Lawyer, graduated with honors from the Ural State Law Academy, Yekaterinburg. He held senior management positions at the InformVES Ural Information Center, a public enterprise. Deputy Director for Legal Affairs at the Moscow branch of East Petroleum Handelsges.m.b.H. in 1998–2002. Chief Director of the Legal Department of Slavneft (oil and gas
company) in 2002–2007. From 2007 to 2015, he was a procurator of Dulas GmbH, Austria, Vienna, an exporter of high-tech equipment for the oil and gas industry. From 2015 to the present, external consultant on corporate and other issues. Member of the Board of Directors at a number of subsidiaries of Slavneft (oil and gas company), as well as Obneftegazgeologiya (Surgut), Sobol (Nizhnevartovsk); JV MeKaMineft (Megion). 23 years of experience in the oil and gas industry.
