Director of VNIRO Kirill V. Kolonchin

Director of VNIRO Dr. Kirill Kolonchin

Director of VNIRO

Doctor of Economics, Associate Professor

ActingState Councilor of the Russian Federation, III Class

Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (2024)

Born on October 18, 1968

1987-1989

Served in the Soviet Army

1991

Graduated from the State Financial Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation specializing in Finance and Credit

2000-2008

Worked in the Administration of the Tambov region (Head of the Department of Economic Policy, Deputy Head of the Administration)

2008-2011

Worked in the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation (Advisor to the Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, Director of the Department of Food Processing Industry and Product Quality, Director of the Department of Food Processing Industry, Market Regulation and Product Quality).

2011-2012

 Adviser to the Head of the Federal Agency for Fisheries

2012-2014

DeputyGovernor of the Novosibirsk Region

2015-2016

Director General of Transenergetic Company LLC

2016-2017

First Deputy Director of VNIRO

2017– present

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Membership in international organizations

  • NPAFC, Representative of the Russian Federation since 2017
  • NEAFC, Representative of the Russian Federation since 2017
  • Russian-Korean Fisheries Commission, Deputy Representative of the Russian Federation since 2017
  • Russian-Japanese Mixed Fisheries Commission, Deputy Representative of the Russian Federation since 2017
  • Intergovernmental Advisory Committee established in accordance with article XIV of the Agreement between the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the Government of the United States of America on Mutual Relations in the Field of Fisheries dated May 31, 1988, Deputy Representative of the Russian Federation since 2017
  • Russian-Lankan Fisheries Commission, Representative of the Russian Federation since 2020
  • Interdepartmental National Oceanographic Commission (under IOC) since 2023

Awards:

  • Acknowledgements from the administrations of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation
  • Certificate of Honor of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation (2009)
  • Certificate of Honor of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation (2010)
  • Acknowledgement of the Federal Agency for Fisheries (2017)
  • Certificate of Merit of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, (2019)
  • Certificate of Honor of the President of the Russian Federation (2020)
  • Acknowledgement of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (2020)
  • Title ‘Honored Worker of the Agro-Industrial Complex of Russia’ (2023)
  • Certificate of Honor of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (2023)
  • II Class Medal of the Order ‘For Merit to the Fatherland’ (2024)