Nadezhda Zhikhareva has been appointed Deputy Head of the Federal Marine and River Transport Agency (Rosmorrechflot). The appointment was signed by RF Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.
In 2003 Nadezhda Zhikhareva graduated from Moscow State Academy of Water Transport, Department of Economics and Water Transport Company Management, specialization in State Management of Transport Complex.
From 2004 she held different official positions at the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation.
In 2006 – underwent professional retraining at the Academy of National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation, State Management and Law Programme.