Dana Zaharane

Dana Zaharane, FCCA has extensive work experience in finance and accounting. They started their career as an Assistant Auditor at Arthur Andersen in 2001 and then moved on to Ernst & Young Baltics as a Senior Audit Consultant in 2002. In 2006, they joined GE Capital as a Financial Controller and later took on roles such as HQ Accounting Manager, CFO, Acting Controller (maternity cover), and Project Leader - Finance. In 2014, they joined Santander Consumer Bank - Nordics as a Senior Planning Controller. Currently, they are working at Klarna as an Analytics Manager, Business control and Finance integration lead, Market expansion.

Dana Zaharane, FCCA, obtained a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in Economics and Business Administration from Rīgas Ekonomikas augstskola - Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, with a range of study from 1999 to 2002. Dana has also attained various additional certifications throughout their career, including Executive Leadership from LinkedIn in January 2022, Essential Financial Modelling from Gridlines in April 2020, and Learn Emotional Intelligence, the Key Determiner of Success from LinkedIn in March 2020. Other certifications include Communicating in Times of Change from LinkedIn in January 2020, Effective Listening from LinkedIn in January 2020, Ken Blanchard on Servant Leadership from LinkedIn in November 2019, and various others dating back to 2005.