MTF Institute Founder & CEO
Igor Dmitriev
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, MTF Institute
Founder, executive and educator working at the intersection of business management, technology, finance and responsible growth.
Lisbon, Portugal
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Founder, CEO and P&L executive
Igor Dmitriev is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of MTF Institute of Management, Technology & Finance, a self-funded international education, applied research and publishing organization headquartered in Lisbon, Portugal.
Under his leadership, MTF Institute has grown from an entrepreneurial initiative into a global professional learning platform serving more than 1.04 million learners and generating over 6 million course registrations across 220 countries and territories.
Igor combines the perspective of a business owner with more than 17 years of experience in banking and financial services. His career includes executive and management positions at Societe Generale, Raiffeisen and other financial and technology organizations.
His leadership experience covers corporate strategy, P&L management, product and pricing, sales, digital channels, technology development, marketing, operations, customer experience, risk, legal matters and business transformation.
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Building MTF Institute
Founder-led international growth from Lisbon
Igor founded MTF Institute in Lisbon in 2021 and continues to lead its strategy, operations, product portfolio, partnerships and international development. The organization operates across:
- Professional and executive education
- Online learning and certification programs
- Corporate capability development
- Applied research and management insights
- Business assessments, tools and practical frameworks
- Professional publishing and executive playbooks
- A self-sustaining, founder-funded operating model
- International distribution through direct programs, Udemy and Amazon publishing
- Partnerships and institutional relationships involving Deloitte, IBM, Intel, Microsoft and Portuguese business associations
- A global learning community of working professionals, managers, entrepreneurs and emerging leaders
Banking and FinTech
Executive operating experience
Before founding MTF Institute, Igor held senior leadership roles in banking, FinTech, digital business and management consulting. His responsibilities included end-to-end management across P&L, sales, service, product, pricing, marketing, digital channels, technology development, partnerships, credit processes, customer experience, risk and legal functions.
Selected roles
- Head of Consumer Lending Business, Societe Generale
- Chief Marketing, Products and Digital Officer, Societe Generale
- Chief Digital Officer for Mortgage and Housing Business, Societe Generale
- Management and business development roles at Bank of Saint Petersburg and Raiffeisen
- Founder of BankingEXPERT, a financial-services business that reached break-even in its first year
Selected business results
- Delivery of up to 120% of annual business targets
- Profitability growth of 150%
- Growth in the share of digital sales from 20% to 60%
- Improvement in budget efficiency of 40%
- Reduction in digital acquisition costs of 10% year over year
- Improvement in call-center productivity of 30%
- Leadership of 30 direct and more than 120 indirect reports
- Development of business, product and transformation strategies
- Introduction of cross-functional agile operating structures
Leadership and operating capabilities
Entrepreneurial ownership with structured corporate management
Igor focuses on building businesses that can grow without losing financial discipline, operational control or institutional credibility.
General management and P&L
- Corporate and business-unit strategy
- P&L ownership and financial planning
- Budgeting and capital allocation
- Product portfolio and pricing management
- Performance management and executive reporting
- Cost efficiency and profitability improvement
Business building and transformation
- Launching businesses and products from the ground up
- Designing scalable operating models
- Transforming traditional business processes
- Stabilizing complex or rapidly growing operations
- Developing digital, platform and partnership ecosystems
- Converting strategic objectives into measurable execution plans
Technology and product governance
- Digital transformation
- Product strategy and development
- Technology investment governance
- Artificial intelligence adoption
- Digital channels and customer platforms
- CRM, automation and customer experience
- Management of relationships between business and technical teams
Regulated business management
- Banking and financial services
- Consumer lending and mortgage products
- FinTech and digital finance
- Risk and legal coordination
- Regulatory awareness
- Corporate governance and internal controls
- Institutional and industry representation
Leadership and organization
- Building and developing cross-functional teams
- Executive communication
- Leadership of senior managers and functional experts
- Organizational design
- Agile management
- Change leadership
- Stakeholder and partnership management
Board and executive mandates
Working with owners, investors and founders
Igor is particularly effective where a business requires experienced executive stewardship rather than short-term experimentation: translating owner or board objectives into an executable operating model, protecting capital through disciplined P&L and governance, coordinating commercial and technical functions, and preparing a company for its next stage of institutional growth.
While continuing to lead MTF Institute, he selectively considers confidential board-level, executive and operating mandates where his experience can create substantial long-term value.
Relevant contexts
- CEO or Managing Director responsibilities
- Operating Partner mandates
- Board advisory
- Business transformation
- Part-time executive leadership for founder-led, family-owned or investor-backed companies
Sector interests
Teaching and applied research
Connecting frameworks with executive decisions
His teaching and applied research connect executive management, digital business, finance, product leadership and responsible technology adoption with the practical decisions faced by executives, entrepreneurs and business owners.
Education
Education and credentials
- Master of Business Administration, with Honors, Questrom School of Business, Boston University, USA
- Master of Science in Engineering Management, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, USA
- Master of Science in Informatics and Economics, Saint Petersburg State University of Finance and Economics
- Digital Leadership and Digital Product Management programs, Boston University
- Digital Product Management and Digital Transformation programs, University of Virginia
- Six Sigma Black Belt
Professional affiliations
- MTF Institute of Management, Technology & Finance
- Portuguese Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- Union of Trade and Services Associations of Lisbon
- Boston University alumni community
Location and languages
Based in Lisbon, Portugal, and working with international organizations and distributed teams. International, Lisbon-based, remote, hybrid and part-time executive mandates may be considered selectively.
- English - professional working proficiency
- Russian - native or bilingual proficiency
- Portuguese - elementary proficiency
External profiles
Professional enquiries
Confidential executive enquiries
Confidential enquiries concerning executive leadership, operating-partner, board advisory, institutional partnership and business transformation mandates are welcome.