Denis Sherstennikov was born on 11 August, 1974 in Kirov region. He has MBA degree of Stockholm School of Economics. Having graduated from St. Petersburg State University of Economics and Finances, he started his career at one of the biggest international advertising companies DDB, where he worked in Russia and Great Britain. Then he worked at Pepsi Co.

In 1999 he started working at Vena Brewery in St. Petersburg, where he held various positions such as brand manager, national manager on sales development, marketing manager, marketing director. While having entered the merged Baltika Breweries, Denis worked on the development of license, nonalcoholic and low alcohol brands. From January, 2007 Denis held a post of Director on Key Brands Development.

In June, 2008 appointed Acting Vice-President Marketing of Baltika Breweries.

From 1 November, 2008 Denis Sherstennikov appointed Vice-President Marketing, with direct reporting to President of the Company.