Levitin Igor

Transport Minister of the Russian Federation

Born in February 1952 in the village of Tsebrikovo of the Odessa region, he graduated from the Leningrad Frunze Railway Troops Institute in 1973, and then got a master degree from the Military Academy of Logistics and Transportation in 1983, qualified as a railway transport engineer.
In 1970 joined the Soviet Army, and from 1973 to 1976 served at the Transdniestrian Railway in the Odessa military district. From 1976 to 1980 was an officer of the Southern Group of Soviet Forces in Hungary.
From 1983 to 1985 Igor was in charge of the military commandant’s office at the Urgal rail line section and station of the Baikal-Amur railway, participating in the construction of the Gold Link junction.  From 1985 to 1994 worked for the Moscow Railway as a military commandant of a rail line and then deputy Commander of the Military Railway Transport.
From 1996 to 2004 was employed by Severstaltrans, where majored in internal and foreign transportation by rail, sea, river and road. From 1998 to 2004 Mr. Levitin was deputy CEO of the company, responsible for transport machine engineering, railway and seaport operations.
He was a member of the Public Council under the Russian government’s commission for the railway reform.
On March 9, 2004 Mr. Levitin was appointed the Minister of Transport and Communications of Russia, and pursuant to Russian President’s Decree No. 643, dated May 20 became the Transport Minister of Russia.
He retained the portfolio after the reshuffle in the government, with V.A. Zubkov appointed as the new Prime Minister pursuant to the Russian President’s decree dated September 24, 2007.
  

Yakunin Vladimir

President of Russian Railways JSC

Vladimir Yakunin was appointed president of Russian Railways by the Government of the Russian Federation in June 2005 following the appointment of the Company’s previous president, Gennady Fadeyev, as an advisor to Russian prime minister Mikhail Fradkov.
Born in 1948, Yakunin graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Mechanics as a Mechanical Engineer in 1972 and began his career as a junior research scientist at the State Institute of Applied Chemistry. After completing military service in the Soviet Army, he worked as an engineer and senior engineer at the Administration of the State Committee of the Council of Ministers of the USSR for Foreign Trade and was also head of department at the A. F. Yoffe Physics and Technical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR.
Between 1985 and 1991, Yakunin was Second and then First Secretary of the USSR’s Permanent Representative Office at the United Nations. He was then Chairman of the Board at the International Centre for Business Cooperation before becoming head of the North-Western Federal District Inspectorate of the Senior Control Department of the President of the Russian Federation
Yakunin became Deputy Minister of Transport in October 2000 and first Deputy Minister of Railways in February 2002. In October 2003, the Board of Russian Railways unanimously appointed Yakunin First Vice-President of the Company. 
 

Gapanovich Valentin

Vice President, JSC Russian Railways

Born on May 23, 1955, Valentin graduated from the Novosibirsk railway engineering institute in 1992, and in 1998 got his master degree from the Academy of National Economy under the Russian Government. He majored in railway traffic control and engineering management in transportation by rail.
After graduation from the Gomel railway transport school, he worked as an assistant locomotive driver, then locomotive repair brigade master at the Topkinsky cement plant.
After retuning from service in the Soviet Army, he continued his career as a chief repair specialist at the locomotive yard in Novokuznetsk, and then was assistant inspector for security supervision of locomotive fleet at the Novokuznetsk section of the Kemerovskaya railway.
In 1989-1998 – chief of the locomotive yard in Novokuznetsk, then chief engineer of the Novokuznetsk section of the Kemerovskaya railway, then deputy chief engineer of the Kuzbass section of the West Siberian Railway.
In 1998-1999 – deputy Director of the West Siberian Railway for rolling stock.
In 2000-2003 – chief engineer of the Orktyabrskaya Railway.
2003 – Vice President of JSC Russian Railways. 
  

Lemeshko Vyacheslav

Vice President, JSC Russian Railways

Born on November 14, 1946 in Brest, Belarus; graduated from the Moscow MIIT railway engineering institute in 1970; majored in railway management.
Vyacheslav started his career at the Moscow Railway as a duty officer at the Kuskovo station. For 33 years of work he climbed all steps of the railway career ladder, having worked as a shunting master, a process engineer, a supervisor, the chief of the traffic department, the director of the operations department, and the First Deputy Director of the Moscow Railway.
In June 2003 Vyacheslav joined the Kuibyshev Railway as its Acting Director, and was approved as the director on August 18 that year.
On September 27, 2003 he was appointed the Director of the Kuibyshev Railway – JSC Russian Railway affiliate.
Since July 2007 Vyacheslav has been Vice President of JSC Russian Railways.
  

