Boris Ivanov has an International Relations degree, and shortly after graduating, he kicked off his career in 1983 when he got a job at the USSR’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He held on to this post for a decade, gaining a lot of international diplomacy experience by handling relations between the U.S. and the USSR. During this time, he worked at the Washington D.C.’s Soviet embassy. The exposure to different international issues allowed him to grow his network in Russia and the U.S.
Leaning Public Service
The USSR was dissolved in 1991, and this pushed the Russian economy into entrepreneurship. Being a motivated man who is always willing to take on new challenges, Boris Ivanov left the public sector and joined the private sector in 1993. He was the private consultant of the North Russian oil business. Later in 1995, he moved back to Moscow, where he worked as V.P at Unibest Bank. His major role was to fund energy projects for Unibest, a role he held on until the year 2000.
Working at RSK MiG
In the early 2000s, Boris was asked to join a team of professionals who had been hired to bring back RSK MiG on its fit. It’s one of the leading designers of Soviet military planes in Russia. At the time, the company was going through financial hardships trying to keep up with the changing Russian economy. Boris Ivanov was named first deputy director for this project. He went to different nations searching for new markets for the aircraft to bring in cash to the firm. Ivanov and his team managed to do that and left after two years. It wasn’t until 2004 that Boris Ivanov found his way back into the energy business. He worked at Gazprombank and got the role of advising the chairman. He was also tasked with the responsibility of taking the bank’s projects into other nations and overseeing their progress. He managed to help Gazprom expand into international markets. He had other roles at Gazprom that involved taking on new upscale projects, a role he did so well. Boris Ivanov has helped Gazprom enter the African market in 2009 by getting a contract worth $1bn. His work was to help Namibia explore its oil resources and help its citizens get more access to energy in the region.
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