He trained in business management, theology and theatre, and has applied all three to his work for the Church. 

He moved to St Germans in January 2024, with his wife, Yulia, and daughters, Polina (8) and Milana (6), having worked with a team of churches in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire.

He was previously Creative Mission Enabler for the Sonning deanery (Oxford diocese) and was inspired to accept this role in East Wivelshire because of this deanery’s commitment to change, to reorganise, to connect, to serve, to welcome and to grow together.