Since April 2021, Yuriy Vitrenko has been the CEO of Naftogaz of Ukraine, the largest Ukrainian energy and state-owned company.
Prior to that, he held different positions in the company: Executive Director (2018-2020), Chief Operating Officer (2018), Chief Commercial Officer (2016-2018), and Managing Director for International Business (2015-2016), where he successfully focused on a turnaround of the company, driving market reforms and European integration of Ukraine’s gas sector, gas transit and the world’s largest commercial arbitration against Gazprom.
In 2020-2021, Mr. Vitrenko served as an Acting Minister of Energy of Ukraine.
Beyond his career in the energy sector of Ukraine, Mr. Vitrenko had experience in global financial markets as a founder of the investment company AYA Capital (2010-2016) and employment in Amstar Europe (2008-2010), a part of US-based private equity fund management company Amstar; Merrill Lynch (2005-2006), and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC (1998-2002).
Mr. Vitrenko holds MBA from INSEAD (France, Singapore).