The General Meeting is a yearly gathering of EUEA members during which all affairs concerning the Association are decided upon and its strategic direction for the coming year is determined.
The General Meeting is also responsible for:
- the election of the Board, Chairman and Vice-chairman
- the adoption of the budget
The Board is the main managing body of the Association and is elected once per year during the General Meeting by Regular Members (i.e.: Members with voting rights).
The Board represents EUEA interests in relation to its associated international organizations and public institutions, as well as with Ukrainian and foreign legal entities.
Chairman of the Board
Mats Lundin
Mats Lundin is a Vice President Business Development NBT and Director Celynx AG (family investment company in real estate, wind power and electrical charging networks).
Mats has been active in the energy and renewables sector for over 25 years. Starting out in ABB Group’s Energy Ventures he moved into wind power as an investor and advisor focusing on non-recourse financing and project development. He established Ukraine’s second largest wind power IPP with more than 200 MW wind power in operation. In the past years, he has advised companies such as Scatec Solar and ABB concerning acquisitions in the renewable energy sector. Presently, he is the CFO for the Swiss wind and solar power plant developer and operator Fu Gen AG. Fu Gen AG has closed some of the longest term non recourse debts in the Swedish merchant wind power market.
Vice-chairs of the Board
Elena Rybak
Olena Rybak has been the Executive Director of the Austrian engineering consultancy company iC consulenten (part of the iC group) in Ukraine since 2013. The company operates in various infrastructure sectors but primarily focuses on engineering services for internationally financed projects in Ukraine, with a particular emphasis on sustainable development, renewable energy, energy efficiency, transport, and municipal infrastructure.Key areas of activity include infrastructure rehabilitation, thermal modernization of municipal buildings, housing construction, green building certification, renewable energy, hazardous waste management, and construction supervision of bridges and roads. From 2009 to 2013, Olena served as the Executive Director of the European-Ukrainian Energy Agency (EUEA). Since 2013, she has been a member of the EUEA Board and continues her dedicated efforts to promote investment in Ukraine’s energy and sustainability sectors. Olena currently co-chairs the Energy Efficiency & Sustainable Reconstruction working group and hosts the video podcast EUEA.Dialogues. Ms. Rybak holds a Professional MBA in Energy Management from the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Executive Academy) and a degree in Business Administration from the International Christian University in Kyiv.
Alina Sviderska
Alina Sviderska, CEO of Scatec in Ukraine. Ms. Swiderska graduateв from the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and the University of Cambridge and has ten years of experience in the energy sector. She was an adviser to the Minister of Economy and actively participated in reforms. As a volunteer, she is involved in educational and charitable projects within the Cambridge community of Ukraine.
Board members
Yuri Kubrushko
Yuri is co-founder and Managing Partner of IMEPOWER, leading specialized energy advisory firm in Ukraine. Over 20 years of experience in strategy, investments, finance, market and regulatory advice with focus on the Ukrainian energy sector for private and public sector clients. Completed 200+ advisory assignments in the role of project director or senior expert, including more than 50 IFI-funded projects in such areas as institutional support to public agencies; corporate development support to energy companies; feasibility studies for investment projects; due diligence of assets in power generation, transmission, distribution, district heating, gas production, renewable energy. Deputy Project Director of the program management units of the EBRD’s USELF 1 and USELF 2 in charge of local expert coordination and report preparation. Advised numerous foreign investors and developers on market entry strategy for Ukraine and review of investment targets/projects. The clients included AES, CEZ, EDF, Elawan, ENEL, EDP Renewables, FIBA Holding, GE Capital, Mitsubishi, Saffelberg Investments, Sumitomo.
Oleksandr Melnyk
Oleksandr Melnyk is a Counsel, Head of Corporate Law and M&A practice specializing in issues of corporate, competitive, banking and finance law, and business relationships with regulatory authorities. Oleksandr provides legal assistance to business and banks in relation of business financing, in particular regarding structuring of financing, performs due diligence of collateral security documents, drafting and agreeing the contracts securing obligations (bonds) and registration of encumbrances. Has experience in cross-border co-financing projects involving international financial institutions (IFC, EBRD etc.), drafting and review of Intercreditor’s Agreements, Security Sharing Agreements, Subordination Agreements etc.
