Julia Balakireva serves as the Global Client Director for SaaS at Hult EF Corporate Education, where responsibilities include managing key accounts for a range of Fortune 100 companies. In a previous role at Yandex, Julia established the Go-To-Market strategy that expanded the Yango service into multiple new markets across Africa and South America. Experience also includes driving business development at Robert Walters and leading global enterprise business development initiatives at iPlace LLC. Julia's early career was marked by establishing the Commercial Department at PageGroup, achieving significant revenue growth. Julia's educational background includes an Executive MBA from the University of Surrey and a Master’s Degree in Economics from RANEPA.