Nikita Chuyko

Nikita Chuyko is an international operations and transformation leader with more than a decade of experience driving complex, large-scale initiatives across public transit, aerospace and marine sectors. Known for building organizations from the ground up and navigating highly regulated environments, Chuyko brings a rare combination of strategic vision, operational rigor and stakeholder-centered leadership.

He currently serves as director of right-of-way diversion planning and integration at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), where he founded a new department responsible for strategic planning and governance of all planned rail service outages on heavy and light rail. He joined MBTA as Harvard Business School Leadership Fellow in 2022. His work has resulted in significantly improved planning timelines, a significant reduction in canceled outage requests and millions of dollars in annual savings while advancing compliance with federal and state regulators.

Previously, he held senior leadership roles at Rolls-Royce plc in the UK, Europe and Asia, where he led global operations, post-merger integrations and agile transformations. His career also includes experience at Danaher Corporation and Boston Consulting Group.

Chuyko earned a Master of Arts with First Class Honors in Philosophy and Economics from the University of Edinburgh. He later earned an MBA with Honors from Harvard Business School, focusing on general management, operations, finance and negotiations.