Dmitry Prinus
Dmytro Prinus – Investor Relations at Indian Solar. The main priority is to help investors make informed decisions in their actions regarding the company’s equity. Site analysis for SPP, PvSyst simulations for financial models.
Maryna Ilchuk
Maryna is counsel at the Kyiv office of CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang. Maryna advises domestic and foreign clients operating in the Energy and Oil & Gas sectors on a broad range of legal and regulatory issues. She provides full service legal advice on the entire lifecycle of energy companies, paying substantial attention to the commercial and technical aspects of the energy industry. Maryna has substantial experience in renewable energy projects, representing investors, target companies and EPC-contractors, taking the lead on legal due diligences in acquisitions of projects, and advising on various issues related to the production and sale of renewable energy.
Maryna is a recommended lawyer in Energy and Natural Resources by Chambers Europe 2016–2022. She is recommended by Who’s Who Legal 2020-2022, by IFLR rated as a Rising star for Ukraine, ranked as the Best Lawyer in Energy & Natural Resources, Mining and Oil & Gas by Best Lawyers ranking. Maryna Ilchuk has won the Lawyer of the Year award in the Women of Ukrainian Energy contest held by the Women’s Energy Club of Ukraine. Maryna is a Member of the Ukrainian Bar Association, Board Member of the Women’s Energy Club, and is a member of Association of International Energy Negotiators (AIEN).
Adrien Fouchet
GreenFuture Energy
Adrien Fouchet is the co-founder and CEO of GREENFUTURE ENERGY. He graduate from the National Engineering School of Tarbes (Ecole Nationale d’Ingenieur de Tarbes). Adrien has been active since 2006 in the development , finance and construction of renewable energies projects in various countries with a focus on France, Poland and Ukraine. Adrien worked 7 years for the wind turbine manufacturer Nordex on the French and Polish market. He then moved to Ukraine to develop wind and solar projects for Beten International. For 8 years, he led the Eurocape’s wind development activities in Poland and Ukraine.
Anzhelika Livitska
ARZINGER
Anzhelika is the co-head of Real Estate and Construction practice, Head of the Energy and Natural Resources, as well as Environmental and Sustainable Development practices at ARZINGER law firm. She has more than 25 years of experience in these areas. Anzhelika’s experience includes advising on major real estate, construction and infrastructure projects involving national and international public and private companies (including wind parks and solar parks), advising international companies on mining regulation, obtaining all necessary environmental permits; advising on gas supply at regulated and unregulated tariffs, analyzing joint venture agreements on mining, etc.
Oleksandr Selyshchev
DTEK Renewables
Oleksandr is СEO of DTEK Renewables and one of the originators of DTEK Group’s renewable energy business since 2008. For 10 years, Mr. Selyshchev had been working as a director of strategy and development at DTEK Group and was responsible for the development of renewables direction in the company. Oleksandr has been appointed to the position of CEO of DTEK Renewables in April 2022, in the most turbulent time for the company. Mr. Selyshchev proved to be a reliable and prominent leader of an innovative direction. Under his guidance the DTEK Renewables team became the first in the world to construct a new wind farm amid a full-scale war. As a profound strategist, Oleksandr aims to share deep professional and strategic market expertise, including the experience of a full-scale renewables projects implementation in tough market conditions.Oleksandr has degrees from ACCA and Kyiv Mohyla Business School.
Anastasiia Vereshchynska
Director of the European-Ukrainian Energy Agency
Anastasiia is a qualified sustainability, energy and climate policy expert. She holds a law degree and has rich and diverse professional experience. Her most recent position was Partnership Manager at the Energy Act for Ukraine Foundation, leading donor relations for charitable solar projects in Ukrainian schools and hospitals and advocating for sustainable reconstruction.
Anastasiia has an extensive background as an expert and policy consultant in a number of Ukrainian and international think tanks, such as Berlin Economics, WiseEurope and DiXi Group, as well as experience working in the Ukrainian Parliament and at the EY international consulting company.
Her solid experience, including her contribution to green recovery initiatives, endow her with a deep understanding of the nature of stakeholders and decision-makers in and out of Ukraine, as well as empowers her with the ability to lead the EUEA community towards the common mission of achieving a sustainable energy future for Ukraine.