Dmytro Sakharuk is the executive director of DTEK. In 2000, Sakharuk graduated with honors from the Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs (Ukraine) majoring in Law. The following year he received a master’s degree in law enforcement with honors from the same university. He continued his education at Chicago-Kent College of Law (USA), where he received a master’s degree (L.L.M) in International and Comparative Law in 2002.
While working at DTEK, Sakharuk successfully completed both the energy leadership program, a joint program organized by the London Business School (UK) and Academy DTEK, as well as the transfer to the general management program offered by INSEAD. Sakharuk began his career at Philip Morris Ukraine in 2004, and then joined an international law firm of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP in 2008.
He joined the DTEK team in March 2010 as the deputy legal director, becoming the head of the department in 2011.
Following the introduction of a new corporate governance structure, Sakharuk was appointed executive director in August 2014 and was subsequently appointed as acting CEO of DTEK Energy in October 2016. In September 2017, Mr. Sakharuk was named CEO of DTEK Energy
Sakharuk has occupied the position of executive director of DTEK since Jan. 12, 2021.
