The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has elected Dmytro Natalukha, a member of parliament and head of the parliamentary committee on economic development, as the new head of the State Property Fund.
This is reported by Finway
Who is Dmytro Natalukha: Education and Career Path
Dmytro Natalukha has significant experience in international law and politics. He graduated from the Kyiv Institute of International Relations at Taras Shevchenko National University with a degree in “international law, translation from French,” and also studied “international politics and relations” at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. In his professional career, Natalukha worked at Lead/Augury, a company specializing in strategic and crisis communications.
Changing Approaches in the Activities of the State Property Fund
During his speech in the Verkhovna Rada, Natalukha emphasized that the State Property Fund needs to change its approach to managing state assets, moving away from an exclusive privatization strategy.
“Since its establishment in the 1990s, the Fund has performed a logical function – it privatized and administered old Soviet assets. The state acted as the liquidator of the Soviet Union’s legacy, but not as an owner with a long-term strategy. This model has become exhausted because most attractive assets have already been sold and because most remaining state enterprises have been stagnating for years or operating below their potential,” Natalukha stated in his address to the Rada.
A total of 244 members of parliament voted in favor of Natalukha’s appointment. The new head believes that the Fund should now focus on the effective management of remaining state assets, improving their efficiency, and implementing new approaches to the development of state property.