OREANDA-NEWS. July 14, 2011. Igor Lotakov was born on 23rd November 1970 in the Nizhni Novgorod Region. In 1993, he graduated with honours from the Moscow State Forest University holding a degree in technology and in 1996, from Buckingham College, Brunel University, UK, holding a degree in accounting and finance, reported the press-centre of PwC.

Igor is a member of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (ACCA, UK, 1999) and a Certified Financial Analyst (CFA, 2003) affiliated with the Investment Management Association, USA.

Igor joined PwC in 1996 as an audit consultant with Assurance Energy.  In 2006, Igor was admitted to partnership with PwC Russia and took charge of Assurance Energy, Utilities and Mining in 2009. In July 2011, Igor Lotakov was appointed to lead the Assurance Practice of PwC Russia.