Vadym Pozharskyi

Vadym Pozharskyi
Advisor to the Board of directors
Born	26.01.1979 Kiev Region, Ukrainian SSR,  Soviet Union
Website
http://burisma.com/

Vadym Pozharskyi (born January 26, 1979, Kyiv region, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR) is a National project coordinator for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)^[1] in Ukraine. He also serves as an Advisor^[2][3] to the Board of Directors^[4] at the Burisma Holdings, the largest private gas producer in Ukraine.^{[5][6][7][8][9]}

Early life and education

Vadym Pozharskyi was born in Kyiv region, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. He attended the Public school №19 in Kyiv and graduated in 1996. Mr Pozharskyi earned his Bachelor degree in Law from Norwich Law School, United Kingdom, and his Master’s degree in the EU Law from Leiden University, the Netherlands.

Career

April 2010 – August 2011 - Acting Director of the State enterprise “Ukrresources”, the State Committee of Ukraine for State Material Reserves.^[10]

August 2011 – January 2012 - Assistant to the Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine,^[11] Head of the Department for International Cooperation and European integration, Deputy Head of the Department for State Environmental Policy and International Cooperation.

2012 – 2013 - consulted the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine^[12] on the issues of International Cooperation. Mr Pozharskyi consistently spoke in favor of signing the Association Agreement^[13] between Ukraine and the EU. He participated in the high level negotiations on the Association Agreement. Mr Pozharskyi facilitated the work of the Mission^[14] of the European Parliament in Ukraine headed by former President of the European Parliament Pat Cox^[15] and former President of Poland Aleksander Kwasniewski.^[16][17]

January 2012 – April 2014 - Deputy Head of the State Environmental Investment Agency of Ukraine.^[18]

July 2014 - August 2014 - Consultant of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

From September 2014 - National project coordinator for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).

From April 2014 - Advisor to the Board of Directors at the Burisma Holdings^[19] represented by Alan Apter, Devon Archer,^[20][21] Hunter Biden^[22][23] and President of Poland (1995-2005) Aleksander Kwasniewski.^[24][25]

2011 – 2012 - led the Negotiating Group from the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)^[26] on Restoration of the status of Ukraine in the Kyoto Protocol.^[27]

2010 – 2014 - a Focal Point of the Global Environment Facility (GEF)^[28][29] in Ukraine. He also worked closely with the international institutions, inter alia, UN agencies.

Personal life

Vadym Pozharskyi is married and has two children: a daughter and a son.

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