As an UK tech investor, I’m currently engaged in both passive and active investment in tech development projects and startups.

In the past, I had a distinguished career in the Oil and Gas sector, where I combined my professional and academic expertise. My scientific contributions in the industry laid the foundation for my career. Key milestones include:

• 2004: Diploma in “Economics and Management at an Oil and Gas Enterprise” from the I. M. Gubkin State Academy of Oil and Gas, Moscow.
• 2006: PhD in Technical Sciences, awarded by the Dissertation Council of the Kuban State Technological University, Krasnodar.
• 2009: Advanced Diploma in “Economics and Management at an Oil and Gas Enterprise” from Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas.
• 2010: Executive MBA from the Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg State University.
• 2011: MBA in “International Business in the Oil and Gas Industry” from Moscow State Institute of International Relations.
• 2013: Doctor of Economics, PhD awarded by the Dissertation Council of the State University of Management.

I also held teaching positions in Economics and Management at the Russian State Hydro-Meteorological University, Tuapse Branch, and was a former member of the Russian Academy of Natural History.

My professional career was devoted to applying my scientific achievements in the Oil and Gas industry. Until the end of 2014, I held various managerial and non-executive roles within Rosneft and its subsidiaries. This culminated in my appointment as Vice President for Capital Construction and a Member of the Management Board of Rosneft Oil Company from March 2013 to December 2014.