Elena Barmakova is the founder of Fontvieille Capital Inc., a New York–based financial consulting firm.

Barmakova brings to the world of business and finance over 17 years of international capital market experience in the successful arrangement and development of special situations and cross-border opportunities. She is both a regular attendee and speaker at such major conferences as the World Economic Forum, Milken Global Conference^[1][2] and Forbes Conferences.

==Awards==. In 2009, Barmakova was honored by the World Economic Forum as an active member of Young Global Leader (YGL) 2009.^[3] This honor is bestowed^[4] each year to recognize the two hundred most distinguished young leaders below the age of 40 from around the world for their professional accomplishments. She has completed the YGL executive education program 'Global Leadership and Public Policy for the 21st Century'^[5] at the John F. Kennedy School of Harvard University.