Founder and Chairman of a company engaged in consulting and co-operation projects in the energy sector in Russia, Europe and the USA.

[citation needed] He was appointed officer of the Committee for the Protection of Russia's Economic Interests reporting to the Vice-President Alexander Rutskoy, one level below the President of the ex-USSR.

[note 1] When this post was in opposition to President Yeltsin, the committee was dissolved, but Yusufov moved to Chair of Deputy Minister of Foreign Economic Relations, with responsibility in promoting International Trade.

Yusufov was a co-chairman and one of the organizers, and signed a joint statement together with U.S. Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Donald Evans on cooperation between major oil, gas and energy companies in Russia and the United States, as well as promising projects.

[7] Since 2011, Igor Yusufov has been active exclusively as a businessman and investor, notably in energy, renewables and mining projects.

In 2012, media reports linked Fund Energy to a potential purchase of the Coryton Refinery in Essex, England.