According to Interfax-Ukraine, Ukrainian Prime Minister Serhiy Koretskyi held his first meeting with the Supervisory Board of NAEK “Energoatom,” emphasized the need to overhaul the company’s management as soon as possible, and promised all necessary support.
“I held my first meeting with the Supervisory Board of Energoatom. The government expects the Supervisory Board to carry out a thorough overhaul of the company’s management. This is a top priority. The government will provide all necessary support,” he wrote on his Telegram channel following Wednesday’s meeting.
The prime minister emphasized that “the new top management must be formed as soon as possible following a transparent competition.”
According to him, he also discussed the state-owned company’s financial condition and preparations for the fall-winter period with members of the Supervisory Board.
“Such meetings will take place regularly,” he said.
As previously reported, according to a forecast by First Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Denis Shmyhal, NAEK “Energoatom” will have a new chairman of the board and a new executive body no later than October, based on the results of a competition for which the deadline for submitting applications was July 31, 2026.
As for NJSC “Naftogaz of Ukraine,” for which President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has proposed appointing former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko as chair, Oleksandr Vizir, coordinator of the “Energy and Climate” sector at the Ukraine Facility Platform and corporate governance expert Oleksandr Vizir noted in a comment to “EnergoReform” a week ago that negotiations are most likely still ongoing with the independent members of the company’s Supervisory Board (SB), which has the authority to appoint the chairman of the board or the person acting in that capacity.
For her part, Olga Babiy, a former member of the National Commission for State Regulation of Energy and Public Utilities (NKREKU), noted in a comment to “EnergoReform” that Yulia Svyrydenko is “the ideal solution for Naftogaz” and does not know why she has not yet been appointed.
During Question Time for the government in the Verkhovna Rada on August 21, Prime Minister Koretskyi noted that he considers it ideal if another person were appointed as the new chair of the board of NJSC “Naftogaz of Ukraine” after the 2026/27 fall-winter period (FWP).
Source: https://t.me/Koretskyi_official/335
COMPETITION, ENERGOATOM, ENERGY SECTOR, GOVERNMENT, MANAGEMENT
