International level Manager in the field of consulting, business development and interaction with government authorities and the largest companies in Russia and Middle East.

I am included by Channel Middle East Magazine in Top 50 Channel Chiefs 2018 Middle East.

Over 15 years of experience held strategic management roles in both the IT and Digital/Internet sectors. Management level positions as in large international companies such as HP, CA Technologies and Siemens AG, and in the leading Russian technology companies such as Mail.ru Group. where professional experience spanned diverse fields such as development, implementation, marketing and promotion of IT and digital technologies, project management for public and private companies and partners.

Since 2012, I have been actively bringing Russian technologies to the UAE and the Middle East market in the format of independent projects or organizing local offices of Russian companies in the UAE.

Over 10 years, more than 25 projects have been implemented from zero level, including the launch of 5 local offices for Russian companies from scratch, more 50 companies was relocated from Russia and CIS, than 100 different companies received my advice and business development support, more than 1950 hours of the life consultations have been done in such areas as: e-medicine, cyber and information security, business digitalization, solutions for smart cities, e-government, artificial intelligence and other.

I am a moderator and a co-organizer of the first on-line business mission between Russia and the UAE: "Russia-UAE Technology Day. Virtual conference" (https://tech.global/bm2020)

I am the author of my own courses and webinars on business development in the Middle East, on request I give lectures for companies of the project of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation "Support for high-tech leading companies" (https://arppsoft.ru/news/members/9355/)

Business consultant for Russian-speaking businesses in the Gulf Corporation Council countries, where he has extensive government and business connections.

Chief Executive Officer at EurAsia Gulf Business Network and Business Ambassador of the Association Russian Club "Association for the Promotion of Economic, Trade, and Business Relations with the Middle East."

Involved in a variety of business ventures in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Ukraine, and Georgia as well as other nations in eastern Europe and central Asia for the past two decades. Pharmaceuticals, oil and gas, conferences, information and communications technology, and hospitality are just few of the specialized sectors.

Oxford University master's degree in economics and social history.

Fluent in the Arabic, Russian, and English languages.