Nataliya Katser-Buchkovska

Harvard Kennedy School, 2018-2020

Holds an Executive Certificate in Public Policy. Has covered the courses: Senior Executives in National and International Security, Leading Economic Growth, and Emerging Leaders.

University College London, 2010-2011 Holds a master's degree in Law and Economics. Has studied international finance, bank regulations, the economy of regulated markets, corporate law and finance, private equity funds, and investment.

Ivan Franko Lviv National University, 2000-2005 Holds Bachelor's and master's degrees in law.

Millenium Fellowship, 2019 Selected among young world leaders as an Atlantic Council Millennium Fellow (program on change management, responsible leadership, and international policy).

Nataliya is fluent in English.

In autumn 2014, at the special election to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Mrs. Katser-Buchkovska was elected a Member of Parliament for the 8th convocation as a representative of the People's Front party (#54 in the electoral register). Nataliya's primary goal was to apply her professional knowledge and experience to catalyze energy reforms in Ukraine, protect Ukraine's national interests as well as to help her country attract international investments.

In December 2014, Nataiya became the Head of the Subcommittee on Sustainable Development, Strategy and Investments under the Committee on Fuel and Energy Complex, Nuclear Policy and Nuclear Safety. While working on the committee, MP Katser-Buchkovska has co-authored 49 bills and 19 laws, including the groundbreaking laws "On the Natural Gas Market", "On the National Commission on Energy and Utilities", "On the Electricity Market" and "On the Principles of State Policy in the Field of Energy Security". All these were crucial steps towards securing Ukraine's energy independence.

During her time as an MP, Nataliya has chaired the "Attraction and Protection of Investments", the "Green Energy of Change" and the "Eurooptimists" inter-factional unions. She has also led the inter-parliamentary relations groups with the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Mexican United States as well as participated in the relations groups with the United Kingdom, Sweden, Lithuania, Japan and Switzerland.

Besides, while serving as a Member of Parliament, Nataliya has continuously supported the community of her hometown, Buchach. She has initiated and organized the fundraising for reconstruction of the local care home and for construction of a kindergarten in the neighbouring village. Nataliya has paid much attention to attracting investments in the Ternopil region as a whole in order to create more jobs as well as to implement energy efficiency and renewable energy projects.

In July 2019, Mrs. Katser-Buchkovska took part in the new 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election, as #13 of the Ukrainian Strategy political party. However, the party did not manage to win any parliamentary seats.[1]

Nataliya explores the possibilities and effects of increasing the capacity of gas pipelines with EU countries, evaluates the potential competitiveness of LNG supplies, and outlines the potential role of LNG supplies for Ukraine's energy security. Besides, Nataliya analyzes the availability of alternative gas supply options. She is also responsible for the Institute's international affairs.

In 2020, together with Mr. Ostap Semerak, the former Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine, Mrs. Katser-Buchkovska has co-founded the Ukrainian Sustainable Fund — a brand-new platform for impact investments. The UASIF is set to support environmentally-friendly businesses, such as wind farms, green transport, solar photovoltaic, small hydro projects, biomass installations, clean water, and energy storage technologies. The team also invests time and recourses into strategic development of state-of-the-art types of clean energy such as hydrogen, small nuclear, and LNG. The Fund scales up sustainable finance flow to Ukraine, helps to deliver the Paris Agreement and Sustainable Development Goals, as well as reduce CO₂ emissions in Ukraine, while also generating long-term, sustainable returns for investors.

Nataliya is married and has two sons aged 6 and 8.

Nataliya Katser-Buchkovskaya represents Ukraine at the international level as an active participant in the events aimed at strengthening Ukraine's position in the world, protecting national interests and attracting investments.

Nataliya Katser-Buchkovska is a welcomed guest and speaker at multiple national and international conferences and seminars. Some of the events she attends regularly are the World Economic Forum, Bloomberg New Energy Finance, World Future Energy Summit, Yalta European Strategy and International Renewable Energy Forum.

Besides, Mrs. Katser-Buchkovska is a well-known analytical author on energy security, diplomacy, peace-making process and post-conflict settlement. Her op-eds were published by the Financial Times, Atlantic Council, The European Sting and KyivPost. Nataliya has also been quoted by Bloomberg and Forbes.