Svetlana Bolsheva is a qualified pharmacist with a PhD degree. She received professional marketing training at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) in 2006 and completed a McKinsey & Co leadership development programme in 2020.

Svetlana Bolsheva started her career at Valenta, where she was responsible for the development and launch of prescription and over-the-counter medicines. Prior to 2015, Svetlana Bolsheva held various marketing position in major FMCG companies, including Unimilk (Danone-Unimilk group), where she successfully launched children's dairy products under the licensed Smeshariki and Disney brands and managed the unit in charge of the Prostokvashino dairy brand.

Svetlana Bolsheva was then offered the position of Marketing Director at Food Union, a Latvian company, where she was responsible for marketing dairy products in Russia and the Baltics as well as developing the company’s international business in China. In 2015, she started working in the Russian branch of Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, overseeing business development and building the company's product portfolio in Russia and CIS countries. Six years later, she was appointed General Manager of Business Development.

In 2021, Svetlana Bolsheva joined Binnopharm Group.