AIP Russia
Executive management
Denis ZHURAVSKY
Executive Director

Graduated from Lomonosov Moscow State University, lawyer, political scientist. 20 years of experience, including 7 years of public service in the Central Office of the Russian legislature and over 10 years of experience in the sector of corporate and industry GR.

Member of the Strategic Council for Investments in New Industries at the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation.

He has been with the AIP since foundation in 2010 – Executive Director, Board member.

Starting from 2013 – part-time GR director for Russia at Switzerland’s Syngenta.
Maxim PAZDNIKOV
Co-chairman of the Board

Graduated from the State University of Land Use Planning. 11 years of experience in Government Relations, including in major development companies, and in consulting.

From 2011 until present – Director of Industrial PRO consulting company.

He has been with the AIP since 2012, takes responsibility for the development of new areas and administration of investment projects and supervises the analytical unit.
Yana LELES
Director of International Affairs

Graduated from MAI majoring in ‘Engineer-Economist’ and ‘Public Relations’ and earned the Master’s degree from Politecnico di Milano majoring in ‘Design and Engineering’.

Starting from 2010, he has worked in the area of international relations, PR and GR, including as a member of foreign states’ diplomatic missions.

He has been with the AIP since 2013, he is in charge of the information policy and international networking.

Starting from 2016 – business ambassador of AIP of Russia in the business communities of the European Union and Asian countries.
Dmitry SHOKHONOV
Advisor to Executive director

Graduated from the State University of Management (SUM) with an honours degree majoring in economics and finance and earned the Bachelor’s degree from the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation majoring in public and municipal administration. In 2018, he defended the Master’s thesis on the topic: ‘Development of industrial infrastructure as a factor attracting foreign investments to the Russian economy’. Member of the Youth Chamber at the Moscow City Duma.

He has been with the AIP since September 2015. He is responsible for supporting the work of the corporate governance bodies of the Association of Industrial Parks of Russia, for handling the membership issues, and managing the investors’ requests.

Julia ILYINA
Communications Manager

Graduated from the Russian State University for the Humanities majoring in ‘Journalism’. In 2012 – 2015, he worked for international consulting company Knight Frank gaining important experience in the area of event marketing. He has been with the AIP since 2015, he is in charge for the Association’s own and partners’ events.

Boris SYTCHYOV
Advisor on Certification and Analytics

Graduated from Lomonosov Moscow State University, Department of Economic Geography.

Over 10 years of experience in consulting, he was involved in developing the draft reforms of inter-budget relations, federal target programmes, and government programmes.

He has been with the AIP since 2012, he is in charge of the industry survey, research work, and certification.

Starting from 2018 – part-time Moderator for the education programme ‘Practicum for Directors’ in the Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO..
Peter POLYAKOV
Senior Expert for Certification and Analytical projects

Obtained Master’s degree in economics and finance (Russian Foreign Trade Academy) and Bachelor’s degree in economics and social geography of Russia (Lomonosov Moscow State University).

Since 2018 worked in the Foundation "Center for Strategic Research "North-West", participated in strategic industry, spatial and innovative research.

Joined the AIP Russia team In October 2020. Responsible for certification of industrial parks, industry research, industry trends monitoring, preparation of the annual Review " Industrial Parks and SEZs of Russia».
Iwao OHASHI
Advisor on Japan and APAC

Graduated from Sophia University (Tokyo)

About 30 years of experience in international research in the field of the economy, industry, and investments of the Soviet Union, Russia, and CIS.

He worked for JETRO and Nomura Research Institute specialising in Russia – Japan investment cooperation.

He has been with the AIP since 2014, and is responsible for attracting investors from Japan and APAC countries