Volodymyr Kupchak

• 2016-2017

Law Degree (with honors), Specialty – General Law, Western Ukrainian National University, Ternopil, Ukraine.

• 2012

Arbitration Manager Diploma, International Academy of Finances and Investments, Kyyiv, Ukraine.

• 2009-2010

Diploma in Engineering, Specialty - Gas and oil pipelines, gas and oil storages – designing and building, Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas.

• 2002-2006

Post graduate school, Specialty - Demography, social economy, state social policy, Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, Ivano- Frankivs’k, Ukraine.

• 1995-2000

Master of Economics, Specialty – Economics of oil and gas, Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas. Ranked Top 10 students.

DEGREES

• 2021

Academician, Academy of Economic Science of Ukraine http://www.aenu.org/en/

• 2020

Full Professor, Analytical and environmental economics.

• 2016

Doctor of Economic Sciences, Economics of energy and environmental economics, state and regional energy security, Thesis: Strategic management of energy efficiency.

• 2016

Associate Professor, International economics, marketing and management.

• 2011

Philosophy Doctor, Economics of Oil and Gas. Thesis: Forming of tariffs of gas-transporting and gas-supplying companies.

• October 2022 – till now

Strategic Committee, Member, International Boxing Association, Lausanne, Switzerland. https://www.iba.sport/

• September 2016 – till now

Head of the Board, Co-owner, “Consultima Group” Ltd, Ivano-Frankivs’k, Ukraine, Consulting and investments in the field of energy, financing, and GR of renewable energy projects.

• December 2020 – December 2021

First Vice President Ukrainian State Company “Fishing Company S. A.”, Road-Town, British Virgin Islands. Company-owner of state international fishing fleet. Modernization and optimizing the Company, implementing the budgeting and control system, GR, defending the interests of State in the international courts.

• December 2018 – till now

Professor, Western Ukrainian National University, Ternopil, Ukraine, Ivano-Frankivs’k Education and Research Institute of Management (https://www.wunu.edu.ua/en/), Chair of International Economics. Lecturing, and supervising research and scientific work.

• September 2017 – till now

Professor, Lutsk National Technical University (https://lntu.edu.ua/en), Ukraine Economics, Management, Regional Economy Membership in Scientific Council.

• September 2016 – 2020,

Professor, Eastern European National University (https://vnu.edu.ua/en), Ternopil, Ukraine. Chair of Analytical and Environmental Economics Lecturing, supervising research and scientific work.

• May 2015 – December 2018,

Chief Executive Officer, “VolynOblEnergo” PJSC (https://energy.volyn.ua/#gsc.tab=0), Volyn region, Ukraine regional electricity transmitting and supplying company. General management, crisis management, implementation of anti-corruption measures and policy, optimizing and restructuring of the Company, smart grids system implementation in the Company of 2780 professionals, 390 000 customers.

• November 2012 – December 2014,

Member of the Parliament of Ukraine (https://www.rada.gov.ua/en) Head of Basic industries and innovations Subcommittee.

• January 2011 – November 2012,

Vice Head of the Board, Chief Development Officer in the field of Energy, Group of public companies “UkrLandFarming” PLC (https://www.ulf.com.ua/en/) and “Avangardco” IPL (https://avangardco.ua/). Companies, which own and operate 650 000 hectares of land in Ukraine and are second world egg producer. 31 700 employees. Implementation of renewable energy projects, the building of two bio-gas plants (20 MW each) in Khmelnytskyy and Kherson Regions, designing and financing of the network of 100 MW biogas/solar plants, international financing of the energy projects, taking part in IPO

• March 2007 - December 2010,

First Deputy Head of the Board, Chief Operating Officer, “Ukrainian Gas Financial-Consulting Group”, PLC. Company – the owner of 7 regional natural gas transporting and distributional companies – 7 regions of Ukraine, 17 000 employees, 3.2 million customers Building a holding and managing company, operation management, implementing the gas-losses decreasing system, building the network of 18 CNG-Stations, anti-corruption measures, GR, optimizing and restructuring the companies.

• September 2007 – December 2010,

Chief Executive Officer, “Ivano-Frankivs’k-Gas” PJSC, Ivano-Frankivs’k, Ukraine. Regional natural gas distribution and transporting company. https://if.dsoua.com/ua/ The total number of employees – 3 460, 340 000 customers. General management, crisis management, implementation of anti-corruption measures, optimizing and restructuring of the Company.