REGISTERED SCOTTISH CHARITY SC052092
Oleg Dmitriev, MBA, MStJ
Founding chairman of Sunflower Scotland
Profile
Oleg is the Founding Chairman of Sunflower Scotland. He regularly conducts humanitarian missions in Ukraine, having delivered aid to thousands of people in the active war zone. He personally delivers medical supplies to hospitals and combat medics, aid to disabled children and orphans, and donates vehicles to Ukraine’s defenders.
Oleg is a certified first responder and trainer. He holds a dual MBA degree from London Business School and Columbia University in New York.
Prior to the war in Ukraine he worked as CEO of a precision engineering business in Edinburgh, and was responsible for technical operations in a rocket company. Oleg won the Made in Scotland Award, and was named Scotland’s Innovator of the Year in 2018 and Inventor of the Year in 2017.
Missions in Ukraine:
- Kharkiv (multiple visits since July 2022)
- Chuhuiv, Malynivka: July 2022
- Kutuzivka, Andriivka, Donets: August 2022
- Kozacha Lopan, Shevchenka: November 2022
- Kupyansk – Borova – Izium: November 2022
- Vovchansk: February 2023
- Slovyansk: August 2022, March 2023
- Kramatorsk: August 2022, March 2023
- Chasiv Yar: March 2023
- Kostyantynivka: March 2023
- Osokorivka, Kherson region: March 2024
- Lyman, Torske: March 2024
- Kherson: November 2024, April 2025
Awards and Medals
- Medal for “Assistance to the battalion” by the 151st Indep. Battalion
- Medal “Brigade of Steel Hearts of Kryvorizhzhia” by the 129th Brigade
- Medal “Fidelity to Ukrainian People” by the 151st Indep. Battalion
- Medal “For Assistance to the Defence Forces of Ukraine”, by Konotop Regional Administration
- Medal “For Cooperation” by the Kharkiv Volunteer Battalion
- Multiple Letters of Gratitude from organisations across Ukraine
