Next week, probably on Monday, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (Cabinet of Ministers) may dismiss Sergey Makogon, General Director of GTS Operator of Ukraine LLC (OGTSU). It is reported by ExPro, citing sources in the market and the Cabinet of Ministers..

Market sources note that the likely reason for the dismissal is a possible conflict with Yuriy Vitrenko, Chairman of the Board of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine, regarding income from the transit of Russian gas through the Ukrainian GTS.

Makogon declined to comment on this information.. There are also no official announcements..

Serhiy Makogon has been heading GTS Operator of Ukraine LLC since May 2019. Under the leadership of Makogon, OGTSU was separated from NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine, and from January 1, 2020, the company began its independent activities.

Makogon received a higher engineering education at the National Technical University of Ukraine " In 2005. received a master's degree in business administration from California State Polytechnic University (USA), and in 2019. – certificate in corporate governance from the Ukrainian Corporate Governance Academy.

Worked at Morgan Stanley (New York), Deloitte (Kyiv), Microsoft Ukraine (Kyiv). In May 2014, he moved to Naftogaz, where he was involved in reforming the oil and gas complex and creating a gas market in Ukraine.

Since 2015. to 2019. in senior positions in Ukrtransgaz JSC (Naftogaz Group) was responsible for the creation of a long-term strategy for the development of the GTS of Ukraine.

Recall that at the beginning of the week, NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine dismissed Mykola Gavrylenko from the post of General Director of Ukrtransnafta.