Expert on budget and decentralization. Member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Budget of the 7^th-8^th convocations. He participated in the development and implementation of budget reform, administrative-territorial reform and decentralization reform.

He studied at the National Academy for Public Administration. During Yushchenko’s presidency, he held a number of senior positions in the local administrations of Sumy and Chernihiv Regions.