Emily Dunbar is Managing Director, Member Value and Society Relations at CFA Institute, the premier global association for investment management professionals. Based in London, she is responsible for a portfolio of high quality conferences and speaker events, and for developing continuing professional development services to advance the careers of members. She also leads the global team responsible for building and supporting the partnership with a growing network of 151 CFA Societies which play a critical role in advancing the mission of CFA Institute in over 80 countries. Prior to joining CFA Institute ten years ago, Emily worked in the UK’s social welfare sector, successfully attracting major grants from firms and foundations for traditionally ′difficult′ causes such as homelessness, drug and alcohol dependency, and associated childhood harm. She began her working life in performance arts.

Dunbar holds a BA (Hons) degree in French Language and Literature from University College London (UCL). She is an alumna of the General Management Program at Harvard Business School.

Barbara Stewart, CFA is one of the world’s leading researchers on women and finance. During the 2009 financial crisis, she was frustrated by media depictions of women as powerless creatures lacking knowledge and confidence. To set the record straight, she has researched, written and published an annual series of Rich Thinking™ white papers, launching every International Women’s’ Day.

In addition to being a researcher and author, Barbara is a sought after speaker, educator and evangelist on women, money and investing. Barbara is an advocate for women, for diversity, and for financial education, both in public and as a consultant using her proprietary research skills to help large global financial institutions seeking to transform themselves.

Barbara is a frequent interview guest on TV, radio and print, both financial and general interest, as well as a former columnist both in print and online for Postmedia newspapers in Canada. Barbara is a contributor to the CFA Institute’s Enterprising Investor website.

In her previous life, Barbara spent five years in institutional currency sales and 20 years as a portfolio manager and investment counsellor for high net worth investors. For more information about Barbara’s research, please see www.barbarastewart.ca.

As managing director of Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), Gary Baker leads the EMEA team to deliver measurable value to CFA Institute stakeholders and constituents throughout the region. He is responsible for the strategic direction of the EMEA region and strengthening relationships with our 40 member societies, as well as with institutions, universities, regulators, and institutional partners.

In his role, Baker aims to strengthen the voice of CFA Institute on behalf of members to key stakeholders in the region. He is responsible for supporting CFA Institute policy development in EMEA, advancing the impact of advocacy efforts, and supporting EMEA member societies in delivering value to members and candidates. He also has a key focus on increasing charterholder commitment to continuing education. Baker additionally has management responsibility for Research functions across CFA Institute including Financial Analysts Journal, Future of Finance and the Research Foundation. Baker is based in London.

Baker has been engaged in financial market investment research for the past 30 years with a highly successful track record in a wide range of sell-side strategic, analytic, and management roles. He previously worked at Merrill Lynch for 20 years in a number of global roles, including managing director and Chief European Equity Strategist. Most recently, he was Deputy Head of Research with Jefferies in London. During his career, Baker has been a leader in country, regional, and global roles across Europe, Asia, Australia, and the United States.

He holds a master's degree in geography from Cambridge University and earned the CFA charter in 1997.

Dr.Karolien Notebaert is founder of One Step Ahead – Notebaert Consulting (www.notebaert-consulting.com) and bestseller author of the book ‘How the brain reaches a peak performance’, published by the F.A.Z.. She is a selected TEDxTalk speaker (How to hack your own brain, 2018)

With a PhD in Neurosciences, she translates the most recent findings from neuroscience to leadership development trainings, impulse speeches and retreats. Karolien uses her expertise in the domain of applied neurosciences to give powerful and inspiring insights into daily behavior and decision making, with the aim to maximize the true potential of the participants and increase their agility in a world where change is the only constant.

Karolien obtained a PhD in Neuroscience at the University of Leuven, Belgium and a Master in Economics. At the Summer University 2013 of the International Coach Federation, her workshop was awarded as the best workshop in the domain of ‘NeuroLeadership’. Her work within behavioural neuroscience has been published in high impact A-journals, such as Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, Behavioral and Brain Sciences, NeuroImage and Human Brain Mapping. In addition, she is Senior Faculty at the Goethe Business School and Sankt Gallen Management Institute (www.sgmi.de).

