Background
Ustinov, Victor was born on October 7, 1960 in Leningrad, Russia. Son of Nickolay Ustinov and Ludmila Ustinova.
Ustinov, Victor was born on October 7, 1960 in Leningrad, Russia. Son of Nickolay Ustinov and Ludmila Ustinova.
Master of Science, St.-Petersburg State University, Russia, 1982. Doctor of Philosophy, All-Russia Geological Research Institute, VSEGEI, St.-Petersburg, 1992. Doctor of Science in Geological, Mineralogical Sciences, St.-Petersburg Mining Institute, 2009.
Geologist Arctic Expedition SEVMORGEO, Leningrad, Russia, 1982—1986. Senior researcher All-Russia Geological Research Institute, St.-Petersburg, 1986—2000. Head, department evaluation new territories ALROSA Company Ltd., since 2001.
Chief geologist T&T Gems, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1993—1994. Consultant Bopaex Africa Plc., Amsterdam, 1994, Society D'Exploitation Miniere Ltd., Accra, Ghana, Cocamines S.a., Bangui, Central African Republic, 1999, Sierra Leone Diamond Company, Freetown, Sierra Leone, 2005. Project director Croix Du Sud Ressources S.A.R.L., Conakry, Guinea, 1999—2000, ALROSA-AFRICA Company Ltd., Vindhoek, Namibia, 2008—2009.
Member of Geological Society Africa, Mineralogical Society Russia, Geography Society Russia.
Married Natalia Golubkova, April 13, 1980. Children: Lida Webb, Katia Ustinova.