Don'kin Alexander

Director General, CFTO center of JSC Russian Railways
   

Kunaeva Elena 

Development Director, CFTO center of JSC Russian Railways
   

Nazarov Oleg

Deputy Director, All-Russian Research and Development Institute of Railway Tarnsport

Was born on September 29, 1964. In 1986 he gradated from the Moscow Institute of Railway Engineers, where majored in rolling stock of electrified railways.
He has worked in the All-Russian Research and Development Institute of Railway Tarnsport since 1986, majoring in technical regulations, design, tests, repairs, upgrade and modernization of locomotives. Mr. Nazarov is a PhD in technical science, and is deputy Director of the institute now.
    

Aleshin Vladimir

Deputy of General Director Rail Control Solution Bombardier Transportation (Signal) Ltd Moscow, Russia 

Vladimir Aleshin has a big experience in the area of railway signalling. He joined Bombardier Transportation in 1996 and was one of founder of our first JV in Russia – Bombardier Transportation (Signal) Ltd. 35 Years of professional experience. Vladimir Aleshin initially responsible for technical activities and was a Technical Director in Bombardier. He is currently responsible for Marketing and Sales in Russia, Baltic region and CIS countries.   
Mr. Aleshin holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Moscow Railway Transport University, Russia.  
   

Aliseychik Valery

Expeditors Assiociation President

Asaturov Igor

First deputy general director for commerce and production, First Cargo Company
  

Babaev Salman

Vice President, JSC Russian Railways

Velichkov Sergey

Analyst officer of the railway transport research department of the Independent non-commercial organization “Institute for Natural Monopoly Problems” (INMP).
   
In 2006 graduated from the Moscow State University of Railway Engineering (MIIT).
Since 2006, has been working in the Institute for Natural Monopoly Problems.
   

Voitov Viktor

Chairman of Board of Directors Inpromleasing leasing company

Was born on June 24, 1967.
A graduate of the Military Institute of Foreign Languages. From 1985 to 1992 Viktor served as commissioned officer of the Soviet Armed Forces.
From 1992 to 2002 Mr. Voitov worked for the ROSNO JSC, and was broadly engaged in management of the company at the positions from the chief of the insurance team to deputy CEO.
Since 2002 Mr. Voitov has been in the chair of the board of directors of the Inpromleasing leasing company.
    

Gendelev Alexander 

Director General, "Rzd Tour"
   

Giblin Daniel

EC Harris LLP (Great Britain)
     

Guriev Andrey

Deputy Editor-in-Chief, RZD-Partner magazine
  

Donkin Alexander

CEO Trademark Transport Service Center of JSC Russian Railways

In 1978 he graduated from the Moscow Institute of Railway Transport Engineers with the degree of a transport communication engineer for railway exploitation. In 2000 he graduated from the Academy of National Economy under the RF Government. He holds a PhD (doctor nauk) degree in economics, professor of the economy and management.
He started his career in the railway transport in 1978 at the Moscow Railway, from 2000 till 2002 – Director of the Trademark Transport Service Center of the South-Ural Railway.
Since March 2002 he has been working in the Trademark Transport Service Center of the JSC Russian Railways holding different posts: vice-chief, deputy director general for sales; since October 2005 – director general.
       

Ermeev Dmitry

Director General, JSC 3P
   
Dmitry Eremeev is the general director of the “RRR” Company. He has la multiyear experience of the transport company management. He has been in charge  of the “RRR”  Company specialized in rolling-stock rent since 2006.
The “RRR” Company is one of the leaders in the railway industry. It has own rolling stock of more than 4000 units, and works with the largest Russian industrial enterprises.
   

