Senior professional with over 20 years of experience in the financial and real estate sectors, spanning corporate finance, project finance and private equity, across real estate asset classes and financing instruments (debt, equity, listed and unlisted), in various countries in the CSEE region. Based in London and working with the EBRD since 2004. Prior to the EBRD, Marilena worked in audit with Ernst&Young and Arthur Andersen in Bucharest. Bachelor’s Degree in Banking and Capital Markets from the Academy of  Economic Studies in Bucharest and Master Degree in Real Estate with Henley Business School in the UK.