Professor of economic sciences, lecturer in Wroclaw University of Economics and universities abroad (e.g. Shanghai Jiao Tong University). His research concentrate on finance, risk management as well as econometrics and statistics. He is chairman of Department of Financial Investments and Risk Management and director of Finance Management Institute at Wroclaw University of Economics. He is founder and president of CFA Society Poland. He was member of Scientific Council of National Bank of Poland and member of Supervisory Board of Warsaw Stock Exchange. He advises and cooperates with numerous financial institutions and enterprises. In addition he is chairman of Committee of Statistics and Econometrics of Polish Academy of Sciences, deputy chairman of Committee of Economic Sciences of Polish Academy of Sciences and member of board of Committee of Financial Sciences of Polish Academy of Sciences.

Satu Kahkonen is the World Bank Country Director for Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine, joining the position in July 2016 and is based in Kyiv, Ukraine. Ms. Kahkonen oversees the Bank’s program in the three countries and leads policy dialogue with government counterparts, civil society and other partners.

Prior to this position, she was the Director of the Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management Global Practice at the World Bank Group, which comprises over 350 staff with expertise in macroeconomics, fiscal policy, growth and statistics. Here, she oversaw the work of the Practice in Europe and Central Asia, East Asia and Pacific, as well as South Asia.

Ms. Kahkonen was a Sector Manager in the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management unit. The cluster focused on economic policy management and covered 18 countries of the East and South East Europe—new EU Member States and Western Balkans—as well as select Eurozone countries.

Preceding that, she worked as a Lead Economist in South Asia, East and South East Europe, and Africa in the World Bank. In that role, she led a team which provided economic policy advice and technical expertise to multiple countries including Pakistan, Bulgaria, Croatia, and Uganda.

Before joining the World Bank, Ms. Kahkonen was part of the faculty of the University of Maryland and Associate Director of the Center for Institutional Reform and the Informal Sector (IRIS), a think tank affiliated with the Department of Economics and headed by the late Professor Mancur Olson.

Ms. Kahkonen is the author of three books on economic development, and has published numerous economic reports and research papers.

Ms. Kahkonen holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania, where she studied as a Fulbright Scholar, and an M.Sc. from the Helsinki School of Economics.

Founder and CEO of SVM Asset Management, an independent Edinburgh-based fund management group specialising in UK, European & Global equities.

Colin is a member of the CFA Institute Board of Governors and a Fellow of CFA UK. He is also a Chartered Fellow of CISI and a Fellow of the Institute & Faculty of Actuaries. He is Honorary Professor at Heriot Watt University, lecturing in behavioural finance, and guest lecturer at a number of universities. Colin has served on public and private for-profit and not-for-profit boards for many years, and completed courses on High Performance Boards and Making Company Boards Effective at IMD (Lausanne) and Harvard, respectively.

Colin is a regular contributor to financial publications and guest on BBC TV & Radio, and Bloomberg TV & Radio. He is a frequent conference speaker on investment, hedge funds and behavioural finance.

Ahmed Abou El Saad is Chairman and Managing Director of Rasmala Egypt Asset Management managing a total AUM USD 600 Million in a wide range of institutional/HNW portfolios as well as Public Equity and Money Market funds. Ahmed also Co-Heads the Mena Region for Rasmala Holding based in Dubai managing approx. USD 1.8 billion in different asset classes and investment instruments.

Previously, he was head of asset management at Naeem Holding managing a total MUM reaching USD 520 million of HNW Gulf portfolios. Earlier, Mr. Abouelsaad was Head of Capital Markets at MIBank, where he managed the bank’s investment portfolio in public trading equities, Fixed income instruments and private equity. He has also served as head of surveillance at the Cairo and Alexandria Stock Exchange, where he was on the executive committee that works on introducing new instruments and regulations to the market.

Ahmed is currently a board member at the Egyptian Stock Exchange. He is also the President of CFA Society Egypt & the Secretary General of the Egyptian Investment Management Association.

Mr. Abou El Saad has a Bachelor of Arts from Alexandria University, an MBA from the Arab Academy for Science and Technology, and a professional certificate in project finance and investment appraisal from the Harvard Institute for International Development.

Julia Kovaliv has almost ten-year experience of executive positions in the energy sector and public administration. Before the creation of NIC Office she served as the First Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade and was responsible for reforming state enterprises and for investment policy. She was also a member of the state regulator of the National Commission, which perform state regulation in the energy and utilities. From April 2016 to April 2017 Julia Kovaliv also held the position of Chairman of the Supervisory Board in "Naftogaz Ukraine".

In her early career, Julia worked for Ernst & Young, LLC "Financial Consulting Company". For the next three years, she held the position of financial director of LLC Gazex Ukraine. From 2011 to 2013 she worked in the Coordination Center for economic reforms.