Zhelannov Ser

Vice-President of the Freight Forwarders Association of RF

Sergey Zhelannov has graduated from S Ordzonokidze Moscow Aeronautical Institute, Moscow Automotive and Road Institute,  G. Washington University (USA), and he has also graduated from several special courses on management, marketing, and logistics of the training centers of the USA, the Netherlands, and Austria. From 1986 to 1992 he worked in the Ministry of Road Transport of Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. In 1998–2001 he held executive posts in the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation; since 1999, he was the Head of the Department of Transport Systems Coordination and Logistics in the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation, was a member of the Ministry collegium. From 1994 to 1998 he worked as a deputy general manager of the Moscow branch of an American company, Sea Land Service International Ltd. Zhelannov has been awarded with the title of An Honorary Worker of Russian transport, “300 years of the Russian fleet” and “St. Petersburg 300th Anniversary” medal.
Having spent more than 30 years working in the transport industry and studying in Russian and foreign institutions of higher education transport and technical/economic field, S. Zhelannov has not only gained deep knowledge of the specific character of Russian and foreign transport and shipping business, but also made a notable contribution to the development of Russian transport industry. Holding executive positions in the Ministry of Road Transport of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and Ministry of Transport of Russian Federation, Zhelannov has promoted effective use of the transport potential of Russia by introducing the state-of-the-art methods of Russian and foreign science and practical developments in the sphere of logistics schemes management. As the Vice President of the Freight Forwarders Association of RF, S. Zhelannov is proactive in his work on rallying the Russian transport specialists and freight forwarders, and he in every way possible facilitates their successful performance on the world market in every possible way.
     

Zagorodsky Vasily

Vice CEO, Yakutian Railway Company

Was born on April 12, 1952 in the Arkhangelsk region, and graduated from the Arkhangelsk Forest Institute in 1979. In 1982 he got a master degree from the Yakutian University of Marxism and Leninism, and in 2002 became a graduate of the North West Academy of State Service under the Russian President, based in St. Petersburg.
Vasily started his career in 1972, when joined the military department of the Arkhangelsk Polytechnic Institute as an on-the-job training instructor.
In 1979-1983 he was deputy Director of the Yakutian department of the Soviet Supply Agency in the city of Yakutsk, until was appointed deputy CEO of the Yakutavtotrans state company in 1983. From 1993 to 1995 Mr. Zagorodsky served as the first deputy Manager of the Energostroy trust of the Vilyuigesstroi construction company in Yakutsk.
From 1995 to 2000 he was deputy Minister for Resources, Trade and Transport of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, and in 2000-2002 headed the representation of the republic in the Far East Federal District (headquartered in Khabarovsk) of Russia as a republican minister. Since 2002 he has been Vice CEO of the Yakutian Railway Company.
     

Zlochevsky Arkadiy 

President, Russian Grain Union

A. Zlochevsky was born on February 26, 1959 in Vladimir. In 1990 he graduated from Moscow State Institute of Culture, after getting qualification as Artistic Leader and Conductor of an Orchestra. In 1995  Zlochevsky graduated from Kennedy Business School at Harvard University (Boston, USA), majoring in Agribusiness management. In 1999 he graduated from the Finance and Credit department of the Institute of Modern Business.

In 1991 he was the head of OGO brokerage firm on the Russian Commodities and Raw Materials Exchange (RCRME), in 1991–93 he held the position of the CEO of OGO company, and in 1993–97 he was the CEO of the OGO joint stock company.

Since 1994 Zlochevsky has been the chairman of the board of management of the Russian Grain Union.

In 1997–2000 he was the CEO of the management company ATO OGO joint stock company belonging to the OGO group of companies.

In 2000–02 he was the head of the Department of Food Markets and Product Quality Regulation at the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation.

Since 2002 Zlochevsky  up to the present time he has been the president of the Russian Grain Union.

Being a member of the Council on Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship to the Russian government A. Zlochevsky,  as well as a member of the of the Council on the issues of the agricultural and industrial issues with the chairman of the Federation  Council to the of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, a member of the Council of Entrepreneurs on removing of the Administrative Barriers and Excessive Regulation of Entrepreneurial Activity with the Expert Department  of the President of the RF and economic working group to the Presidential Administration of the RF, a member of the Public Council on Technical Regulation to the Ministry of Industry and Energetics of the Russian Federation, a member of the Public Council to the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation. 
   

