CHARLES RYAN

SENIOR ADVISOR
GOVERNANCE / PRINCIPAL INVESTING / INVESTMENT BANKING
PHILADELPHIA / GLOBAL

Charles Ryan is a a non-executive director of Nebius Group N.V. since the time of its initial public offering in 2011. A finance professional with 38 years of experience in international markets, Mr. Ryan began his professional career in 1989 with CS First Boston where he was a financial analyst. From 1991 to 1994, he worked as an associate and principal banker with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London. Mr. Ryan cofounded United Financial Group (UFG) and became its Chairman and CEO in 1994.

In 2006, Deutsche Bank acquired 100% of UFG’s investment banking business, and Mr. Ryan was appointed Chief Country Officer and CEO of Deutsche Bank Group in Russia and remained in that position until the end of 2008, when he became Chairman of UFG Asset Management. From 2008 through the end of 2010, Mr. Ryan was a consultant for Deutsche Bank. In December 2022, Mr. Ryan stepped down as the Chairman of UFG Asset Management.

Mr. Ryan is a founder and the General Partner of Almaz Capital, an international VC firm, which connects entrepreneurs and engineering talent in the USA and Eastern European / CIS countries. In 2013, Mr. Ryan also co-founded Liberty Energy Trust and Liberty Infrastructure Trust (Conshohocken, USA) which provides innovative solutions for financing and managing energy related and infrastructure projects in Pennsylvania and Eastern United States.

Mr. Ryan has a degree in Government from Harvard University.

Mr. Ryan currently lives in the Philadelphia area. Raised in the Greater Philadelphia region, Ryan has deep roots in the community. He sits on boards of local nonprofit organizations, including Temple University Board of Trustees. the Shipley School and the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia, as well as national and international organizations, including the Ruddie Memorial Youth Fund, which works to support underprivileged youth, and the Moscow School of Civic Education.