Mustafa-Masi Nayyem
Guest Speaker
Professional Affiliation
Deputy Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine; Head of the Ukrainian State Agency for Restoration and Infrastructure Development
Expert Bio
Born in 1981 in Kabul, Afghanistan. In 1991, his family moved to Ukraine.
In 2003 graduated from the National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute" where he studied Aerospace Systems. In 2018, he graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv with the Master degree in Law.
2005 – 2014 he worked as a journalist, special correspondent, editor and media manager of leading Ukrainian publishers. He was awarded the "For progress in journalism" prize of Oleksandr Kryvenko and the "Free Press of Eastern Europe" prize of Gerd Bucerius.
2014 – 2019 he was working on the project to launch the Patrol Police in Ukraine. Mustafa Nayyem was one of the curators of the project office of the National Police reform.
2019 – 2021 he was working in the State Concern "Ukroboronprom" as a Deputy General Director.
Lecturer and author of courses at the Kyiv School of Economics (KSE, Kyiv School of Economics).
People’s Deputy of Ukraine of the VIII convocation.
On 4 August 2021 appointed as the Deputy Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine.