The Supervisory Board of the National Aviation University has been established: prerequisites for the decision, composition, and priorities

By the order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine dated January 12, 2024, the Supervisory Board of the National Aviation University (NAU) was established and its composition approved.

As a reminder, on October 13, 2023, the Cabinet of Ministers approved the proposal of the Ministry of Education and Science to reorganize the National Aviation University (NAU), which was initiated by Vice Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov. On the same day, the Ministry of Education and Science signed an order that began the process of dividing NAU into two higher education institutions: State University Kyiv Aviation Institute and Ukrainian State Flight Academy (Kropyvnytskyi).

Earlier, Oksen Lisovyi spoke in detail about how the process of reorganization of the NAU will take place.

Consideration and discussion of the candidates for the Supervisory Board of the National Aviation University and its formation are in line with the current realities and challenges that the country is currently facing in a state of war. The formation of the Supervisory Board was based on the principle of involving stakeholders: representatives of public authorities, university graduates, business representatives, professional managers who cooperate with the university, etc.

"Together with the Ministry of Education and Science, we continue to transform the education system at every level. After all, changes in education are the foundation for Ukraine's economic breakthrough and human capital development. One of the important tracks is the transformation of higher education institutions. In addition to a new approach to financing, we are creating supervisory boards at universities that include business representatives, effective managers and executives. Each of them will help universities get more opportunities for development to implement bold and revolutionary solutions. After all, it is the universities that train future personnel who will become drivers of change in the country," said Mykhailo Fedorov, Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Digital Transformation.

"The management component plays a crucial role in the development of higher education institutions, and thus in the quality of education in them. A lot depends on the quality of management, whether students, staff and business are involved in decision-making. So, our goal is to develop the management capacity of top teams at universities. In particular, we plan to strengthen the role of supervisory boards in higher education institutions to enable the transition to European-style university autonomy. The example of the National Aviation University is one of the first steps on this path," Oksen Lisovyi, Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine.

"The most effective model was chosen to create the Supervisory Board. It combines representatives of business - professional and highly effective top managers, university graduates of different years who are extremely motivated to change their Alma Mater, representatives of government - progressive, result-oriented and significantly improving the quality of education, science and innovation in the country, and, of course, representatives of defense tech, strategic industries (for example, the UAV industry and others) who have a vision, extensive expertise and experience in creating and developing relevant for the country n Each person has his or her own background, but everyone has one big goal - to make a real revolution at NAU, to turn it into a powerful university that Ukraine will be proud of," said Petro Chernyshov, advisor to the Minister of Education and Science. 

The Supervisory Board of the NAU includes 7 representatives, three of whom are graduates of the university of different years, who currently hold various positions in various sectors of the economy, and the rest of the experts are representatives of big business and government. In addition, two of them are representatives of defense technologies and strategic industries in Ukraine. All members of the Supervisory Board work on a voluntary basis.

The members of the Supervisory Board of the NAU are:

      1. Petro Chernyshov

Education: graduated from the Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics at Urals State University. In 2000, he graduated with a master's degree in financial management from the Academy of National Economy. In 2001, he received an MBA from Kingston University, UK.

In 2006-2014, he headed Carlsberg's business in Ukraine. President of Kyivstar in 2015-2018. Member of the Supervisory Board of Farmak in 2018-2020.

Since October 30, 2023, he has been a pro bono advisor to the Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine on corporate governance in universities and development of the Kyiv Aviation Institute.

       2. Roman Hryshchuk

Education: graduated from the National Technical University of Ukraine "Kyiv Polytechnic Institute" with a degree in Medical Devices and Systems. Member of Parliament of Ukraine of the IX convocation. Representative of Solomenskyi district in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

Member of the Committee on Education, Science and Innovation. Chairman of the Subcommittee on Lifelong Learning and Out-of-School Education and Adaptation of Ukrainian Legislation to the Provisions of the European Union Law.

Member of the Permanent Delegation of Ukraine to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.

      3. Volodymyr Tsoi

Education: graduated from the Kyiv Institute of Civil Aviation Engineers (formerly known as the National Aviation University from 1965 to 1994) with a degree in Technical Operation of Radio Electronic Equipment.

Ukrainian entrepreneur and public figure, co-owner and president of the MTI group of companies, a diversified business that unites three areas of activity in Ukraine and Kazakhstan: information and communication technologies (MTI, Technogard, MTI-Service), retail (INTERTOP, Protoria, Amadeo), and 3-PL operator (Denka Logistics). He is one of the founders of the Union of Ukrainian Entrepreneurs (SUP).

      4. Vladyslav Vlasyk

Education: graduated from Kyiv International Civil Aviation University (formerly known as NAU from 1994 to 2000).

Since 2000, he has held positions from design engineer to deputy director general at Antonov. Since 2022, he has held the position of General Designer.

      5. Hanna Hvozdyar

Education: graduated from the Kyiv Vadym Hetman National Economic University with a bachelor's degree in management.

From 2020 to 2023, she was Director of the Serhiy Prytula Charitable Foundation.

On September 22, 2023, she was appointed Deputy Minister for Strategic Industries of Ukraine.

      6. Ihor Kravchyshyn

Education: graduated from the National Aviation University with a degree in Aerospace Control and Automation Systems, later completed postgraduate studies at the Institute of New Technologies (NAU) on the management of unmanned aerial vehicles. In 2022, he received a business degree in the Executive MBA program at DTEK Academy.

From 2014 to 2021, he held senior positions at GTS Operator of Ukraine LLC and Ukrtransgaz JSC (Naftogaz Group).

Volunteer, entrepreneur, founder of an investment company that helps progressive Ukrainian brands in the retail and HoReCa sectors to develop their store networks, including Rozetka.

      7. Nataliia Kushnerska

Education: graduated from the Kyiv National Linguistic University with a master's degree in translation of English, Italian, and French.

For 15 years, she headed the event agency Diplomat Service, having implemented more than 50 projects in Ukraine and abroad. She also has experience working in government agencies as an advisor to the First Deputy Minister of Economy.

Since the beginning of 2023, as the head of the Ukrainian defense technology cluster Brave1, Natalia has been responsible for effective cooperation and interaction between government agencies, companies, startups, engineers, foundations, and representatives of the defense tech sector to bring victory through technological solutions.

At the first meeting of the NAU Supervisory Board with the Minister of Education and Science Oksen Lisovyi, they discussed the development of the university, raising financial resources to support its activities and control over their use, as well as effective interaction with various university stakeholders.