He is also the chairman of the trustee board of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University, which he graduated from in 1985.

[2] He graduated from Bauman Moscow State Technical University in 1985 as an engineer in manufacturing of aircraft.

In 1989 and 1990 he also studied management at Russian MGIMO Institute and UK's Manchester Business School.

The company was created jointly by Sistema and Bank of Moscow and is specialized in production of hi-tech equipment (primarily radio electronics) for defense and business purposes.

[7] Novitsky was the chairman of the Board of Directors of IVC, a Russian company operating in the field of information technology.