- date of birth 22 May 1964

- city of residence Moscow

- current work position and company - Independent analyst and writer, Izvestia, BBC World Service and Exxon Mobil are among former employers. Created Honorary Member of the Order of the British Empire by H.M. the Queen in 2008.

- UK institution you have graduated from, whether you participated in any educational programme (Chevening etc), years of study in the institution - Media in the UK course (sponsored by the FCO and Know How Fund), 1994.

- when you have become BAC member - from the founding

- your vision of the Club activity/ Action plan to be implemented once you are elected for the post -

* I would like to improve BAC's links to members, paying more attention to what they want the Club to do/achieve.
* I want to continue and improve the practice of inter-committee initiatives with regard to meetings, seminars, etc.
* I would like to invite interesting people to the BAC more regularly. My long and varied experience in media, PR and GR I hope will help me in convincing really top-notch personalities to come and share their views with BAC members informally.
* I want to suggest for discussion an idea of a charity project that BAC members could do together.