Oleg has over 20 years of experience in banking. He started his career at International Payments Department of INKO Bank JSC. During his career he held managing positions at several banking and financial institutions, including BNP-Dresdner Bank Ukraine and Bank Austria Creditanstalt Ukraine (since 2002 - Hypovereinsbank Ukraine JSC). Recent appointment included Head of Investment Business Department at Ukrsibbank (currently part of BNP Paribas Group) and Head of Fixed-Income Instruments at VTB Bank Ukraine.

In 2014 Oleg started his public service as Director of the Open Market Operations Department and currently Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (since July 2015).

Oleg holds degree in Metallurgical Engineering from Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, major in Composite Powder Materials and Coverage, and Degree in Economics, Banking Management (major in Finance and Credit) from Higher Bank School of International Institute for Market Economy and Enterprises. Oleg Churiy is a CFA Charterholder and member of CFA Society Ukraine.

Following 27 years of commercial banking experience in Turkey, R. Engin Akçakoca was appointed as the CEO and Chairman of the Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency and the Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (SDIF) in the 2001-2004 financial crisis in Turkey, during when 4 state owned banks were restructured; private banks went through a recapitalization process; 18 banks under the SDIF were resolved and 7 problem banks were intervened.

Akçakoca is now advising some Central Banks and Banking Supervision Agencies on behalf of various International Financial Institutions on banking supervision and bank resolution.

William Tohmé, CFA, is Regional Head of Middle East and North Africa (MENA) at CFA Institute and is based in the new CFA Institute office in Abu Dhabi.

In his role, William advocates for the highest standards of practice and ethics in the investment management industry through the promotion of financial market integrity and transparency among regional policy makers and regulators.

William brings a wealth of experience in building a presence in new markets, deep local knowledge, and a strong entrepreneurial spirit to develop the CFA Institute hub in MENA. He partners with local MENA society leaders to assist with the expansion of their networks, contributing to the further professionalisation of the investment management industry in this flourishing region.

Prior to joining CFA Institute, William was Director, Institutional Business Development at Lazard, where he developed the sovereign institutional client business in the Middle East, covering the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman, Egypt, Jordan and Bahrain. Prior to this role, he was Director, Middle Eastern Institutions, Alliance Bernstein Middle East.

William graduated with a Masters of Advanced Studies (D.E.A.) in Finance, Monetary Sciences and Banking from the Université Paris II in 2001 (Honours) and earned his CFA charter in 2009. William is fluent in English and a native speaker of French and Arabic.

Acting CEO of a State Owned Enterprise ProZorro.Sale - the award-winning transparent e-auction platform. Since August 2016 project he's been a leader of the ProZorro.Sale project, working for Transparency International Ukraine. He's an advisor to the Minister of infrastructure and volunteer from February 2015 - July 2016. Oleksii has advised on state-owned enterprises reform, corporate governance, donor relations, transparency and open data initiatives. Prior to that, he was a Portfolio Manager for Dragon Asset Management, May 2007 - January 2015. Oleksii has been a CFA Charterholder since 2011 and President of the CFA Ukraine Society since May 2018.

Olga Burenko, CFA, is a member of the Board of Directors of CFA Society Ukraine since May 2016. In May 2018, she has been elected as Vice President of CFA Society Ukraine. Olga is also one of the founders of CFA Society Ukraine and has an experience in serving as a mentor, grader and judge of CFA Institute Research Challenge in Ukraine (2014-2017).

In her daily job, Olga is a Vice President at the Investment Banking department in Dragon Capital, Ukraine’s leading investment bank. Since joining the investment bank, Olga has worked on a number of M&A deals, bond offerings, raising debt and equity financing etc. Olga has extensive experience in conducting a detailed company analysis and building of financial models.

Prior to Dragon Capital, Olga worked for Citibank in their Kyiv office. Olga graduated with honors from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Institute of International Relations) and holds a Master’s degree in International Business. Olga became a CFA charterholder in 2015.

Yulia is one of the leading banking & finance lawyers in Ukraine with more than 15 years of experience in the financial sector of Ukraine. Yulia focuses on M&A among financial institutions, cross-border lending trasnsactions, structured and trade finance transactions, transactions involving distressed debts and debt restructuring procedures. She also has extensive experience in handling complex banking regulatory issues, securities transactions, insurance, as well as real estate and construction matters.

During the financial crisis Yulia developed a number of innovative legal products in demand by banks, financial institutions and corporations.

