He graduated from the Moscow State Institute for International Relations of the MFA of the USSR.
From 1983 to 1989 he worked at the foreign trade association “Soyuznefteeksport”.
In 1989 – 1991 – Head of a department of the Soviet-Dutch joint enterprise Urals.
From 1991 to 2012 – Executive director of the Solvalub group of companies.
From 1999 to 2001 – Chairman of the united board of the company “Interkhimprom”.
In 2001 – 2002 – President of the agrochemical corporation “Azot”.
In 2001 – 2004 – President of the Foundation for the development of manufacture of mineral fertilizers.
From 2004 to 2010 – Chairman of the Board of the non-commercial partnership “Gaz market coordinator”.
From 2006 to 2012 – Chairman of the Board of Directors, General Director of the company “Abrau-Durso”.
Since June 2012 – Ombudsman for the Protection of the Rights of Entrepreneurs under the President of the Russian Federation.