Ekaterina Lakhtarina

Ekaterina Lakhtarina is an experienced recruitment professional currently serving as the Head of Recruitment at Municorn since September 2025. Prior to this role, Ekaterina was the Head of Talent Acquisition and HR Business Partner at =nil; Foundation from August 2022 to September 2025, where significant achievements included the design and implementation of a full-cycle recruitment architecture, resulting in a 25% reduction in time-to-hire and a 20% increase in candidate conversion rates. Earlier experience includes serving as a Lead HR Manager at OZON.ru from March 2021 to July 2022, where Ekaterina led a team of recruiters to exceed KPIs, and as a Lead Technical Recruiter at Star-staff from September 2019 to February 2021, focusing on full-cycle recruitment for IT personnel. Ekaterina holds a Master's degree in Linguistics from Saint Petersburg State University, obtained between 2010 and 2016.