Sergey is Head of Europe and CCO at ZeroAvia, one of the leading zero-emission engine innovators and advanced in developing hydrogen-electric propulsion for regional air travel by 2024. He is based in the UK, but responsible also for operations and people in France and the Netherlands. He was an early seed investor in the company, before deciding to join in an executive role after seeing the promise and direction of the company. Prior to joining ZeroAvia, Sergey led e-mobility in Europe for Enel X, the Italian energy major’s advanced energy business line. This followed his successful tenure as the European lead for eMotorWerks, the Electric Vehicle charging company acquired by Enel. He spent ten years at McKinsey & Company focusing on energy, sustainability and public sector work in former CIS countries, including opening and significantly expanding McKinsey’s Kazakhstan office, after beginning his career in the high tech industry with Hitachi in Silicon Valley developing novel information storage. He obtained a PhD and conducted postdoctoral research in experimental low temperature physics and nanomagnetics at Cornell University in the United States.

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