Members of Committee

Nikolay Sapronov is a Development Director at ‘Primum’, Agency of Corporate and Financial Communications, Chief of working group of ‘AKOS’ on promoting professional PR-services.

He was born on December 30, 1979, in Moscow. He graduated with honors from Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov, Political Science Department and post-graduate course.

He has been working in PR area for more than 16 years and is one of the most active representatives of professional community of consultants on public relations.

Since 2011, he is included into management team of ‘Primum’, Agency on Corporate and Financial Communications, as Development Director, where he is responsible for business development, coordinating cooperation with new clients, as well as development agency relations with professional and business communities.

From 2009 to 2011, he cooperated with FleishmanHillard Vanguard, international communication agency, where he worked as Director on Client Management, Practice of Corporate and External Relations.

Up to 2009, he worked in ‘PROPAGANDA’ Communication Technologies Center where he started as an expert of Political Consultancy Department and developed into Member of Board, he was responsible for new business and external relations as a Development Director.

In 2008, at his initiative, there was created a working group of Association of Consulting Companies in the area of Public Relations (AKOC). The group offered area standard to the market allowing for Customer Companies reaching best results when running tenders (AKOC Memorandum on Running Tenders for Purchasing PR-Services).

He is a member of RASO, Member of Expert Council of National Prize in the area of Public Relations Development ‘Serebryany Luchik’ (Silver Key), laureate of National Prize in the area of Public Relations Development ‘Serebryany Luchik’.

As a political consultant, he participated in planning and implementation of a number of election campaigns of federal and regional levels, as well as programmes on supporting political parties, political and public figures.