Experience

  Jan`23 – to date     Program Lead / Business Consultant KSE Graduate Business School Kyiv Ukraine

• the consulting project Platform RE: empower, RE: locate, RE: start – more than 125 companies to support business turnaround, optimization and scaling with IOM Ukraine sponsorship
• Other KSE`s projects and initiatives: Start Up Ecosystem, Ukraine clusters Development, AI for business

 

Nov`22 – to date           Board advisor Phenomenon Studio Lugano, Switzerland

• Strategy, product development, partnerships and alliances
• Senior management team training and staff training programs were conducted on project and process

management

 

Feb`23 – to date              Mentor at Social Boost 1991 accelerator Ukraine Kyiv Ukraine

• Mentoring of the startup teams regarding strategy, business development and business processes

 

March`22 – Dec`22           Expert / Business Consultant KSE Graduate Business School Kyiv Ukraine

• the project of business relocation and the restart of the business in Ukraine – including the study of the regions for potential relocation; creation of a guide for relocation to business; practical applications, checklists, finance models, etc. with USAID sponsorship
• the consulting project Platform RE: empower, RE: locate, RE: start – more than 25 companies to support business relocation, restart and scaling

 

April`21– to date             Owner Business Growth Services https://businessgrowth.services/ Kyiv Ukraine

• the consulting and business advisory practices regarding strategy, business process management, export activities and business development

 

April`21 – to date            Vice President Business process association ABPMP Ukraine Kyiv Ukraine

• Marketing and PR activities regarding the business process professionals’ community development
• Educational courses development and organization of the ABPMP Ukraine events

 

March`18 – to date          Lecturer LABA Kyiv Ukraine

• Retail network business development course
• Business processes development course
• Strategic management

 

Jul`21 – March`22            Mentor at Cyber accelerator Ukraine Kyiv Ukraine

• Mentoring of the teams regarding strategy, business development and business processes at USAID program of cyber and data security companies’ acceleration

 

April`21 – Feb`22             Business processes consultant SoftServe Inc Kyiv Ukraine

• Business service development for the Salesforce platform team
• Team mentoring and staff education programs have been done regarding project and process management

 

April`21 – Jan`22             Advisor to the board OMO. Systems Kyiv Ukraine

• IoT smart buildings network development advisory and strategy preparation
• Business and franchisee model consultancy
• Top management team mentoring and staff education programs have been done regarding project and process management

 

Dec`19 – April`21            Director of business development Nova management Kyiv Ukraine

• Full scope of commercial (KAM, marketing, PR) and business growth activities regarding the operation of more than 200 vehicle testing laboratories ISO 17025 (>100 new laboratories opened 2019-2021)
• Business process improvement and digital transformation (BAS ERP, Bitrix24)
• Additional services portfolio development (tachographs, LPG installation, truck inspections, equipment calibration, education center, RE)

 

Dec`18 – Dec`19            Deputy to the President, Chairman of Competition Committee Ukrainian Oil and Gas Association

• GR and management support for the Association participants of the 13 largest wholesale, retail, and production companies both Ukrainian and international, state and privately owned such as WOG, OKKO, Shell, AMIC Ukraine, Socar, KLO, Parallel, SunOil, Glusco, Gaztron networks of fuel stations, national production company UkrGasVydobuvannya, and wholesale suppliers CentrNaftogazpostach and BNK-Ukraine representative office. Association represents ~ 50% of retail fuel sales and 80% of fuel imports in Ukraine.

 

Aug`14 – to Nov`18          Director Sales and Operations Shell Retail Kyiv Ukraine

• Full scope responsibilities on Retail Network Sales and operation with > 210 m USD turnover pa
• P&L management for 132 petrol sites both fuel and nonfuel sales
• Business turnaround, restructuring, and crisis management (Crimea, East Ukraine crisis 2014-2016)
• Managed 17 subordinates in Operational support, Convenience stores, and Territory Managers’ teams

 

Jan`13 to Aug `14             Director Network development Shell Retail Kyiv Ukraine

• Full scope responsibilities on Retail network growth with a budget of 15 m USD pa
• Investment Projects delivery of ~15 new petrol sites. Divestments ~5 sites.
• Team management of 14 subordinates both Network and Engineering teams

 

June` 08 to Dec`12          Manager Network development Shell Retail Kyiv Ukraine

• Prepared Market entry plans and regularly updated them for Ukraine’s Priority growth regions
• Short-term assignment in Istanbul, Turkey on 5 years strategy preparation project of Shell Turkey JV Investment Projects delivering ~30 new petrol sites. Divestments ~20 sites.
• Introduced assets swap deals in Ukraine with 3 companies
• Team management of 6 subordinates of the Network team

 

July`07 to June`08          Network planner Shell Retail Kyiv Ukraine

• Prepared Market entry plans for Ukraine’s Priority growth regions
• Investment projects valuation (acquisition, construction, rebranding, disposal)
• Portfolio team support of biggest Pan-Ukraine networks evaluation (~2500 sites)

 

June`06 to July`07          Network planner TNK-BP Kyiv Ukraine

• Prepared Market entry plans for Kyiv, Dnepr and Donetsk
• Investment projects valuation (acquisition, construction, rebranding, disposal)
• Re-opened BP-branded sites in Kyiv and 4 land plots acquired
• Portfolio project team member of Gepard petrol sites network acquisition (~50 sites)

 

Oct 2005 to June 2006       Manager Biotechnology projects Teilans Holdings Riga Latvia

• Biodiesel production investment project evaluation and feasibility study. Budget 5 m EUR
• L-Lysine amino acid production investment project evaluation and feasibility study. Budget 1 m EUR

 

Education

Kyiv School of Economics Kyiv Ukraine

Master of Business Administration (MBA) 2019 Diploma with honors

 

Sevastopol State Technical University Sevastopol Ukraine

M.Sc. Physics. Biophysics 2005 GPA 4.0 Diploma with honors

– Winner of several Math and Physics students’ competitions

– Publications in Ukraine and international scientific journals

 

Sevastopol State Technical University Sevastopol Ukraine

B.Sc. Economics 2008 GPA 3.93

 

Additional short-time courses: UC Berkeley, HEC Paris, AFW Harzburg, Steinbeis University Berlin, Thunderbird, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, LvBS, Visionest Institute

 

Other

• Interests: China and Japan’s history and cultures, IT and Bioscience technologies and reforms of the government sector