She also has outstanding expertise in advising international financial organisations on granting of macrofinancial assistance to Ukraine, expertise in the handling of complex regulatory issues in the Ukrainian financial sector and continuously represents the European Commission and EBRD. She was also actively involved in the legislative reform of the deposit guarantee system in Ukraine and was one of the co-authors of the effective version of the Deposit Guarantee Law.

Leading bankers, regulators and experts describe Yulia as an outstanding specialist in the field of banking and finance law, known not only for her high-quality and effective legal advice, but also for her professional analytics and advocacy of the banking sector's interests.

She is the only lawyer from Ukraine listed among top 10 Legal Innovators of the Year in Europe by Financial Times Innovative Lawyers (Europe) Report.

Yulia is also the only practitioner from Ukraine listed in 300 best female lawyers in the world by IFLR1000 Women Leaders 2018. The ranking recognises female practitioners who have led on some of the most significant and complex transactions in their markets in recent years.

Vladyslav is an Alternative Executive Director in International Monetary Fund (IMF), representing Ukraine and 14 other countries in the IMF Executive Board.

Before joining IMF Vladyslav served as a Deputy Governor, Member of the Board of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), being responsible for the developing and implementing the strategy of the Ukrainian banking sector reforms and NBU turnaround transformation project. Before joining the Central Bank in 2014, Vladyslav spent 8 years in the UniCredit Group, since 2010 occupying the position of the CFO and Deputy CEO of UniCredit Bank Ukraine and running the transformation projects in Germany, Austria and Poland.

Prior to joining UniCredit, since 2000 Vladyslav was working as a strategic consultant in M&A area. In his non-profit activities in 2010-2013 Vladyslav served as a Co-chair of the Banking and Financial Committee of American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine and a Board member of the Kyiv School of Economics in 2012-2014.

Vladyslav graduated from the banking faculty of the Odessa State Economics University in 2000 and later was a researcher in University of Genova (Italy), Institute of the World Economics of the Hungarian Academy of Science (Hungary).

Vladyslav has an extensive expertise in strategic management, managing complex turnaround transformation processes in the financial sector.

Svitlana Dryhush is an Investment Director at Horizon Capital. Ms. Dryhush has worked on closing and subsequently managing multiple investments in the FMCG, Financials and Construction materials sectors. She serves as a board member in two portfolio companies. Ms. Dryhush has previous work experience in the Consumer Goods and Real Estate industries as a sell-side equity analyst and was ranked top equity analyst in the Consumer goods sector by Thompson Extel.

Ms. Dryhush holds an MBA from the University of South Alabama (USA) as an Edmund S. Muskie Fellow. She also received her Diploma in Finance and Accounting from Hogeschool van Utrecht (the Netherlands).

Anna Onyshchenko has over 14 years of consulting experience and holds Director position in PwC Ukraine. Anna has worked on various transactions in Ukraine and CEE across such industries as food and beverages, agriculture, IT, financial services, telecommunication, real estate and retail sectors. She has assisted clients in buy- and sell-side due diligence projects and in corporate finance and debt restructuring transactions.

Anna holds a Master’s Degree in Financial Economics from Ohio University (USA) and a Specialist’s Degree in International Economics from Lviv National University (Ukraine). Anna is a member of ACCA and is a CFA charterholder.

Roman is a Managing Partner of Odgers Berndtson Ukraine and is responsible for the Industrial Practice, CEO and Board Members searches in Ukraine.

Before joining Odgers Berndtson, Roman worked for as a Senior Consultant at a leading executive search and talent equity consulting company, focusing on Agribusiness, Mining & Metallurgy sectors. Before this he held senior management roles in finance and human resources at a public Ukrainian real estate development company and an international audit firm.

Roman also is one of the champions of Corporate Governance reform in Ukraine and acts as Vice-President of UCGA (Ukrainian Corporate Governance Academy).

Mikhail Merkulov graduated from Romano-Germanic Philology Department of Kharkov State University in 1996, and received an MBA from Manchester Business School in the UK in 2007.

Mikhail has 17 years’ experience across different industries operating in Central and Eastern Europe countries (Ukraine, Russia, Bulgaria, Serbia, Slovenia and Austria). His career started in 1996 when he joined McDonald’s, in Ukraine, where he worked for 9 years on various middle-level and, later, top management positions. After nine years of being with McDonald’s, Mikhail joined Food Star (Russia) in the capacity of Chief Executive Officer. In 2007 Mikhail joined Erste Group Immorent AG in Ukraine, a specialist in real estate financing, infrastructure financing and project development, as Managing Director. In 2011 he became Regional Director for the Eastern European Group (Ukraine, Poland, Bulgaria, Serbia, and Slovenia).

