Koretskyi Serhiy Fedorovych

Crisis Manager of Naftogaz, touted in 2026 as a candidate for Prime Minister

Top manager from Lutsk (born 1978), engineer and economist by profession, Executive MBA from Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. Over 20 years in the fuel industry: from 1997 to 2018 advanced from analyst to CEO of the Lutsk holding company Continuum (WOG network); the holding's founders are former MPs Yeremeyev and Ivakhiv. Founded Idealist Coffee; was co-founder of the Swiss trader Centurion Group. After nationalization, headed Ukrnafta and Ukrtatnafta (2022–2025), achieving record profits (tens of billions of UAH, repaid tax debts). Since May 2025 — Chairman of the Board of NJSC Naftogaz (elected through a competition involving Korn Ferry). In July 2026 — among the main candidates for the Prime Minister position.

Reputation

Has the image of an effective crisis manager and a "manager who does not steal"; publicly represented Naftogaz in Western media regarding Russian strikes on gas infrastructure.

CHESNO draws attention to his many years of work at Continuum, whose founders are figures in anti-corruption investigations, and to his former aide role for MP Yeremeyev.