In 1997-2000 he headed the international capital markets division. He worked as an assistant to the finance minister. In 2000-2004 he was an assistant to the prime minister and deputy director of the secretariat of the prime minister of Russia. From 2005 to 2012, he was chief analyst and member of the board of directors at NGO MK Analytics. He is author of the book “The Eurobond Market” (1999).