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Sergey Shishkarev
Born on February 2, 1968, in Novorossiysk.
Fluent in 4 foreign languages: English, Portuguese, Hungarian and Italian.
Professional activity
1993
In 1993, Sergey Shishkarev founded Delo Group, one of the largest transportation holding companies, and remained at its head until 1999. Mr. Shishkarev was elected twice to the Board of Directors of Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port (NCSP).
1999
In 1999-2012, Mr. Shishkarev was elected to the State Duma of Russia, where he held various executive positions in the Committee on International Affairs, the Committee on Energy, Transport and Communications and was Head of the Committee on Transport till 2012. He is an author of over 50 bills in the sphere of transport.
2008
In 2008-2011, he held the position of a Chief Delegate of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation.
2013
In 2013-2018, Mr. Shishkarev was in position of the First Deputy Chairman of the Marine Board under the Government of the Russian Federation and Head of the Presidium.
2014
Since July 2014, Sergey Shishkarev has been the President of Delo Group, currently he is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Delo Group.
2015
In April 2015, Sergey Shishkarev was elected Head of the Handball Federation of Russia. In February 2023, Sergey Shishkarev was elected Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Handball Federation of Russia.
In 2015-2018, Sergey Shishkarev served as the member of the State Commission for Arctic Development, headed the business council of the State Commission.
2018
In 2018-2021, Sergey Shishkarev was a member of the Global Ports Investments’ Board of Directors.
2021
In April 2021, Sergey Shishkarev was included in the Government Commission on Transport.
2022
In December 2022, Sergey Shishkarev was elected Vice President of the Russian Olympic Committee.
2023
In March 2023, Sergey Shishkarev entered the Presidential Council for the Development of Physical Culture and Sport.
2024
In August 2024, Sergey Shishkarev was included in the Marine Board of the Russian Federation.
Awards
Sergey Shishkarev is the honoree of the Medal of the Order for Merit to the Fatherland Second Class, “300 years of Russian Fleet” Medal, Badge of Honor of Russian State Duma for “Merit in Parliamentarism Development” and other official awards. He was awarded for restoration of Orthodox churches with the Order of Russian Orthodox Church of Blessed Knyaz Daniil Moskovskiy, the Order of Russian Orthodox Church of Reverend Sergiy Radonezhskiy.

On May 18, 2017, by the Presidential Decree Sergey Shishkarev was awarded with the Order of Friendship for successful preparation of athletes who achieved high sporting results (gold) at XXXI Olympic Games-2016 in Rio-de-Janeiro (Brazil)”.

On 17th of July 2018, Sergey Shishkarev was awarded the honorary title of the Honorary Citizen of Novorossiysk by the City Duma Decree No 317.

On July 1, 2022, Sergey Shishkarev was awarded with the Order of Honor for ensuring successful preparation and training of athletes who achieved high sporting results at XXXII Olympic Games and XVI Paralympic Games in Tokyo (Japan).

Education
1985 In 1985, Sergey Shishkarev entered Minsk State Institute of Foreign Languages, during his second year he was drafted in the military where he served in the Marine Corps of the Northern Fleet.
1992 On the recommendation of the command he entered the Military Red Banner Institute of the Ministry of Defense, Department of Western Languages, and graduated with honors in 1992 with a military interpreter degree in Portuguese and Hungarian. Reserve colonel.
2001 In 2001, Sergey Shishkarev defended Ph.D. thesis in Legal Science on the subject “France Police system”.
2003 In 2003, he graduated with honors from the Russian Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation (RAPA), with a degree in State and Municipal Management specializing in Finance, Taxation and Credit.
2010 Defended doctoral thesis “Legal Order in Prevention of Corruption Realm: Theoretical and Legal Research”, Doctor of Law.

Business

Delo Group is a Russian transportation and logistics holding, operating its own fleet and managing sea container terminals in the Azov-Black Sea, Baltic and Far Eastern basins, a network of railway container terminals, a fleet of containers and fitting platforms. The parent company of the Group is Delo Management Company.

The group was founded in 1993 by Sergei Shishkarev.
Delo Group in numbers
30 years
of experience in the transport and logistics services industry
$2.1
bln
of investments in the development of terminals
and infrastructure
9
sea
terminals
3.9
million TEU
capacity of sea
container terminals
234
thousand TEU
container
fleet

capacity

47
inland
terminals
3.3
million TEU
capacity of railway
container terminals
3
Key business areas:
  • Stevedoring
  • Transport and logistics
  • Shipping