Ekaterina Karlash

Ekaterina Karlash is a Senior Tax Manager with extensive experience in the tax field, currently serving at Yandex since July 2023, focusing on tax controls for Africa and LATAM. Prior to this role, Ekaterina held prominent positions at Samsung Electronics, including Head of Tax at SERC LLC and Senior Tax Manager. A tenure at KPMG Russia as a Senior Tax Manager followed, along with a significant period at PwC, where Ekaterina was a Senior Tax Manager specializing in the Technology, Media, and Telecommunications (TMT) Group and various tax projects. Ekaterina's career began at Nielsen as a Senior Tax Consultant. The educational background includes a Bachelor's degree in Business Informatics from Higher School of Economics, completed in 2008.