Ivanov Innokenty

Senior lawyer, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (Moscow office)

Innokenty specialises in corporate law, project finance, and in particular infrastructure development on the basis of public-private partnerships. Innokenty has been advising Russian Railways on a number of projects, including locomotive fleet renewal, various corporate issues and loan procurement. Since 1996 he has been involved in the structuring and implementation of most of the significant infrastructure projects in Russia, including transport infrastructure, energy infrastructure, public utilities and other sectors. Leading a team of Moscow-based PPP lawyers, he has acted for a variety of parties, in particular, for the public sector and project sponsors. His recent experience in transport PPPs includes advising on the Western High Speed Diameter project, the Moscow - St Petersburg toll road project and the Orlovsky Tunnel project in St Petersburg. In addition, Innokenty assisted in the preparation of a pioneering law 'On the participation of the city of St Petersburg in public-private partnerships', which has recently been enacted.
      

Castetz Antoine

Sales & Marketing Vice-President, Siemens SAG Transportation Systems, Turnkey Division

Antoine Castetz, a French native living now in Berlin (Germany), is Sales & Marketing Vice-President at Siemens SAG, Transportation Systems, Turnkey Division.
Antoine Castetz has over 25 years experience of major multi-disciplinary projects in shipbuilding and railways industries, having been involved in the beginning of his career in the design and construction of several high-technology ships.
Prior to joining Siemens AG in Germany, he had been since 2000 Sales & Marketing Vice-President at Siemens Transportation Systems SAS (France), where he had been actively involved in several Urban and Periurban Railways projects, as well as in the Driverless Automated Transport System of Charles-de-Gaulle Airport, recently commissioned and successfully operated between the terminals of the Airport.
He holds the diplomas of Ecole Polytechnique (Paris) and Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées (Paris).
      

Klepach Andrei

Director of Department, Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of RF

Was born on March 4, 1959 in Moscow. He graduated from the economic school of the Moscow State Lomonosov University in 1981, qualified as the economist and teacher of political economics. Andrei is PhD in economics. From 1991 to 1997 he worked as a chief research fellow at the Institute of Economic Forecasts of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and was an expert with the Russian-European Center of Economic Policy. From 1999 to 2004 Mr. Klepach served as deputy Director and the Executive Director of the Development Center. Presently he heads the joint department of macro-economic forecasts at the Russian Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, and holds membership in the ministry’s advisory board. Andrei is an author of more than 50 publications on economics, and the holder of the commendation letter of the Russian government.

Kirillova Alevtina

Director, Sungate
   

Kondrashenko Tatjana

Director of logistics centre, JSC Industry expertise center of new technologies’ implementation
    

Uwe Kucharzik

Director Sales/Marketing/Product Planning TCMS (Train Control and Management Systems), Bombardier Transportation

Uwe Kucharzyk is the Director of Sales, Marketing and Product Planning for Train Control and Management Systems in Bombardier Transportation.

He received his BS in Electrical Engineering in 1975 from Technical University at Dresden and his Doctorate Degree in technical informatics at the Academy of Sciences in Berlin in 1988.

The first 15 years of his career he has been working in the design of computer networks and fault tolerant computing.

In 1990 he joined the railway industry and focused on IEEE and UIC standardization in vehicle control systems.

Now he concentrates on the market introduction of IP based vehicle control solutions.
   

Loparev Sergey

Director General, Management Technology Agency not-profit self-sustaining organization

Degree, qualification
Higher education, planning economist.

Educational highlights
1982, Kuzbass polytechnic college (best student).

Career
1982–85 – economist, senior economist of the Tomusinsky open-pit mine, Kemerovougol production association (now – JSC Kuzbassrazrezugol) in Mezhdurechensk, Kemerovo region;
1985–87 – planning engineer, chief economist of the Olzherassky open-pit mine, Kemerovougol production association, in Mezhdurechensk, Kemerovo region;
1987–90 – Director, planning and economic department, Kemerovougol production association, Kemerovo;
1990–91 – Director, main economic directorate of the Kemerovo regional administration;
1991–97 – deputy Governor of the Kemerovo region;
1997–99 – first deputy Director of the Russian Federal Service for Transport Monopoly Management, Moscow;
1999–2002 – deputy Director, Freight Forwarders Association of the Russian Federation, Moscow;
2002–2005 – Vice President, Freight Forwarders Association of the Russian Federation, Moscow;
2005 - now – Director General, Technologies of Management Agency not-profit organization, Moscow.
  

Mityushin Vadim

Head of the project group for elaboration of objective outlook on the development of UES of Russia till 2030, RAO UES of Russia, Moscow.

Born in 1973, in 1995 graduated from the Moscow State Construction University, Ph.D.
From 1995 to 1997 – counselor of B.F. Vainzinher, the Board member and technical director of RAO UES of Russia. From 1994 to 1995 – Director General of ОАО Kirishskaya GRES. From 1998 to 2004 – consultant and project director of the consulting company ZAO PAKK, Moscow.
     

