Archives: Speakers

Roman Neyter

Roman Neyter   researcher at the Center for Food and Land Use Research, Kyiv School of Economics In recent years, he has been engaged in research and consulting in the field of agrarian and land policy, in particular on the EU and World Bank program “Supporting transparent management of land resources in Ukraine”, as well…

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Yevhen Sadovyi

Yevhen Sadovyi   Director of Processing of Agricultural Products Astarta-Kyiv Worked at Cargill, including 3 years at the Cargill headquarters in Minnesota (USA). Managed and participated in projects in Ukraine, Romania, Hungary, Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, USA. Managed the project for the construction of grain terminals of the Ukrlandfarming company. He worked as the general director…

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Allen Scobie

Allen Scobie   Grain Consultant at Allen Scobie Consultancy Allen Scobie has acted as a consultant to leading agricultural trials and advisory organizations in the UK over the last 30 years. Past chairman of the Association of Independent Crop Consultants (AICC) UK Honorary Member of the National Alliance of Crop Consultants (NAICC) USA. Founding Chairman…

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Oliver Gierlichs

Oliver Gierlichs   CEO of Bayer in Ukraine Oliver Gierlichs has worked at Bayer throughout his career, starting in purchasing in Germany and later holding increasingly responsible positions in several European countries, Mexico and the company’s headquarters. Before his appointment in Ukraine, he headed Bayer in West and Central Africa since September 2017. On June…

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Gennadiy Khelemskyy

Gennadiy Khelemskyy   Head of Structured Trade Finance of Ukrgasbank JSC Gennady Khelemskyy has over 19 years of experience in the financial markets of Ukraine and Europe, he worked in many investment boutiques and banks in Ukraine. After seven years of work at Oschadbank, Gennadiy has been the head of Structured Trade Finance team at…

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Volodymyr Gumeniuk

Volodymyr Gumeniuk   CEO at LNZ Export LLС Volodymyr has 15 years of experience in the field of grain and oil crops trade. In 2008, he started his career as an intern in the commercial department of Cargill AT. Later, he worked as a grain and oilseed trader at Viterra. He headed the commercial department…

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Yevhen Osypov

Yevhen Osypov   CEO of Kernel After studying, he started to engage in private business, then worked at the company Milkiland (“Milkiland-Ukraine”). Later, he headed the Milkiland milk collection service. He was involved in the restoration of dairies, and he adjusted logistics. Until 2013, he held the position of general director of the IMK agricultural…

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Lesya Kuzmenko

Lesya Kuzmenko   Deputy Head of Ukraine, ICA (Industry, Commerce and Agribusiness) at EBRD She started her career in 2006 as a senior analyst in the agro-industrial complex of the EBRD. She then held the positions of associate banker of the EBRD in Ukraine for agribusiness, chief banker of the EBRD for agribusiness in Ukraine,…

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Borys Shestopalov

Borys Shestopalov   co-owner and CEO of the HD-group Borys is a Ukrainian agrifood entrepreneur, co-owner of HD-group and GFSGROUP, candidate of economic sciences. He holds the position of vice president of the All-Ukrainian Association of Bakers, is a member of the board of directors of the Union of Ukrainian Entrepreneurs and the “Flour Mills…

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Vitalii Koval

Vitalii Koval   Head of Rivne Oblast Military Administration/Rivne Oblast State Administration Vitaly KOVAL graduated from the Ternopil People’s Academy of economy with the specialty “banking”, having received Master’s degree. Has an MBA degree (Master of Business Administration), Lviv Business School of the Ukrainian Catholic University. Studied at Aspen Institute Kyiv. From 2004 to 2009, he worked in…

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