Maksim is an international expert in energy economics & innovations. He holds a PhD in energy innovations from Moscow Power Engineering University, Leadership development certficates from UNC Kenan-Fragler Business School & INSEAD, Innovation & Technology cerificate from MIT.

He joined Schneider Electric in 2012 as Energy & Sustainability Services Division Manager. In 2017 he was appointed as Country President Kazakhstan & Kyrgyzstan.

In 2020, he moved to Zurich as Regional VP - Energies & Chemicals Segment Europe & CIS.

Maksim has published 10+papers on energy & resource efficiency. He co-authored “Energy management in power networks segment” book in 2014.