OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT

25+ years of experience in international trade, logistics, and project management across the Middle East, Europe, and Africa

  • Overseeing international procurement, legal support for transactions, strategic development, and launching new business lines, including an office in Limassol and asset acquisition in Spain in partnership with Deloitte.

  • Built export channels and logistics schemes supplying food products and equipment to 15+ countries; developed trade flows between Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

  • Managed foreign economic activity, production certification, and negotiations with global partners; implemented ISO 9001:2000 standards and programs in partnership with USAID.

  • Built procurement and logistics systems from scratch across multiple jurisdictions, combining legal, operational, and strategic functions.

  • Overseeing international procurement, legal support for transactions, strategic development, and launching new business lines, including an office in Limassol and asset acquisition in Spain in partnership with Deloitte.

  • Built export channels and logistics schemes supplying food products and equipment to 15+ countries; developed trade flows between Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

  • Managed foreign economic activity, production certification, and negotiations with global partners; implemented ISO 9001:2000 standards and programs in partnership with USAID.

  • Built procurement and logistics systems from scratch across multiple jurisdictions, combining legal, operational, and strategic functions.

30+ years of executive, academic, and public sector leadership experience, combining military command, corporate management, and higher education governance

  • Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor, specialist in economics, management, and marketing; former Professor and Head of Departments at Donetsk National University of Economics and Trade and other state universities.

  • Served as First Deputy Director / Director of State Research Institutions, overseeing institutional governance, operational restructuring, and strategic planning within public sector organisations.

  • Director of Research Institute of Fiscal Policy (under the Ministry of Finance framework); extensive experience in public administration and regulatory environment.

  • Managing Partner and Head of NGO “Ukrainian Institute of Clean Air”.

  • Managed one of Ukraine’s largest soybean processing facilities, specializing in soybean oil and meal production (over 260,000 MT annual capacity).

  • ​Established a complete processing cycle featuring three truck intake lines (100 MT/hour each) and a dedicated railway intake system (100 MT/hour).

  • ​Implemented energy-efficiency upgrades by converting production dryers from gas to steam heating systems.

  • Built a comprehensive quality control laboratory monitoring moisture, impurities, protein/oil content, and GMO analysis.

  • ​Recognized expert in the Ukrainian soy market and one of the founders of the soybean processing industry in Ukraine.

  • Managed one of Ukraine’s largest soybean processing facilities, specializing in soybean oil and meal production (over 260,000 MT annual capacity).

  • ​Established a complete processing cycle featuring three truck intake lines (100 MT/hour each) and a dedicated railway intake system (100 MT/hour).

  • ​Implemented energy-efficiency upgrades by converting production dryers from gas to steam heating systems.

  • Built a comprehensive quality control laboratory monitoring moisture, impurities, protein/oil content, and GMO analysis.

  • ​Recognized expert in the Ukrainian soy market and one of the founders of the soybean processing industry in Ukraine.