September 8, 2014, Mikhail Merkulov has been appointed to the position of the Chief Executive Officer of Arricano Real Estate plc. His competence covers strategic planning and the company’s business operations control.

Valeria Gontareva served as the Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine between June 2014 and May 2017. She was the first woman to lead Ukraine’s central bank and oversaw vital reforms to clean up Ukraine’s banking sector, strengthen regulatory supervision, implementation of “inflation targeting” monetary policy and ensure the independence of the National Bank.

Ms Gontareva started her career in financial services in 1993 and built up over two decades of private sector experience at both Ukrainian and international financial institutions before her appointment as Governor of the central bank.

Between 1996 and 2000 she worked at the Kyiv branch of Bank Société Générale, moving to ING Bank Ukraine in 2001 where she rose to first Deputy Chairman of the Board. Between 2007 and 2014 she led Investment Capital Ukraine (ICU), a top Ukrainian financial services group.

Ms Gontareva graduated in 1987 from Kyiv Polytechnic Institute and also obtained a Masters degree in Economics from Kyiv National Economic University in 1997.

Marina Petrov has been appointed EBRD Deputy Head in Ukraine on 19 January 2015. She has joined the EBRD in 1995 as part of the team that opened the EBRD Resident Office in Chisinau, Moldova.

In 2001 Marina has moved to Financial Institutions department first in London and later in Moscow. In 2009 Marina was appointed the Head of St. Petersburg office in charge of the EBRD’s business in the North-West Federal District of Russia.

She also held numerous Supervisory Board positions in financial institutions and equity funds in Russia.

Marina has graduated from Moscow State University.

Chief executive officer (chairman of the executive board) since 25 March 2014

Andriy began his career at the international audit and consulting group PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC), where he specialized in strategic management and corporate transformation. From 2002 to 2010 he worked at Naftogaz, rising from a chief specialist to adviser to the chairman. Some time later, Andriy co-founded AYA Capital investment banking group where he focused on debt and equity capital raising, debt restructuring and corporate reorganizations of large enterprises and holdings. Andriy holds a master’s degree in international economic relations with honors from the Institute of International Relations at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.

Paulina Shaw is an experienced, passionate financial planner and hospitality asset manager who has built up her skills from a diverse background of experiences. Leaving Poland, Paulina moved to UK to broaden her knowledge in predominantly the hospitality sector. After 8 years there, she worked across three industries (financial, legal and hospitality) and was ready for further opportunities. She moved to United Arab Emirates 7 years ago to expand her experience in a dynamic market. Currently Paulina is a Head of Hospitality Asset management for a leading semi-government organization overseeing Dubai Hospitality assets from all aspects, financial and operational. Energy and attention to detail are key drivers of what Paulina has achieved and looks to enhance in the hotels market.

Despite today’s more regulated and enlightened business environment, we continue to witness "Enron-esque" failures of corporate governance and compliance. Enron’s former CFO will make observations about how the ambiguity and complexity of laws and regulations breeds opportunity for problematic decisions and will discuss what questions corporate directors, management, attorneys, fraud examiners and auditors should ask, in order to ensure that their companies not only follow the rules, but uphold the principles behind them. Finally, he will discuss ways in which technology can be deployed to illuminate such problematic situations.

Mr.Fastow was the Chief Financial Officer of Enron Corp. from 1998 – 2001. In 2004, he pled guilty to two counts of securities fraud, and was sentenced to six years in federal prison. He completed his sentence in 2011, and now lives with his family in Houston, Texas. Mr.Fastow currently consults with Directors, attorneys, and hedge funds on how best to identify potentially critical finance, accounting, compensation, and cultural issues. He is also a Principal of KeenCorp, an artificial intelligence software company.

Mr.Fastow received a BA in Economics and Chinese from Tufts University and an MBA in Finance from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. Prior to joining Enron, he was a Senior Director in the Asset Securitization Group at Continental Bank N.A.

Since his release from prison, Mr. Fastow has been a guest lecturer at universities and corporations, and at conferences for management, corporate directors, attorneys, accountants, and certified fraud examiners. Mr. Fastow was recently keynote speaker at the United Nations’ Principles of Responsible Management Conference, the FBI’s Advanced Financial Crimes Seminar, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners Annual Conference, the American Accounting Association Annual Conference, and the Financial Times’ Outstanding Directors Conference.

