The head of Ukrmorrechinspektsiya since August 2011. He began his career as a sailor and later became a mate at the Azov Shipping Company. He was the director of the Mariupol branch of the inspectorate for training and certification of sailors from 2004 to 2011. He graduated from the maritime academy in Rostov-on-Don (Russia) and Kiev’s Sagaydachny State Water Transport Academy.
