Graduated from St. Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance (2003), specializing in finance and credit.

Since 2003, he has worked in major Russian banks and financial institutions (Alfa-Bank, Raiffeisenbank, Sberbank, VTB, Gazprombank, Renaissance Capital) as a risk manager and financial analyst.

He has repeatedly become a winner of the international Institutional Investor competitions.

Professional interests: financial analysis of banks and other financial organizations; issues of banking regulation and its connection with macroeconomic processes; comparative studies of banking regulation regimes in various jurisdictions.