Lenna Koszarny is Founding Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Horizon Capital, a leading private equity firm focused on Ukraine and the near region with over $850 million in AUM via four funds, and a member of its Investment Committee. Lenna is also Executive Vice-President of Western NIS Enterprise Fund, a $150 million US-government backed fund.

Ms. Koszarny is the Chair of the Board of Directors of the American Chamber of Commerce (ACC) in Ukraine, an organization with over 600 members. She is also a Member of the Private Equity Women Investor Network (PEWIN) that unites 500+ senior women leaders in private equity with over $2.5 trillion AUM and Empowerment Ambassador of the SheExports Platform launched by Ukraine’s Export Promotion Office. She is a Board member and Vice President of the Ukrainian World Congress representing over 20 million Ukrainians worldwide, a member of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress Advisory Council in Ukraine, a member of the Supervisory Board of the German-Polish-Ukrainian Society in Ukraine and served as the first Vice-Chair of the Advisory Council of Kyiv-Mohyla Business School. She is a member of the Ukraine House Organizing Committee that launched the first ever Ukraine House in Davos, Switzerland on the occasion of the World Economic Forum and is proud to continue in this capacity for the 2019 Ukraine House.

Ms. Koszarny is a recipient of a Commemorative Medal issued on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of Independence by the President of Ukraine, in recognition of her long-standing contribution to the country.

Originally born in Canada, Ms. Koszarny has lived and worked in Ukraine for nearly 25 years, is a CPA and received her HBA at the Ivey School of Business in Canada.

Albert Krespin received his Electronical Engineering degree from Bogazici University in 1996 followed by an MBA degree from Koc University in 1998. He started his career the same year at Deutsche Securities Istanbul (formerly Bender Securities) as an analyst. He assumed several roles under Deutsche Securities Research before he moved to the front desk in 2004 to establish the equity derivatives desk. In the meanwhile, he also served as a board member at Bender Asset Management. Krespin headed the derivatives desk until 2012. During his term as the department head, he led the efforts in his firm to establish a warrants and certificates market under Borsa Istanbul. Thanks to these efforts, Deutsche Bank became the first structured products issuer in Turkey in 2010. He is now the General Manager of Deutsche Securities Istanbul and runs the Turkish equity franchise for Deutsche Bank. Krespin has served as a board member for CFA Istanbul Society since 2012. He is now the president for the society. He is a visiting instructor at Koc University Master of Finance Program teaching Derivatives Securities Course. During 2004-2010 period, he served as deputy president and president at Koc University Alumni Association.

Olena Bilan has more than ten years’ experience in macroeconomic analysis and forecasting. Olena joined Dragon Capital in 2006 as an economist and fixed-income analyst. She was promoted to the position of Chief Economist in 2009, taking charge of macroeconomic forecasting and analysis of economic developments, credit and currency markets in Ukraine. Olena was named a top-three analyst in the Ukrainian financial market in the Thomson Reuters Extel survey of global institutional investors. In 2016, she became a member of the Board of Directors of the Kyiv school of Economics. Prior to joining Dragon Capital, Olena worked at IER, a leading Ukrainian think tank, and investment fund SigmaBleyzer. In 2002, Olena received a Master’s in International Economics from the EERC program at the University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (currently the Kyiv School of Economics) and a degree in Computer Science from National Technical University of Ukraine "Kyiv Polytechnic Institute".

Oleg Ustenko is well-known Ukrainian economist, Executive Director at The Bleyzer Foundation and President of the Harvard Club of Ukraine. His economic and financial research is focused on emerging market economises. The CIS region and Ukraine are his particular areas of interest.

Mr. Ustenko has been actively involved in a number of projects, including assessments in macroeconomics, investment and the overall business climate in the regions of analysis. He also acts as a consultant to the Ukrainian government and other countries. He is an active participant of major economic and business events in the region and is one of the most published and quoted economists in Ukraine.

Prior to joining The Bleyzer Foundation, Mr. Ustenko was involved in different economic policy-oriented projects of The World Bank, OECD, governments of CIS countries and leading universities including Harvard University and MIT.

Mr. Ustenko has a Master’s Degree from Harvard University and a Ph.D. from Kiev State Economics University.

Viktoriya Tigipko is the Managing Partner of the fund TA Ventures, which she founded in late 2010. TA Ventures is an international early-stage VC fund primarily focused on Mobility and Digital Health. TA Ventures co-invests with leading investors and has had the privilege to back such companies as Wunder Mobility, Caroobi, Klara, Sensely and 100+ others including Azimo, SumUp, Dreamlines. TA Ventures offers proactive support and a broad international network to its portfolio companies. By supporting them with establishing R&D centers in Ukraine and Europe, the fund helps its portfolio companies grow and stay competitive. Viktoriya leads iClub - a private investment club for angel investors which has been founded by TA Ventures.

