Investment Group was Co-Head of Direct Investments Europe responsible for developing AIG Investments' European private equity business. Previously, Julia spent 7 years as Vice President at ABB Structured Finance focusing on debt and equity investments in infrastructure and at ABB Power Ventures handling acquisitions and restructurings of Eastern European infrastructure companies. During her work at ABB she led transactions worth over USD 1.5 billion in energy, oil & gas and transportation sectors. Prior to that, Julia worked at McKinsey & Company providing management consulting services to industrial enterprises.
 
Julia holds an MBA and Ph.D. in finance from the St. Petersburg University of Economics & Finance, and is a CFA charterholder.