Professional Roles and Achievements
Professional History
- Ex Consultant at the World Bank Group
Academics
-MBA Batch of 2026
-PhD in Law, City University of Hong Kong
-Specialist in law, Russian Customs Academy
What is invisible but essential about YOU? or ESADE? or Barcelona?
For some period in my life (especially when I was living in Hong Kong) my hobby was open water swimming, basically when you swim longer distances in the sea or lake. This kind of sport has been gaining popularity in Asia and also in Russia, so I had a chance to participate even in some competitions and fun races. For example, I swam across Bosphorus strait in Istanbul in 2021, which is an exciting swim of 6,4 k from Asian part of Turkey to European one.
For me open water swimming turned out to be not only a way of staying in shape and having fun. It is a lot about changing mindset and psychological learning. To be able to enjoy this kind of sport and complete the races, it is not only about your body strength and technique but a lot about your mental readiness too. You need to be strategic, because distributing your energy through the race correctly is crucial to finish the race. You need to be determined and acceptable of tough times ahead of you. You have to be able to get rid of all the noise in your head and focus on the key task – to reach the finish.
I also think that MBA journey looks very similar to an open water race. You has been preparing for it a lot, thinking about it a lot and many times you imaged what finish will look like. At the same time, You do not really know how it will actually go in the future, and if everything will be okay. You are nervous but excited at the same time. Same as MBA, you explore completely new waters, somewhere you never swam before. Also, I can tell you that it a bit scary and uncomfortable to swim a long distance far from a shore when you are alone. But when there are other swimmers nearby, it is not scary anymore as you know they will help you. And you can learn from them how to navigate the route better. This kind of beneficial co-dependence is what you can experience in MBA too.
I like to think about this analogy of MBA and open water swimming. It helps me sometimes to accept uncertainty which we have a lot in our career path. Maybe for you it can be a different kind of sport? Boxing, marathon race or a football match? It doe sot matter as long as you are mobbing forward and enjoying the journey.
Invisible but Essential 