Ilonna Babakhanova

Ilonna Babakhanova is an experienced finance and operations professional currently employed at Lightdash since May 2025. Previously, Babakhanova served as VP of Finance and Chief of Staff at Marqo from January 2023 to May 2025, contributing to optimizing search conversion through personalized customer experiences. Prior experience includes roles as an Investor at Dragonfly Enviro Capital in 2022, Executive Director at Goldman Sachs from June 2018 to April 2022, and Analyst at Morgan Stanley from January 2015 to June 2018 in the FIG/FinTech team. Additional roles included Teaching Assistant in Microeconomics and Career Services Advisor at the National Research University - Higher School of Economics, as well as internships at Morgan Stanley, Citi, and Mars. Educational qualifications include a Master’s degree in Management from London Business School and Bachelor’s degrees in Economics and Finance from The London School of Economics and State University — Higher School of Economics.