Management

Sergey Voropayev

General Director

Date and place of birth: December 19, 1967, Moscow.

Military service: 1985-1987, USSR KGB border forces.

Education: higher, graduated from Moscow State University majoring in jurisprudence and international economic relations.

Work Experience:

1993–2015 – PricewaterhouseCoopers (since 2005 — Deloitte & Touche) — international legal and consulting business.
Since 1999 Mr Voropayev was the head of the court and sports practices. He specialized in agency services for public disputes in Russian and foreign courts, international arbitrations, as well as in management consulting in the sports industry, disputes associated with international transfers of athletes and sports and disciplinary proceedings. He evaluated sponsorship and advertising contracts as well as developed the strategies and business plans in the professional sports market (Formula 1, Russian Football Premier League (since 2018 – Russian Premier League)).

2008–2009 – Mr. Voropayev – the head of the KHL Project Office and KHL Vice-President.
During the above period, he managed the centralized financial, legal, HR and other administrative KHL departments; developed and carried out strategies for negotiating the main KHL contracts (advertising, sponsorship, transfer of TV broadcasting rights, etc.).

Sergey Gomolyako

Sports Director

Date and place of birth: January 19, 1970, Chelyabinsk.

Education: higher, Ural State University of Physical Culture (UralGUFK).

Hockey player carreer:

Master of sports of international class, two-time champion, two-time silver medalist, three-time bronze medalist of the Russian championship, winner and finalist of the Russian Cup, two-time Euroleague champion, world junior champion, bronze medalist of the European Youth Championship, Izvestia prize winner. He played for the Traktor (Chelyabinsk), Metallurg (Magnitogorsk), Mechel (Chelyabinsk), Lada (Togliatti), Salavat Yulaev (Ufa), Severstal (Cherepovets) clubs. During the career played 912 games, scored 615 points (298 goals, 317 assists).

Work Experience:

2006-07 – Assistant Head Coach, HC Vityaz (Moscow region);
2007-09 – Head coach, HC Vityaz (Moscow region);
2009-10 – Selection manager, HC Vityaz (Moscow region);
2010-11 – Head coach, JHC Russkie Vityazi (Moscow region);
2011 – Assistant Head Coach, HC Avtomobilist (Ekaterinburg);
2011-12 – Assistant Head Coach, HC Metallurg (Magnitogorsk);
2012-14 – Team manager, HC Metallurg (Magnitogorsk);
2014-16 – Vice-President, HC Traktor (Chelyabinsk);
2018-19 – deputy heads of the scout service of national teams of the Russian Federation, FHR;
2018-19 – Manager of the selection and development of young players, HC SKA (St. Petersburg)
Since June 2019 — HC Sochi Sports Director

Kirill Potapov

Executive Director

Date and place of birth: November 21, 1988, Sochi.

Education: Higher, graduated from Rostov State Economic University with a degree in Organization Management; Kuban State University with a Master's Degree in International Business.

Work Experience:

2010–2014 – Olympstroy State Corporation for the construction of Olympic facilities and the development of Sochi as a mountain resort.

Upon completion of the construction of the Bolshoy Ice Dome, Mr Potapov was responsible for the organization of its operation, proper maintenance and servicing by the Customer. He participated in the preparation of the facilities for test events and the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi in 2014. After the Olympic Games he was responsible for the transfer of facilities to the municipal and state ownership according to the Olympic Legacy Programme.

2014–2015 – Deputy Director of the Directorate for Temporary Facilities of the Skolkovo Innovation Centre.

He was responsible for organizing the operation of temporary facilities of the Skolkovo Innovation Centre (temporary roads, water and power supply networks, security perimeter), entering into contracts and their supervisory follow-up.

Since July 2015 – the Executive Director of HC Sochi.

Ksenia Tsukareva

Marketing and Communication Director

Date and place of birth: March 26, 1987, Donetsk.

Education: higher, Donetsk National University majoring in history, journalism, PR management in mass media and Donetsk State University of Management majoring in management of foreign economic activities in sports.

Work Experience:

2004–2009 – fundraising expert for BiZ (Educational and Information Centre of the Russian-German House)
Coaching at social organizations projects. Holding workshops and trainings in fundraising, PR for public organizations.

2009–2012 – PR-director of the Kulturnaya Revolyutsiya concert agency (Donetsk, Ukraine).
Mass events and concerts organizing, including the opening ceremony of the Donbass Arena stadium.

2012–2014 – PR-director of Donbass hockey club (SHL and KHL, Donetsk, Ukraine).
The main events were as follows: the 2012 IIHF Continental Cup Final and the 2013 KHL Junior Draft.

Since 2014 – the Director for Marketing and Communications at HC Sochi.

Permanent speaker at specialized sport conferences: SportConnect, MarSpo, etc.