SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY

30+ years of experience in agribusiness, agricultural policy, and investment consulting across Ukraine and the CIS

  • Investment advisory: facilitated placement of over $400 million into Ukrainian agricultural assets; clients include ADM Capital, Dragon Capital, VTB Private Equity, Government of Ukraine, State General Reserve Fund of Oman, China National Agriculture Development Corporation.

  • Developed Ukraine's first aggregated stock and commodity index; clients include Itochu, Syngenta, Nestlé, CME, Marubeni, and Monsanto.

  • Managed an agricultural assistance portfolio of $170 million; Ukraine advanced from 19th place to top-5 global agricultural commodity exporters.

  • Operational management of a grain and oilseed farm spanning 20,000 hectares.

  • Investment advisory: facilitated placement of over $400 million into Ukrainian agricultural assets; clients include ADM Capital, Dragon Capital, VTB Private Equity, Government of Ukraine, State General Reserve Fund of Oman, China National Agriculture Development Corporation.

  • Developed Ukraine's first aggregated stock and commodity index; clients include Itochu, Syngenta, Nestlé, CME, Marubeni, and Monsanto.

  • Managed an agricultural assistance portfolio of $170 million; Ukraine advanced from 19th place to top-5 global agricultural commodity exporters.

  • Operational management of a grain and oilseed farm spanning 20,000 hectares.

30+ years of experience in agribusiness and agricultural engineering

  • Founder of AGROKRAFT GmbH, an international agro-engineering and manufacturing company.

  • Founded and scaled an industrial agricultural holding (20,000 ha) in Russia; successfully exited in 2006.

  • Built AGROKRAFT Germany as a developer and manufacturer of integrated agrosystems (not a dealer or assembler).

  • Developed field-ready agrosystems performing multiple operations in a single pass, reducing CAPEX, OPEX, downtime, and labor demand.

  • Industrial machinery line engineered for 100,000+ ha holdings in partnership with Svarog West Group, bridging European industrial farming and African deployment.

  • Since 2023, leading engineering adaptation for African agro-clusters, with machines operating in Angola, Mozambique, Togo, and Zimbabwe.

  • Delivered lower cost per hectare, fewer machines per area, higher predictability, and field-repairable designs compatible with local tractor fleets.

  • Founder of AGROKRAFT GmbH, an international agro-engineering and manufacturing company.

  • Founded and scaled an industrial agricultural holding (20,000 ha) in Russia; successfully exited in 2006.

  • Built AGROKRAFT Germany as a developer and manufacturer of integrated agrosystems (not a dealer or assembler).

  • Developed field-ready agrosystems performing multiple operations in a single pass, reducing CAPEX, OPEX, downtime, and labor demand.

  • Industrial machinery line engineered for 100,000+ ha holdings in partnership with Svarog West Group, bridging European industrial farming and African deployment.

  • Since 2023, leading engineering adaptation for African agro-clusters, with machines operating in Angola, Mozambique, Togo, and Zimbabwe.

  • Delivered lower cost per hectare, fewer machines per area, higher predictability, and field-repairable designs compatible with local tractor fleets.

Doctor of Agricultural Sciences (Plant Protection), 25+ years of experience in plant protection, pest management, and agricultural systems research, combining scientific leadership with government-level regulatory expertise

  • Senior Research Scientist at the Research Institute of Plant Quarantine and Protection and Associate Professor at Tashkent State Agrarian University; former Head of Departments within the State Chemical Commission and Republican Center for Plant Protection.

  • Led national programs on control of cotton and grain crop pests and diseases; supervised testing of insectoacaricides, biopreparations, and rodenticides within state regulatory framework.

  • FAO expert on regional locust control programs (Caucasus & Central Asia).

  • Author of 70+ peer-reviewed publications.