Oleksiy Pavlenko

Oleksiy Mykhaylovych Pavlenko (; born 2 January 1977) is a Ukrainian businessman and politician who was Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food in the Yatsenyuk Government. The following year, he obtained a Specialist degree in Financial Management from the International Institute of Business (IIB – Ukraine). He then continued his studies at the Ukrainian Academy of Foreign Trade (now the Ukrainian State University of Finance and International Trade) where he received a Master's degree in International Business Management in 2000.

Career Oleksiy Pavlenko worked at the auditing company KPMG, Kyiv, Ukraine (1997–2001).

Pavlenko worked as a Consultant to the board of directors at ABN AMRO Headquarters, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

In 2002–2003, he was a member of an Audit Committee, Head of Restructuring team and Business Development team with Damen Shipyards Group (the Netherlands), overseeing projects implementation in Ukraine, Romania and the Netherlands.

In 2003–2006, he worked as the CEO of Group of the companies “Rise” (Ukraine), responsible for general, strategic, and investment management. He implemented efficient budgeting and control systems.

In 2007–2009, he worked as CEO of the Concern Foxtrot “Home Appliance”, responsible for general and investment management in Ukraine and Moldova, overseeing a workforce of 15,000 employees.

Since 2015, he has been a member of the supervisory board of the National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine (NULES).

Since 2016, Pavlenko has been the Director of the Agro-Industry Development Program at the Ukrainian Institute for the Future.

Since 2017, he has been the Chairman of the Ukrainian-Dutch Business Council.

From 2020 to 2022, he was a member of the board of directors at GN Terminals (UAE/Ukraine).

Since 2023, Pavlenko has been a member of the advisory board and Advisor to the CEO of NIBULON.

Since September 2024, he has been a lecturer at the Department of Global Economics at the National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine.