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:
- Kherson
- Kharkiv
- Vovchansk
- Borova
- Kozacha Lopan
- Kupyansk
- Slovyansk
- Kramatorsk
- Chasiv Yar
- Kostyantynivka
- Lyman, Torske
- Kushuhum (Zaporizhzhia)
- …and many more
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
- Medal “For Saving Lives” by Major-General Mykhailo Drapatyi, Comander-in-chief of The Armed Forces of Ukraine
- Multiple Letters of Gratitude from organisations across Ukraine