Viktoriya is also the cо-founder of WTECH - the first Ukrainian club for female tech CEOs; the Founder of CodeClub Ua - the Ukrainian network of volunteer-led coding clubs for children, with nearly 550 clubs operating as of October 2018; the President of the Odesa International Film Festival - the largest film festival in CEE by audience size; and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Ukrainian Film Academy.

Andriy Bespyatov joined Dragon Capital, the largest Ukrainian Investment Bank, as an analyst in 2001 and was promoted to the position of MD/head of research in 2005, managing the largest research house in Ukraine covering most of domestic equity and fixed income instruments as well as the economy.

Andriy became a CFA charterholder in 2004 and received a Ph.D. in economics from the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences Institute of World Economy and International Relations in 2005. His other education includes Donetsk National Technological University & Dutch Hogeschool van Utrecht as well as Arizona State University.

A member of the CFA Society Ukraine since foundation. He served as a President in 2012-2014 and now is a Board Member and a Treasurer of the Society.

Starting from 2016, Zhanetta Onyshchuk occupies a position of Head of ACCA in Ukraine, Belarus and Caucasus States. ACCA is the world's most forward-thinking professional accountancy body with more than 208,000 fully qualified members and 503,000 students worldwide.

Zhanetta began her career with running her own business in the health care. At the same time, she has mastered a course on strategic business planning in Sweden and completed an internship in the financial department of BUPA International in England. Zhanetta also had been working for KPMG Ukraine for 6 years. Later on she joined the leading online service payment provider in Ukraine, Portmone.com, as CFO.

Zhanetta has Master’s degrees in "Finance and Credit", "Management" and "Marketing" from National Aviation University.

Alina Slyusarchuk is Morgan Stanley’s economist for Russia and CIS. Based in London, she is responsible for the formulation and communication of the firm’s economic and policy outlook on Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan to equity and fixed income investors globally. Alina conducts thematic research on the key market debates ranging from Russian economic rebalancing and perspectives on imports substitution to Ukraine’s debt sustainability analysis. Prior to assuming her current role, Alina worked in CEEMEA economics, where she was responsible for the coverage of Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan, but also contributed to the coverage of CEE countries. Before joining Morgan Stanley in 2008, Alina was an economist at the IMF. Alina holds a BA and a MA in economics from the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Ukraine.

Faruk Khan is the World Bank’s Lead Economist and Program Leader for Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova. He is responsible for leading the World Bank’s work program in the areas of macroeconomics and fiscal management, finance, governance, private sector, and poverty. Faruk has extensive experience in leading the World Bank’s economic policy work in a number of countries. Most recently, he was the Lead Economist and Sector Leader for Afghanistan through a rapidly evolving economic, political, and security transition. Previously, he was Senior Economist for Georgia during the aftermath of the August 2008 war with Russia and the global financial crisis. He has also worked on Albania, Bangladesh, Kyrgyz Republic, and Russia, and was co-author of the World Bank’s report on “Unleashing Prosperity” for the Europe and Central Asia region. Prior to joining the World Bank in 2005, Faruk was an Assistant Professor of Economics at Williams College and a Visiting Scholar at the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He holds a PhD in Economics from Harvard University.

Denis Dovgopoliy is a managing partner of GrowthUP Group, as well as co-founder and president of the GrowthUP Accelerator, which focuses on acceleration and investment in Eastern European startups looking to enter the global market. Dovgopoliy has a strong understanding of the principles of business development and entrepreneurship in the technology sector, which he applies as a board member and adviser to a number of startups from Central and Eastern Europe. Denis has raised few outstanding rounds for his portfolio companies. He has designed a 45-hour authorial course, partially licensed by various regional accelerators for tech entrepreneurs. Since 2007 he has maintained one of the most popular blogs about high-tech and venture capital in Ukraine, and, in 2011, published “The four Steps to the Epiphany” by Steve Blank in Russian. He is also a co-founder or executive committee member of various events, including iForum, Silicon Valley Open Doors, IDCEE, Startup Crash Test, Kyiv Startup Week, SVOD Europe, and others. Prior to GrowthUP Group, Denis held C-level positions and completed several exits with Ukrainian companies. He graduated from Kiev Polytechnic Institute in 1996 and IMI in 2000 (MBA). Since 2005 years in Venture Capital. Well connected, 300+ investments and equity deals.

