Andriy Kobolyev is the Chief Executive Officer and a Chairman of the Executive Board of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine since March 25th, 2014. He began his career at the international audit and consulting group, PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC), where he specialized in strategic management and corporate transformation. From 2002 to 2010 he worked at Naftogaz, rising from a chief specialist to an adviser to the chairman. Later, Mr. Kobolyev co-founded AYA Capital investment banking group where he focused on debt and equity capital raising, debt restructuring and corporate reorganizations of large enterprises and holdings. He holds a master’s degree in international economic relations with honors from the Institute of International Relations of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.