Experts

Olena Pavlenko is Chair of the PWYP Global Council and President of the DiXi Group, a Kyiv-based think-tank specialising in research and consultations in the energy sphere.

Olena works in the energy sector for more than 17 years, dealing with such issues as energy security, energy transparency, oil and gas market liberalisation, EU-Ukraine-Russian energy relations, hydrocarbon development issues.

Olena has served as not-on-staff Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (2019) and to the Minister of Energy (2015-2016).

Energy Policy Expert. Master of Political Science, National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”.

He has a Master’s Degree in the area of political science granted by the National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy” and Friedrich Schiller University (Germany), from which he graduated in 2010. Besides, in 2006 he successfully completed Prometheus Program on Transition Studies at the University of Tartu (Estonia).

PhD in Economics. Expert in energy policy and energy markets research.

Graduated from the National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy” specialty “Physics and Mathematics”. At DiXi Group, he deals with writing analytics, analyzing and systematizing data and monitoring of the implementation of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement.

Holding B.A. in International Law from Kyiv International University (2009) and LL.M in Energy Law and Policy from University of Dundee, Scotland (2016), within DiXi Group is engaged with Ukraine’s European integration programs and collaboration with the Energy Community.

Аlumnus of bachelor programs in Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University (Kharkiv). In 2016, he received an MA degree in international relations and diplomacy at Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas (Lithuania). Also received PhD from the University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland).