Serhiy Anatoliiovych Palkin (Ukrainian: Сергій Анатолійович Палкін; born 22 October 1974) is a Ukrainian football administrator, who works as the general director of Shakhtar Donetsk.

Serhiy Palkin
Сергій Палкін
Serhiy Palkin in 2010
Born
Serhiy Anatoliiovych Palkin

(1974-10-22) 22 October 1974 (age 49)
Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityUkrainian
Known forGeneral director, Shakhtar Donetsk
Awards

Career edit

Serhiy Palkin is graduated from the National Academy of Management in Kyiv.[1]

From 1997 to 2001 he worked as a Senior Accountant for Coopers & Lybrand JV (later, the company was renamed PricewaterhouseCoopers Ltd). In July 2001 Palkin was appointed Deputy CEO for Budgeting & Economics at Kryvyi Rih Cement & Mining Plant JSC, being promoted to the Economics & Finance Director post in 2002. After thet, on June 3, 2003 he joined Shakhtar CJSC in the CFO capacity, being appointed as the club CEO on 18 June 2004.[1]

Palkin is the Companion of Order of Merit of grade III (awarded in 2009). He was also awarded the Order of Merit of grade II in 2011.[1]

Sources edit

  1. ^ a b c "Сергій Палкін" (in Ukrainian). FC Shakhtar Donetsk. Retrieved 7 July 2023.