Marina Galaktionova was born in Moscow. In 1986, she graduated from the All-Union Finance and Economic Institute as an external student specializing in economics. In 2001, she received a diploma as a professional accountant. In 2003, she graduated from the Institute of Real Estate Management in the United States, specializing in property management. Her working career was begun in accountancy and finance management. In 1986, she was appointed chief accountant at the Moskva Hotel, and from 1999 to 2004 she was deputy general director of the Hotel Moskva. In her fifteen-year career, Marina Galaktionovna’s name was put forward both by the directors of the hotel and the Government of Moscow for a number of different nominations relating to results achieved and professionalism at work.
As head of M-MANAGEMENT since 2002, she has been engaged in creating and developing a new area concerned the provision of housing and consumer services.