Kostiantyn Gridin

Partner & Head of Dubai Office at CFC Big Ideas

Kostiantyn joined CFC Big Ideas in 2003. His primary responsibilities for the company are organizational development, operational management, HR policies, and business development strategy. A fluent speaker of Arabic, Kostiantyn has spent more than 13 years travelling around and living in the GCC countries, and now heads the company’s operations in Dubai, UAE.

The idea of Davos Energy Week belongs to Kostiantyn. He oversees this BIG IDEA project as an integral part of the company’s global online events' portfolio.

Kostiantyn is a graduate of the Global Village for Future Leaders of Business and Industry program at Iacocca Institute, Lehigh University (USA). He also holds B. A. and M. A. degrees in International Economic Relations from the Institute of International Relations of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Ukraine). Kostiantyn was a grant recipient of the exchange program in Cairo University, Egypt.