Serhiy Palkin
Сергій Палкін
Serhiy Palkin in 2010
Born	Serhiy Anatoliiovych Palkin (1974-10-22) 22 October 1974 (age 50) Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Ukrainian
Known for	General director, Shakhtar Donetsk
Awards	Order of Merit (2nd and 3rd class)

Serhiy Anatoliiovych Palkin (Ukrainian: Сергій Анатолійович Палкін; born 22 October 1974) is a Ukrainian football administrator, who works as the general director of Shakhtar Donetsk.

Serhiy Palkin is graduated from the National Academy of Management in Kyiv.^[1]

From 1997 to 2001 he worked as a Senior Accountant for Coopers & Lybrand JV (later, the company was renamed PricewaterhouseCoopers Ltd). In July 2001 Palkin was appointed Deputy CEO for Budgeting & Economics at Kryvyi Rih Cement & Mining Plant JSC, being promoted to the Economics & Finance Director post in 2002. After thet, on June 3, 2003 he joined Shakhtar CJSC in the CFO capacity, being appointed as the club CEO on 18 June 2004.^[1]

Palkin is the Companion of Order of Merit of grade III (awarded in 2009). He was also awarded the Order of Merit of grade II in 2011.^[1]