Neustroev Alexander

Deputy CEO, Ural Machine Engineering Factory (UMZ)

Was born in 1963. He is a graduate of the Chelyabinsk Lenin Komsomol Polytechnic Institute.
In 1985-1993 Alexander worked as the chief engineer and deputy chief of the specialized facility for repairs and maintenance of Northern Fleet submarines in Murmansk.
In 1993-1997 Mr. Navarov was the sales manager of the Chelyabinsk ore management company.
From 1997 to 1999 he served as the Commercial Director of the ZLAK company.
Since 1999 he has been deputy CEO of the Ural Machine Engineering Factory (UMZ).
   

Pavlov Sergey

Director, Magnetosoft
   

Perevozov Mikhail

Director of the department of investment analysis and forecasts, Federal agency for management of special economic zones

Born on August 30, 1968, M.N. Perevozov graduated from
Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Ministry in 2003, where majored in foreign economic relations;
Russian Academy of State Service in 2000, where majored in State and Municipal Management;
Voronezh State University in 1993, where majored in the English language teaching and interpreting.
Beginning in 2006 Mikhail occupied the position of deputy director of the Investment Analyses and Forecasts department at the Federal Agency for Special Economic Zone Management and was later promoted to the director of the department.
2004 - 2006 – Director of the Investment Programs department of the Federal Railway Agency.
2002-2004 – leading manager, JSC Soyuzvneshtrans.
2001-2002 – senior specialist, Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Russia.
1999-2001 – senior specialist, Voronezh region’s administration.
Married, has a daughter.
    

Pugachev Sergey

Deputy Director, Federal agency for technical regulations and metrology
    

Retyunin Alexander

Editor-in-Chief, RZD-Partner magazine
    

Saakyan Yuri

CEO, Institute of Natural Monopolies Research

In 1979 graduated from the Moscow State University, department of mechanic and mathematics. Until 1991 he was engaged in scientific work. Since 1991 held executive posts in different commercial companies. Since May, 1, 2005 up to the present he’s been Chief Executive Officer of Institute of Natural Monopolies Research. Ph.D. in physics-mathematical science. 
  

Savchuk Vladimir

Head of the railway transport research department of the independent non-commercial organization “Institute for Natural Monopoly Problems” (INMP).
 
In 1994 graduated from the Moscow State Aeronautical Institute.
From 1994 till 2005 worked in various organizations specializing in forwarding activities, wholesale trade, and metallurgical production.
Since 2005, has been working in the Institute for Natural Monopoly Problems.
      

Savicic Igor

Director Russian Projects Propulsion & Controls Division (PPC) Bombardier Transportation

With 10 years of experience on various projects in Operations and Project Management, Savicic Igor has been an active member of the PPC-Management team since 2001, responsible for Quality and Global Processes.
He is currently in charge of the Russian Projects for the division Propulsion & Controls and will transition into a new role as head of the Joint Venture Engineering (TMHBT Rus) in Moscow. 

Mr. Savicic holds a degree in Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering & eMBA from the Zürich University of Applied Sciences.
    

Sannikov Nikolay

Director of Rail Transport Projects, representative office of Bombardier Transportation GmbH

Joined Bombardier Transportation in 2002 as a liaison officer of the Representative office in Russia. Progressed to a marketing manager and later to finally a position of Director of Rail Transport Project. The main responsibility is to seek for new opportunities for Bombardier Transportation in the Russian Federation.

Mr. Sannikov graduated from the Military Institute of the Defense Ministry, Moscow.
    

Sokolov Alexey

Adviser to Chairman, Millennium Bank
      

Surin Sergey

Director General, JSC TH Lakokraska
 

Taicher Alexey

First deputy general director, First Cargo Company
 

Teselkin Fedor

Lawyer, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Graduated the international law department of Moscow State Institute of International Relations. Has joined Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in 2002. Specialises is corporate and commercial law, particularly, particularly real estate. He also has considerable experience of advising clients on infrastructure projects, in particular those based on basis of public private partnerships (PPP) as well as on other project finance deals including projects in the oil and gas sector and greenfield projects.
   

