Andrey Sharonov

Andrey was born in Ufa in 1964. He graduated from the Ufa Aviation Institute and the Russian Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation. He is a candidate of sociological sciences.

In 1989-1991 Andrey was a people's deputy of the USSR, and until 1996 he headed the Committee on Youth Affairs of the Russian Federation. From 1996 until 2007 he worked in the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation as a department head, deputy minister, and state secretary. From 2007 until 2010 Andrey was as a managing director and chairman of the board of directors at Troika Dialog, where he was head of investment banking.

From 2010 until 2013, Andrey was a deputy mayor of Moscow for economic policy, where he oversaw budgeting, procurement, industrial policy and business support policies, and was responsible for regulation of trade and services.

In September 2016, he was appointed president of the Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO.

Andrey Sharonov was awarded the Order of Honour, gratitude from the President of the Russian Federation, is an Honoured Economist of the Russian Federation.