Born 1948 in London.
British and Australian citizen.
Education:
• Westminster School, London
• Willesden College of Technology, London (Diploma in Estate Management and Valuation)
• Engecon, St Petersburg (Diploma in Valuation)
Languages: English; French; Russian.
Military service: British Army reserve infantry officer (trained in Canada, Cyprus, Germany, UK, USA) 9 years; Australian Army reserve I year.
Worked in the real estate industry in London, Paris and Sydney (20 years).
Moved to St Petersburg in 1992. Founded S. Zinovieff & Co. (valuers, estate agents, architects, property managers), retired 2014, now working part-time as real estate consultant.
A founding member of the St Petersburg International Business Association (SPIBA) and the St Petersburg Foreign Business Club (FBC).
Former member of the advisory boards of the St Petersburg Central Park of Sport & Culture, and the Suvorov Military School.
Hobbies: history; writing; boating.
Australian Honorary Consul since 2003 (Northwestern Russia Consular District of the Australian Embassy), responsible for consular assistance to Australian citizens (and by request to New Zealand and Canadian citizens); passports; promoting trade, culture, educational contact.
My father changed his surname from Zinovieff to FitzLyon in 1939. He emigrated as a boy from Petrograd in 1918 with his family. My Russian ancestors were military people, landowners, industrialists, politicians/public servants.