Senior Vice-President, Volga-Dnepr Group

Sergey Shklyanik

In 1979, Mr. Shklyanik graduated from the Kharkov Aviation Institute with the qualification of Mechanical Engineer of Aircraft Construction. Mr. Shklyanik started his professional career at the Ulyanovsk Aircraft Manufacturing Complex (now Aviastar-SP) commencing as shop floor foreman and quickly rising through the ranks to become Deputy Director for Finance and Costing of Aircraft Components Production Plant. He was directly involved in the design and manufacturing of the first series of Antonov AN-124 aircraft.

In 1991, Mr. Shklyanik joined Volga-Dnepr Airlines as Financial Director and held this position until 1997. In the same year he was promoted to the position of Deputy Director for Corporate Management and, in 2003, he became Vice President for Corporate Management of Volga-Dnepr Group. In November 2005, he was appointed Senior Vice-President of Volga-Dnepr Group.

Under Mr. Shklyanik’s management, the Group successfully financed the project for manufacturing of AN-124-100s, incorporated the NIK insurance company, financed the modernisation of AN‑124‑100 and IL-76TD aircraft and acquired modern Boeing 747s.