Business & experience
Business and experience
Gas production, agriculture, media and investments. Before his own businesses — five years in state energy: Chornomornaftogaz and Naftogaz of Ukraine.
Alpha Gas- Private gas producer founded in 2022. Four subsoil licences in the Poltava and Luhansk regions, total reserves of 13.5 bcm, wells deeper than 5,000 m.
Landex Agro- Agroholding founded in December 2024. 52,800 ha in eight de-occupied communities of the Kharkiv region; on the Forbes Ukraine Next 250 list in 2026.
- Media
- Since 2021 — owner of the automotive media Autocentre and AB (formerly Autobazar).
- Investments
- Nadra-Geoinvest: managed since 2014, co-owner since 2026. Co-founder of Credit365 (2014) and MyCredit (2015); the TAS group bought a stake in MyCredit in 2019.
- Public service
- 2010–2012 — deputy chairman of the board of Chornomornaftogaz; 2012–2014 — deputy chairman of the board of Naftogaz of Ukraine, member of the supervisory board of Ukrtransgaz.
Position
Assessments, recommendations, vision
Ukraine barely imports gas because chemical plants and steel mills are idle or running at a minimum. Real independence is domestic production that suffices once industry comes back.
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Gas production: Alpha Gas
In 2022 Oleksandr Katsuba founded the private gas producer Alpha Gas. The company holds four subsoil licences in the Poltava and Luhansk regions with total reserves of 13.5 billion cubic metres. Its focus is deep drilling: wells beyond 5,000 metres, where, by the company’s estimate, most of Ukraine’s untapped gas potential lies.
In 2026 he became a co-owner of Nadra-Geoinvest, one of the three largest private gas producers in Ukraine. His public position in the industry is subsoil reform: returning dormant licences to the state, a separate tax regime for deep drilling, and protection of gas infrastructure.
13.5bcm
gas reserves on the licensed areas
5,000m+
well depth
Agriculture: Landex Agro
The agroholding was founded in December 2024 and operates in eight de-occupied communities of the Kharkiv region. In eighteen months its land bank grew to 52,800 hectares; in 2026 the company entered the Forbes Ukraine Next 250 list. Alongside staple crops it is scaling niche ones — oil flax, chickpea and soybean.
52.8k ha
land bank in eight de-occupied communities
250
Forbes Ukraine Next 250, 2026
Media
Since 2021 he has owned the automotive media Autocentre and AB (formerly Autobazar), the largest specialised titles in Ukraine.
Investments and fintech
In 2014 he co-founded the online lending service Credit365 and in 2015 launched MyCredit. In 2019 the TAS group bought a stake in the company.
3M USD
TAS group investment in MyCredit, 2019
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Nadra-Geoinvest’s place among private gas producers
State energy, 2010–2014
He entered the energy sector in 2010 as deputy director for economics at Poltavagazvydobuvannya (Ukrgasvydobuvannya). The same year he became deputy chairman of the board of Chornomornaftogaz: during his tenure the company’s offshore production in the Black Sea rose from 1.1 to 2.4 billion cubic metres a year. In 2012–2014 he was deputy chairman of the board of Naftogaz of Ukraine and a member of the supervisory board of Ukrtransgaz.
Early career
From 2006 — deputy director for economics at the research and production firm Tekhproekt (Kharkiv); in 2009–2010 he chaired the supervisory board of Kharkiv Electrical Installation Products Plant No. 1. Education: V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (Finance, 2008) and Yaroslav Mudryi National Law Academy (Law, 2009).