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The new leader will be responsible for overall management, while nuclear safety will be assigned to a separate member of the board.
The supervisory board of JSC NAEC "Energoatom" selected JSC "Ukrgazvydobuvannia" CEO Yurii Tkachuk as the winner of the competition for the position of the company’s chairman of the board. Pavlo Pavlyshyn, who led the Rivne NPP for ten years, is to become a board member responsible for nuclear safety and operations. This was reported by the news agency "Interfax-Ukraine."
The chair of the supervisory board, Rumina Welsh, explained that for the two key positions they deliberately chose leaders with different but complementary professional experience. Tkachuk (Chief Executive Officer, CEO) will be responsible for the company’s overall management. Pavlyshyn (Chief Nuclear Officer, CNO) will receive professional authority in the field of nuclear safety and the necessary independence to halt any activity that does not meet safety requirements.
"We deliberately chose two leaders with different but complementary professional experience. Yurii Tkachuk will be responsible for the overall management of the Company. Pavlo Pavlyshyn will have professional authority in the field of nuclear safety—with the necessary status and independence to stop any activity if it does not meet safety requirements," Welsh said.
According to the supervisory board chair, such a distribution of powers aligns with established practice among leading nuclear operators worldwide. As part of the international search for Energoatom’s leader, 78 candidates from Ukraine and other countries were considered. Nine of them advanced to the comprehensive assessment stage. It included structured senior executive interviews, leadership potential evaluation, and vetting of professional reputation and integrity. Candidates were also assessed against a defined list of professional and managerial criteria.
The finalists presented their strategic visions for Energoatom’s development to the supervisory board. After that, board members conducted the final evaluation and made a decision. Both selection processes were supported by the international firm Korn Ferry, which carried out candidate assessments and independent checks of their professional reputation and integrity.
Yurii Tkachuk has more than 25 years of experience in the energy and industrial sectors. Before moving to Ukrgazvydobuvannia, from May to December 2025 he served as acting head of PJSC "Ukrnafta." From November 2022 he worked as the chief financial officer of that state company, where he was responsible for financial strategy, risk management, and investment policy.
Since July 2026 Tkachuk has also been a board member of NJSC "Naftogaz of Ukraine." Previously he held senior financial positions at ZAPOROZHETRANSFORMATOR PJSC and the Energy Standard Group of Kostyantyn Grygoryshyn.
Pavlo Pavlyshyn headed the Rivne NPP from June 2012 to June 2022. The exception was the period from December 2019 to March 2020, when he served as acting president of Energoatom. In June 2022 Pavlyshyn was transferred to the position of director of Atomremontservice for the duration of martial law. From 25 October 2022 he served as first deputy mayor of Varash—the satellite city of the Rivne NPP.
"One of Energoatom’s key problems was corporate governance. What the operation (NABU’s uncovering of a scheme to obtain illicit gains in NAEC procurement—IF) 'Midas' revealed was not a technical glitch—it was the failure of systems that should ensure proper control over how the company spends funds and how it selects its leaders," Welsh emphasized.
She stressed that the problems concerned how the company spends funds and how it selects managers. In her view, changes must start with the method of appointing management. Both competitions were conducted independently of the government, based on pre-established criteria. Decisions were made taking into account objective data and assessment results.
The supervisory board plans to complete the formal procedures for appointing Tkachuk and Pavlyshyn within the coming weeks. To do this, all legal, regulatory, and corporate requirements must be fulfilled. In Pavlyshyn’s case, the procedure also includes obtaining an individual license from the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine.
Until the new appointments take effect, the current temporary management model of Energoatom will remain unchanged. This is intended to ensure continuity of company management and the safe operation of nuclear power plants.
Recall that Ukraine’s energy problems concern not only the management of state companies but also funding for protecting critical infrastructure. The Ministry of Finance postponed capital expenditures of 39 billion hryvnias to December that were supposed to be financed in September, October, and November. Some of these funds were intended for protecting the energy sector before the heating season. The head of the Verkhovna Rada budget committee, Roksolana Pidlasa, said that such a postponement effectively means abandoning these expenditures in 2026.
In addition, Ukrainian energy specialists at the beginning of September restored external power supply to the temporarily occupied Zaporizhzhia NPP. The damaged "Ferosplavna-1" line was repaired during a local cessation of hostilities, agreed upon with the mediation of the IAEA. Energoatom emphasized that the repair was carried out by Ukrainian specialists under constant security risks due to the actions of Russian occupiers.
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