Trudov Oleg

Deputy Director General, Institute of Natural Monopoly Studies

Deputy CEO for Science, Institute of Natural Monopoly Studies.
In 1999 Oleg Trudov graduated from the Moscow State Aviation and Technical University, where majored in management.
From 1997 to 2005 he worked at a number of commercial companies, specializing in financial and investment analysis. He joined the Institute of Natural Monopoly Studies in 2005, and in 2006 was appointed its Deputy CEO for Science.
   

Hodjaev Ugulbek

Development Director, GE Rus (GE Infra, Transportation)
       

Khromushkin Konstantin

General Manager Rail Control Solution Bombardier Transportation (Signal) Ltd. Moscow, Russia

Mr. Khromushkin holds a high technical degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Moscow Railway Transport University, Russia.  Also he has finished Moscow physico-technical institute (MFTI) on professions “ Innovations Management” as evidenced by State diploma.       Konstantin Khromushkin began to work at Bombardier Transportation (Signal) in 1998 as an engineer of Interlocking Logic group. Since October 2000 he continues activity as a Chief of Interlocking Logic group. In 2005-2006 Mr. Khromushkin was head of subdivisions – division of the development, planned-economic department saving of the duties as a head of development division.   Since December 2006 – currently he is a General Manager of Bombardier Transportation (Signal) Ltd.
    

Tsurupa Natalya

Chairperson of the board of directors, ZTK Group
   

Shneydmyuller Vladimir 

Deputy Director General for technical and technological policy, Transmashholding
   

Sherbanin Yuri

Director of scientific projects, EATU CenterConsult
     
Born in 1952. In 1975 he graduated from the Bucharest Institute of Petroleum, Gas and Geology (Rumania), where he earned qualification of petrochemist engineer. 
From 1995 till 1997 he was earning а doctorate degree in the Diplomatic Academy of Russian MFA.
In 1994 - graduated from the Special Courses of WTO in Geneva (Switzerland), and in 1998 – Special Courses on energy economy in the Asia-Pacific energy research center (Tokyo, Japan).
From 1977 till 1998 he had been working at USSR/Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs – in the central office and abroad. From 1997 till 1998 he held an office of head of branch-specific cooperation department (power industry and transport) at MFA Economic Cooperation Department.
From 1998 till 2000 – held an office of head of international cooperation department at Russian Ministry of Transport, member of the Ministry Collegium; chairman of the Russian unit of the Russia – European Union subcommittee on transport, space and telecommunications.
From 1998 till 2000 – executive secretary of the Russian-China bilateral commission on transportation.
He has been involved in tutorage at the Russian FMA Diplomatic Academy (since 1995), at the Academy of National Economy under the RF Government, Moscow State Institute for International Relations (since 2000), Moscow School of Economics (Moscow State University), Higher School of Economics (International Center of Logistics) – since 2006.
From 2000 till 2004 – vice-president of Euro-Asian Transport Union.
From 2004 till now – executive committee member of the Euro-Asian Transport Union, Science Director of EATUCenterConsult.
Since 2005 – science director of EATUCenterConsult-Latvia.
Professor, Doctor of Economics.
   

Yuzhilin Vitaly

Chairman of the Board of Directors, Association of Maritime Commercial Ports of Russia

Was born on December 10, 1965. In 1988 he graduated from the Leningrad-based Order of Revolution Academy of Maritime Engineers named in honor of Admiral S.O. Makarov, where majored in oceanology at the department of Arctic studies.
In 1988-1989 Vitaly served as a research fellow at the oceanology department of the Kovalevsky Institute of Biological Studies of Southern Seas under the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences.
In 1989-1992 Mr. Yuzhilin was an engineer of the oceanography section at the chemical oceanography laboratory of the Maritime Hydrophysics Institute of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences.
From 1992 to 1993 he worked for the administration of the Nizhnevartovsk district of the Tyumen region.
In 1993-1997 Mr. Yuzhilin was employed by Sidanko, Tyumen Oil and Quant International companies.
From March 1997 to April 1999 he held membership in the board of directors of the Maritime Port of St. Petersburg.
From February 1998 to December 2003 Mr. Yuzhilin was a member of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, and worked for the Duma’s Committee for Energy, Transport and Communications.
Since October 2002 he has been the chairman of the board of directors of the Association of Maritime Commercial Ports of Russia.
Mr. Yuzhilin was reelected to the Russian State Duma in 2003 and has served as an MP with the Committee for Budget and Taxes since.