Maxim Moklyak

Maxim Moklyak is a Kyiv-based investment banker listed as a Partner at SARS Capital, an independent investment banking and M&A advisory firm founded in 1998 with a focus on Central and Eastern Europe. Public international results identify Maxim Moklyak as a member of Ukraine's team at the 34th International Mathematical Olympiad (1993), where he won a bronze medal. Index-derived profile data associates that identity with Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (1993-1998), an MBA from the Stockholm School of Economics and CFA charterholder status. No employment at a quantitative trading, market-making, hedge-fund or systematic-trading firm was found; the only listed employer, SARS Capital, is an advisory business. The IMO contestant and the SARS Capital partner are not independently cross-linked in any source, so the linkage rests on name, country and era match.

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• Quant employment verification: NOT CONFIRMED. The only employer associated with this identity is SARS Capital, which its own website describes as an independent investment banking firm offering corporate finance advisory, M&A, capital raising and privatization advisory since 1998 — not a quantitative trading, market-making, hedge-fund or systematic-trading business. No role, internship or employer at a quantitative finance firm was found in any source. Index/LinkedIn data lists one role only: 'Partner at SARS Capital' (2001-present), which is advisory, not quant. Identity is supported by a name+Ukraine+era match but is not independently cross-linked, so the finding is NOT CONFIRMED (no quant role) rather than merely unresolved.
• Maxim Moklyak represented Ukraine at the 34th IMO (1993), scoring 11 points (rank 188, 54.7%) and winning a bronze medal, with full marks on problem 6.
• SARS Capital is an M&A / investment-banking advisory boutique (Kyiv HQ, offices in Canada and Switzerland; founded 1998 by Roland Spitz and Andriy Sirko), not an asset manager or trading firm; client roster shown includes UniCredit, UBS, Telenor, Lockheed Martin, Heineken and ArcelorMittal.
• Index-only (LinkedIn-derived, not independently confirmed): listed as 'Partner at SARS Capital' in Ukraine, role dated 2001-present, with education Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv 1993-1998.
• The 1993 IMO participation (school-leaver age) and the LinkedIn education window of university 1993-1998 are consistent in timing, which supports — but does not independently prove — that the IMO contestant and the SARS Capital partner are the same person.
• Education per index: Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (1993-1998); Stockholm School of Economics MBA; CFA charterholder.