As a volunteer, Bogdan Bilaus, CFA, FRM is the representative of CFA societies in CEE, Middle East and Africa and member of the CFA Capital Markets Policy Committee.

Bogdan professional role is Investment Manager for Qatar National Bank since 2013, and his previous role was that of Chief Investment Officer with Raiffeisen Asset Management Romania since 2005.

He holds an MBA from Central European University and a certificate in financial institutions management from Georgetown University.

Colin is a creative and dynamic communications trainer with over 10 years' experience in executive coaching, managerial/leadership training and staff development. Drawing on his background as an actor and vocal coach, Colin delivers a range of bespoke strategies to help develop his clients' interpersonal communication skills. He has worked in both the public and private sector throughout Europe, as well as with many charitable organisations.

Colin trained and worked as an actor for over 15 years, before undertaking an MA in Voice Studies at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. He continues to work as an acting and voice coach for many London drama schools and Shakespeare's Globe, specialising in Specific Learning Differences (SpLD) such as dyslexia and dyspraxia, with the aim of creating more diversity in the industry and implementing more inclusive practice.

Colin's work is grounded in current research, theoretical models of communication and the latest neuroscientific research evidence. His work includes principles drawn from theatre, Emotional Intelligence (EQ) and mindfulness practice. His training delivers practical tools to enable clients to create greater impact and presence in both verbal and non-verbal communication.

Alex McWhorter is the Citi Country Officer (CCO) and Corporate Bank Head for Ukraine since 2018. He is responsible for Citi’s franchise in Ukraine including leading the business and protecting the franchise. Alex joined Citi in New York in 2003 in Market Risk Management, before moving to Corporate and Investment Banking in 2007 covering the Power sector. He served as a Director in the Risk CAO office for over three years where his responsibilities included leading coordination of Citi's CCAR efforts. Most recently, he served as UK Chief Risk Officer, and was responsible for the risk management of Citi’s UK legal entities as well as supporting the EMEA CRO on regional support and crisis management. Alex holds a Masters of Business Arts in Management from New York University, Stern School of Business, and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Psychology from Williams College, Massachusetts, United States.

Leonid Kyryan is a partner at FinPoint, Kyiv based investment banking firm and associated partner of Rothschild in Ukraine. His particular focus is on M&A and debt advisory transactions in the financial, healthcare and energy sectors. Before joining FinPoint as an analyst in 2006, Leonid worked for Ukrainian subsidiary of an international bank. Leonid became a CFA charterholder in 2016 and holds a BA and a MA degrees from Kyiv National Economic University.

Sergiy Nikolaychuk joined the National Bank of Ukraine as macroeconomic models' developer and forecaster in 2004. He was promoted to the position of a Director of Monetary Policy and Economic Analysis Department in 2015. Since then, Sergiy has contributed heavily in implementing inflation targeting framework in Ukraine, developing a rules-based monetary policy decision making system and establishing research function at the NBU.

Sergiy conducts research and publishes extensively on monetary, macroeconomic, and modeling issues, mostly related to central banking. In addition, he is a visiting lecturer at the Kyiv School of Economics and the National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv.

In 2004, Sergiy received a Master’s in Economics from the National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv.

Pavlo Kukhta is the Advisor to the Prime Minister of Ukraine and the Deputy Chairman of SAGSUR (Strategic Advisory Group for Support of Ukrainian Reforms). SAGSUR is a group of high-level advisors to the Prime Minister and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine that work on developing the economic reforms priorities for the government, monitoring the reforms process and coordinating policy interventions to assist reforms in key areas. The group is headed by Ivan Miklos (former finance minister of Slovakia and the ‘father’ of Slovak reforms), who is the Chairman of SAGSUR and Chief Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister.

Before being recruited to the government, Pavlo has worked in the NGO sector on developing and advocating the reforms agenda. Pavlo participated in such initiatives as the Reanimation Package of Reforms (the biggest coalition of reform-minded NGOs in Ukraine), VoxUkraine and the Center for Economic Strategy – think tanks and NGO initiatives that have played an important role in Ukraine's reforms effort after the 2014 Revolution. Before the Revolution, Pavlo worked as a consultant on economic issues and government relations.

Pavlo holds a degree on Computer Science from the National Technical University of Ukraine. He has produced a number of economic research papers at the Center for Economic Strategy and VoxUkraine think tanks, as well as a lot of media articles on reforms and economic issues. He also used to run one of the first economic blogs in Ukraine.