In 1993, Larisa Manastirli graduates the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies.
From 2001 to 2007 she is a Senior Banker at EBRD where her work was related to the sphere of investments of financial institutions, municipal infrastructure, projects connected with environmental matter, agriculture and development.
In the period 2007-2012 she works at Black Sea Trade and Development Bank. After that she returns to EBRD where she is Head of Office in Kyrgyzstan.
From 2015 on, Larisa Manastirli is the Director in Bulgaria at European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.