Pavel Taranin currently serves as the Head of Commercial Finance at Fintech Farm since April 2024. Prior to this role, Pavel worked as an Associate at Providence Equity Partners from February 2021 to August 2023, focusing on TMT-related private equity. Pavel's experience in investment banking includes positions as an Associate and Analyst in the European Financial Institutions Group at J.P. Morgan from December 2017 to February 2021, along with a summer analyst role at the same firm in June to August 2017. Earlier, Pavel gained experience as an Equity Research Intern at ATON in 2015. Educational credentials include an MSc in Financial Economics from Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, and a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics and Economics from the University of London, complemented by studies in Mathematics and Economics at the Higher School of Economics.