Date of birth: 10 February1956
Place of birth: Kryve Ozero, Mykolaiiv Oblast
Family status: married with children (2 daughters)
Education, speciality:
Principal: higher education, M.V. Lomonosov Technological Institute for Food Industry, Odessa, 1973-1978, major - economics and management of grain storage and processing, engineer and economist;
Second: higher education, Academy of National Economy under USSR Council of Ministers (Government of Russian Federation), Moscow, 1990-1992, Dept of Management, Manager of top qualification.
Training programs:
Business development program in St. Galen University (Switzerland), grain elevators management in USA (USAID program), Agrarian business development program (International Financial Corporation, Canada).
Career:
- 12/2007 - present time - Director General, All-Ukrainian public organization "Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation".
- 10/1991–12/2007 - founder (since 1991), Deputy Director General, LLC "Zerno", Kyiv.
- 05/1987-10/1991 - Head of State Department for grain resources and export-import operations - Deputy Head of central Department of state bread resources of Ministry for grain products of Ukr.SSR (State Committee of Ukraine for grain products), Kyiv.
- 09/1982-05/1987 - Deputy Chief of Control and Inspection Department, Ministry for Grain Products Procurements, Kyiv, Ukr.SSR.
- 08/1978-09/1982 - Senior Engineer, Senior Inspector, Deputy Chief of Control and Inspection Department, Ministry for Grain Products, Kyiv, Ukr.SSR.
- 09/1973-06/1978 - M.V. Lomonosov Technological Institute for Food Industry, Department of Engineering and Economics.
Public Activities:
- Advisor to the Committee on Agrarian Policy and Land-related issues of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (of 4th and 5th convocation, 05/2002 - present time).
- Advisor to the Minister of Economy of Ukraine.
- Member of Public Collegium of State Tax Administration of Ukraine.
Awards, Honorary distinctions:
Letter of Award from the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (2004).
Hobbies: fishing, gardening.