Konstantin Platonov Email & Phone Number

Rehovot, Il

Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel

• Providing analytics and strategic advisory on Asia affairs to TAU President, Vice-President, and faculty• Leading cross-team business development for academic partnerships & recruitment in Asia• Leading key projects in India and China: country representatives, graduate recruitment, alumni relations• Leading TAUx, the International School's platform for international online/hybrid enrichment & learning • Organized and piloted the Research Excellence Program for Asia (RExPA) in 2024• Organized and led leadership missions to India (2022), Republic of Korea (2023), China (2024)

• As Founder of 'Study Abroad Ninja' project, I have been providing pro bono counselling to individual students on study abroad issues and maximizing their international experience for employability since 2020• As an independent consultant, I have been providing expertise on internationalisation strategy & international cooperation management to universities, including for several federal-level projects

St Petersburg City, Russia

• Led University's foreign affairs and related GR• Coordinated operations of 6 in-house service/product units (team of 40+): international marketing & recruitment; international admissions; academic partnerships, exchanges, protocol; Russian language & non-degree programs; international student services; CIS liaisons• Coordinated operations of the University’s branch campus in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and the project of establishing the Herzen International Institute of Arts in Shandong Province, China• Developed and budgeted the Internationalization domain of the University's Development Strategy

St Petersburg City, Russia

• At different points of my time at HSE SPb, I have led operations in the domains of international student recruitment & admissions; academic partnerships & student mobility; and international student services• Under my lead the team has achieved the international student body growth from 4,6% (2015) to 11,9% (2020), x3 growth of incoming & outgoing student mobility; ‘The outstanding international opportunities’ factor was mentioned as Top-3 reasons for choosing HSE SPb over other competitors by domestic freshmen since 2018• Directed 2 International Partner Weeks, numerous official visits and other international events• I have provided OSINT for Director’s successful fundraising campaigns with RosTelecom and Dior

Usa

I was awarded with a highly competitive Fulbright Fellowship that allowed me to participate in the Russia International Education Administrators program (RIEA), a 3-month fully sponsored comprehensive hands-on training in the domain of International Higher Education management at Indiana University, Boston College, and Columbia University in the USA

Санкт-Петербург, Россия

• Personally accomplished 37 foreign university placement contracts• Launched a new project of international student placement to Russian universities• Significantly improved customers satisfaction and return rate

Sochi

Provided consultancy on GR, HR, and staff accreditation to Mosimann's London for their project at Formula-1 Russian Grand Prix Sochi

Sochi

• Led the venue accrediationa center and a team of 20 • Together with the team we have processed and issued 7000+ accreditation cards and secured seamless accreditation of foreign contractors (such as National Olympic Committees of Canada, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan and USA) of the Olympic Park, the largest Olympic venue • I was awarded with the commemorative Presidential Medal for significant contribution to organization of the XXII Winter Olympic Games

Russia

• Administration of an association of 45 top Russian universities from scratch • Organized 12 meetings of Association’s Council and several top-level events with attendance of the Minister of Education and Science• Arranged signing of cooperation agreements with German (DAAD) and Dutch (VSNU) university association

Russia

• Drove the leadership mandate for operational, structural and organizational transformation of university's international affairs system, including upscaling of the best practices and securing cross-team compliance with the central internationalisation strategy • Provided expert advisory on various aspects of internationalisation to Rector, Vice-Rectors and Deans• Organized severl top-level international events, including the visits of H.R.M. Queen of Denmark Margrethe II, H.R.H. Princess of Thailand Chulabhorn Walailak, Prime-Minister of the Netherlands. Mr. Mark Ruett, President of Armenia Mr. Serge Sarksyan

Russia

• Together with the team we led a modernising transformation of the international cooperation system by introducing world's best practices, the first internationalisation strategy, and analytics&benchmark system that allowed SPbU to rank #169 in QS WUR 2009• Achieved x2 growth of international student and faculty mobility, and x3 growth of active partnerships• Re-designed and re-built the international student services to increase satisfaction and retention rate• Managed 100+ student exchange programs and attracted external sponsors to support student mobility (Banco Santander, Mitsui & Co., Michail Lomonosov, Erasmus Mundus Triple i)• I was the youngest ever person appointed as the Head of International Office at SPbU

Master In Higher Education Management, Higher Education / Management, Cum Laude

Chief Data Officer (Cdo), Data-Driven Management

Ma International Relation, Мировая Политика

Activities and Societies: Дискуссионный аналитический клуб ФМО СПбГУ

Erasmus Student, Political Science And Government

Bachelor'S Degree, International Relations And Affairs