He has two higher educations: he graduated from the Moscow State Academy of Communal Services and Construction with a specialization in "Commerce" and Belgorod State National Research University with a master's degree in biology.

He also received advanced training in the following areas: legal support of business activities; customs innovations: enactment of the Union Customs Code

Katkov started working for JSC AKVION in 2003 as a manager of foreign economic activity. However, a broad outlook, creativity and interest in all aspects of the holding's work allowed Katkov to move to the position of Head of Advertising Department in 2004.

Since 2005, Katkov has been the Director General of one of the companies of the Philomed holding, whose activities are aimed at sales of Aquion products.

In 2013 he became commercial director of JSC AKVION and started to take an active part in forming a new product portfolio of the company. A deep understanding of the economic situation, consumer behavior trends and specifics of the pharmaceutical market allowed creating a number of products that quickly gained popularity among consumers.

Since 2014, he has been Director General of JSC AKVION, making a serious emphasis on forming a professional stuff in various fields - commerce, medicine, pharmaceuticals, advertising and marketing.

Since 2019 he started to develop a new direction of the company's work, the so-called " great export ", as before that period foreign markets were limited to deliveries to the CIS countries. Under the personal leadership of Katkov, the supplies of products to Mongolia and Vietnam were established, as well as the active development of exports to neighboring countries and beyond.