Irina Kurochkina

Irina Kurochkina, CFA, currently serves as a Portfolio Manager in Fixed Income at Aegon Asset Management, where responsibilities include managing government debt, sovereign bonds, and integrating ESG considerations into investments, specifically as the portfolio manager for the Aegon Global Sustainable Sovereign Bond Fund. Prior experience includes roles as an Investment & Portfolio Analyst at Aegon Nederland and a Fixed Income Sales Trainee at Wallich & Matthes. Additionally, Irina gained early experience as an Equity Sales & Trading Summer Intern at Sberbank CIB and as a Research Intern at the National Research University — Higher School of Economics. Academic credentials include a Master of Science in Financial Economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam, a Master's degree in Financial Markets and Institutions from the Higher School of Economics, and a Bachelor's degree in Economics and Statistics from the same institution.