Russia
Timofey Ryabin is a Graduate Engineer with full honors at Moscow Energy Institute and subsequently in 2007 he has achieved MBA degree at Henley School of Business in London, UK.
Originally from Russia since 1997 through 2011 he held management positions in large internationals companies in the energy and engineering industries
In 2014 he joined R&D Center of Federal Grid Company of Unified Energy System – the largest Russian scientific and technical center in the field of electric power industry where he is presently Deputy Director General for Innovations. His responsibilities extend from energy efficient technologies development and implementation to superconductivity and digitalization and cybersecurity.
He has broad experience in the power grid sector in terms of implementation of innovative projects in the field of energy efficiency and the introduction of new technologies in the fuel and energy sector.
Under his management R&D Center has formed and currently successfully implements two major project of national scale – Development and implementation of technological solutions aimed at reduction of balance-of-plant needs for Substations 220 kV and higher, and Introduction of high-temperature superconducting cable lines energy complex of the Russian Federation.
For the past 8 years he has been actively involved in the activities of the Russian National Committee of CIGRE (in particular, through the National Research Committee A3)
He was appointed a Representative of Russian Federation in CIGRE Steering Committee in 2020.