Since 2022 — Chief Expert, Ecology Division, Lomonosov Moscow State University Marine Research Center. 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)