Experience:

Since September 2021 — Independent expert (Moscow, Russian Federation);

2018-2021 — Director, Department of Science, Society and Sustainable Futures, Secretariat of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (Montreal, Canada);

2010-2018 — Director, WWF Global Arctic Programme and WWF representative at the Arctic Council (Ottawa, Canada);

2006-2010 — Director, HSE Department at BP Russia (Moscow, Russian Federation);

2000-present — Expert and representative at the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology (Moscow, Russian Federation);

2001-2006 — Expert and representative at the Pan-European Biological and Landscape Diversity Strategy, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology (Moscow, Russian Federation);

2000-2006 — National representative at TRAFFIC Europe-Russia (Moscow, Russian Federation);

1999-2006 — Environmental Law Officer and Conservation Programme Director at WWF Russia (Moscow, Russian Federation);

1995-2005 — Expert at the Highest Ecological Council of the Committee on Ecology, State Duma of the Russian Federation (Moscow, Russian Federation);

1991-1999 — Expert at International Environmental consultancies (Dames & Moore, ERM, Arthur DeLittle, DHV, Haskoning, ICF/EKO, Branan) (Moscow, Russian Federation);

1991-2000 — researcher at the Institute of Geography Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow, Russian Federation).

Education:

2000 — Global environmental law at The British Council (Edinburgh, UK);

1995-1997 — Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD) international programme (Moscow, Russian Federation - San Jose, Costa Rica – Naha, Japan – Harare, Zimbabwe);

1991-1995 — MA at the Faculty of Law, Moscow State University (Moscow, Russian Federation);

1993 — PhD in Geography at Moscow State University (Moscow, Russian Federation);

1988-1991 — postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Geography, Moscow State University (Moscow, Russian Federation);

1989-1990 — research fellow at the School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University (New Delhi, India);

1982-1988 — MSc at the Faculty of Geography, Moscow State University (Moscow, Russian Federation).