Yuriy Vitrenko | |
|---|---|
Юрій Вітренко | |
 2020 | |
| Born | 17 September 1976 |
| Education | INSEAD |
| Occupation | Ukrainian businessman |
| Family | married, 3 children |
Yuriy Yuriyovych Vitrenko (Ukrainian: Юрій Юрійович Вітренко; born 17 September 1976) is a Ukrainian businessman.
Vitrenko was born and raised in Kyiv before completing his education abroad. He spent his early professional career as a management consultant, investment banker, and private equity manager at international companies in Kyiv and London.
Vitrenko is closely associated with Ukraine's post-2014 energy sector reforms and efforts to enhance the country's energy independence. He played a key role in Naftogaz's landmark multi-billion dollar 2018 international arbitration court victory over Russia's Gazprom and has been a vocal opponent of the Nord Stream II pipeline project. From December 2020 until April 2021, Vitrenko served as Ukraine's Acting Minister of Energy[1] From April 2021 to November 2022 Vitrenko was the CEO of Naftogaz of Ukraine.[2]
- ^ (in Ukrainian) The government appointed Vitrenko acting Minister of Energy, Ukrayinska Pravda (21 December 2020)
- ^ ANASTASIA ZHARIKOVA (1 November 2022). "Cabinet of Ministers dismisses Vitrenko as chairman of Naftogaz". Ekonomichna Pravda (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 1 November 2022.