Grigory Sannikov is the head of Department of development of industry standards for preparation of financial statements in credit and non-credit financial organizations in the Central Bank of the Russian Federation (Bank of Russia).

Grigory graduated from Financial Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation majoring in Economy.

From 2003 to 2008 he rose from an assistant to a manager in Deloitte & Touche CIS. His job responsibilities included audit of financial statements in accordance with RAR and IFRS.

From 2008 to January 2014, Grigory worked as the deputy head of Finance Department in an affiliate of the largest Belgian banking group KBC. In this position Grigory was engaged in preparation of IFRS financial statements of the Bank, development and deployment of internal control system into process of preparation of IFRS financial statements, audit and review engagements support.

Grigory is a member of ACCA, professional association of accountants and auditors.