Hello, I'm Andrey Kalimbetov

Management consultant in the oil & gas industry

I work at the intersection of political science, economics, and data analysis, helping companies understand how geopolitical and market shifts affect their strategy.

From my research at MGIMO to advising leaders in the energy sector, I focus on turning complex trade, policy, and market signals into clear business decisions. I use AI and automation as practical research tools — to process large datasets, identify patterns, and test hypotheses faster — rather than as ends in themselves.

My goal is to help businesses anticipate risks, uncover new sources of growth, and respond to change before their competitors do.

Mission

Continuous growth of myself, and the world.

Career

A line of decisions, dated.

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2020

Bachelor's begins at MGIMO

MGIMO University, Faculty of Governance and Politics

Started the undergraduate programme in State and Municipal Administration, the foundation for a career spanning policy, strategy and public reporting.

GovernancePublic administration
2023

Joined School 21

School 21, founded by Sber

Entered School 21, the tuition-free digital school run by Russia's largest bank. No lectures, a peer-to-peer method, and real engineering projects built the practical coding side of my profile.

SoftwarePeer-to-peerProject-based

Sustainability internship

EL5-Energo (PJSC), Sustainable Development Department

Analysed the company's waste structure and prepared the findings for public sustainability reporting, translating raw operational data into figures fit for external disclosure.

ESG reportingData analysisEnergy
2024

Bachelor's degree earned

MGIMO University

Completed the undergraduate degree in State and Municipal Administration.

BA, Governance

Completed School 21

School 21, Sber

Finished the School 21 programme, closing out the engineering track that runs alongside the consulting one.

Software engineering

Master's begins at MGIMO

MGIMO University

Started the Master's in International Political and Business Consulting, sharpening the consulting toolkit while already working in the field.

ConsultingInternational business

Joined ICS Consulting as Junior Consultant

ICS Consulting, oil, gas, energy and commodities

Entered the firm on the junior consultant track, starting hands-on work on strategy projects for clients in oil, gas, energy and commodities.

Junior ConsultantStrategy
2025
Promotion to the next position

Consultant

ICS Consulting · 31 Mar 2025

Promoted from Junior Consultant to Consultant, taking on greater ownership of strategy work and client deliverables.

Consultant
Promotion to the next position

Senior Consultant

ICS Consulting · 29 Aug 2025

Promoted to Senior Consultant, leading strategy sessions and category strategies for a Russian vertically integrated oil company, shaping a Blue Ocean diversification strategy, and building an automated tool that maps customs (HS) codes across more than 190 countries.

Senior ConsultantCategory strategyBlue Ocean190+ countries tool
2026

Master's degree earned

MGIMO University

Graduated with a Master's in International Political and Business Consulting.

MA, Consulting

Senior Consultant, continuing at ICS

ICS Consulting, oil, gas, energy and commodities

Reached the Changellenge Cup Russia 2026 and delivered a guest lecture at MGIMO, "The Consultant of 2030", alongside ongoing strategy and category work.

Changellenge Cup 2026Guest lecture
Cases

Selected work.

How I think, in practice: original flagship research, a ranked result under competition pressure, and real client work handled with care.

Flagship research · English

Russia's Business Environment 2026

A study of management decision-making amid economic turbulence — macro context, 2020–2025 sector dynamics, and public-company decisions scored with my proprietary Management Alpha Index, backed by an anonymous executive survey.

45companies & groups analysed
8sectors of public-company decisions
MAIproprietary decision index
Case championship
Finalist
Changellenge Cup Russia 2026

Growing under-35 investors for «SFN»

Advised Russia's largest retail real-estate ZPIF manager on raising its share of investors under 35 — three initiatives, sized and modelled end to end.

Confidential · figures altered

Category strategy for a vertically-integrated oil major

A procurement category strategy across a Russian VINK's operations: market and internal-spend analysis, supplier pre-qualification criteria, a regional pricing model, and a phased rollout with a risk-mitigation plan.

Client withheld and every figure altered for confidentiality. All metrics shown are illustrative and do not reflect actual results.

NDA
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Skills

Skills, education & languages.

Analysis
Hypothesis-driven problem solvingMECE, issue trees, Pyramid Principle Macro & scenario analysisPESTEL, 2×2 scenario planning Competitive diagnosticsPorter's Five Forces, VRIO, value chain Portfolio & growth strategyBCG, GE-McKinsey, Ansoff, Blue Ocean Market sizingTAM / SAM / SOM, GTM strategy Geopolitical & political-riskCross-border regulatory assessment AI / ML-driven analysisApplied to market & conflict modelling Commercial due-diligenceProfitability & cost-driver analysis Data interpretationKPI & dashboard analysis, insight synthesis
Tools
MS Excel Power BI PowerPoint (Think-Cell) Confluence R-studio automation Data visualization Wide range of AI tools

Education

2024

B.A., Public & Municipal Governance

MGIMO University, Moscow

Global Project Management in Public and Private Companies.

2026

M.A., Political Science

MGIMO University, Moscow

International Political & Business Consulting. Research focus: machine algorithms applied to social and political conflicts in Southeast Asia.

Languages

RU

Russian

Native

C1

English

Fluent, C1

B1

French

Intermediate, B1–B2

Hobbies

My hobby is travelling, and I do it always alone.

I open to the world, and the world opens to me.

Let's build something that grows, together.

Open to strategy work, research collaborations, and conversations with people who take the long view.