After graduation, Alla spent a decade as an investment banking at Goldman Sachs, but during this time her childhood passion for writing grew stronger. Later, it was the birth of Alla’s son that became the catalyst to her first published works, a children’s book ‘The Magic World’ (‘Volshebnyi Mir’), and ‘Violet Dreams’ (‘Nerozovye Sny’) – a book of poetry for adults. Alla continues to write and recently joined Nomura Financial as head of origination and sales for Russia and the former Soviet Union.