Who is he? - He is experienced businessman, who (1) helps to find favorable investment and company development opportunities; (2) helps to define, which tender is really valuable, and where, most likely, money will be lost; (3) helps to organize money investments in the way, that it goes on securely, discreet and with the best tax optimization solution; (4) helps to supervise company management, in which investments have been made, so that performance would be more effective and money wouldn't "pass by cash register"; (5) helps to work out different crisis and conflict situations.

To whom he helps? - services of investment professional are useful for (1) companies, who plan to enter a new markets; (2) investors, who have made or are planning to make investments in to companies; (3) companies, who are planning to attract capital for business expenditure.

How does he differ? - main difference is that (1) investment professionals are experienced practitioners, not theoreticians, (2) they operate in the name of owner or to be more exact in the name of investor not company or management interests, (3) it is interdisciplinary profession, that includes competencies in economics, jurisprudence, marketing, business and personnel management and crisis management instead of narrow, only one profession knowledge.