Parvoleta Shtereva 

Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer

Parvoleta Shtereva is a Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Gemcorp Capital, where she oversees the firm’s investment portfolio and leads the execution and ongoing management of investments.

Parvoleta has spent more than two decades investing across emerging markets, with a particular focus on Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Born and raised in Bulgaria, she came of age during a period of profound political and economic change, an experience that shaped both her professional career and long-standing commitment to emerging economies. What began as a career opportunity became a vocation: as she describes herself, Parvoleta is an “emerging markets lifer”.

Prior to co-founding Gemcorp in 2014, Parvoleta held senior investment roles at Goldman Sachs and Black River Asset Management, where she managed credit portfolios as an Executive Director and Portfolio Manager. Earlier in her career, she worked as an Economist at Renaissance Capital and as a Sovereign Analyst at ING Investment Banking, building a deep foundation in macroeconomic analysis and sovereign risk that continues to inform her investment approach today.

Parvoleta holds a degree in European Business Administration from Regent’s University London and serves as a Board Director of Empower – The Emerging Markets Foundation, which supports young people in transforming their lives and communities, reflecting her belief in the long-term potential of emerging markets and the people who power them.