Pjotr Gainullin originally founded Palm Street Partners back in 2018. Between 2019 and 2025 he led Business Development (Corporate Finance, M&A) for Mongold, a junior gold producer with operations in Mongolia. Pjotr Gainullin joined Mongold from Reuben Brothers (RB) in 2019. As an Investment Manager at RB he covered special situations and private equity transactions with a focus on metals & mining, commodities and logistics.

Prior to that Pjotr was an executive in charge of steel-making raw materials and new business development at the investment team of Pallinghurst, a mining-focused private equity firm managing USD1.8 billion in assets.

Before joining Pallinghurst, Pjotr was a structured commodity finance banker at Deutsche Bank where he helped his Natural Resources clients raise over USD22 billion in financing between 2007 and 2011.

Pjotr graduated from the University of Amsterdam, currently sits on the Advisory Board of the Singapore Mining Club, and is a Senior Accredited Director with the Singapore Institute of Directors.