Director of the Center for Creative Economy Development at the Agency for Strategic Initiatives. Managing partner of the University of Creative Industries - Universal University. Leading expert in the field of creative economy, member of the list of "100 creative leaders in Russia". Since May 2023, she has headed the Center for Creative Economy Development at the Agency for Strategic Initiatives for the Promotion of New Projects (ASI). The mission of the Center is to position the creative economy as a sustainable driver of the country's prosperity, development and integration of sustainable tools for the growth of creative industries. Ekaterina has been involved in education in the creative industries since 2009, she is the managing partner of the Universal University, the main university of creative industries in Russia, which unites the British Higher School of Art and Design, SCREAM School (game development), Moscow Film School, MARCH Architectural School, Moscow Music School, Moscow School of Contemporary Art.