Sergei Palkin,
CEO
Sergei Palkin was appointed FC Shakhtar CEO in June 2004.
From 1997 to 2001 he worked as a Senior Accountant for Coopers & Lybrand JV (later, the company was renamed PricewaterhouseCoopers Ltd).
In July 2001 Mr Palkin was appointedDeputy CEO for Budgeting & Economics at Krivoy Rog Cement & Mining Plant JSC, being promoted to the Economics & Finance Director post in 2002.
On June 3, 2003 Mr Palkin joined Shakhtar CJSC in the CFO capacity, being appointed as the club CEO on 18 June 2004.
Education:
In 1996, Sergei Palkin graduated from the National Academy of Management with a degree in Finance
and Credit.
In 2002 Mr Palkin became the member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, United Kingdom.
Honours:
Mr. Palkin is the Companion of Order of Merit of grade III (awarded in 2009).
He was also awarded the Order of Merit of grade II in 2011.
League Table
| P | TEAM | PLD | W | D | L | F:A | PTS |
| 1 | Dynamo | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 42:7 | 45 |
| 2 | Shakhtar | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 43:10 | 38 |
| 3 | Dnipro | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 32:11 | 37 |
| 4 | Zorya | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 24:19 | 27 |
| 5 | Metalist | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 26:24 | 24 |
