1991 Mentors

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Kyrylo Zakharov

Assistant Information Management Officer at UNHCR Ukraine

Tech Expertise (Vertical Focus)

Director of the Analytical Department at Promedia Consulting MA LLC. Co-founder and head of the "Court in Your Palm" project.

Kyrylo Zakharov

Assistant Information Management Officer at UNHCR Ukraine

Nadiia Omelchenko

IT Integrator

Business Strategy / Growth

Ukrainian entrepreneur, Vice President of IT-Integrator, co-founder of the bar "Lysa Hora", lecturer at the MIM-Kyiv Business School, MBA.

Nadiia Omelchenko

IT Integrator

Olha Afanasyeva

Head, ELEKS Kyiv

Fundraising / Finance

Member of the Ukrainian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (UVCA) and Ambassador for European Women in Venture Capital (representing Ukraine). She has worked at the Warsaw Stock Exchange and spent over 8 years in academic and teaching roles in the fields of banking and international economics. She has undertaken studies at the University of Applied Sciences of the Deutsche Bundesbank and the Capital Market Leaders Academy of the Lesław A. Paga Foundation in Warsaw.

Olha Afanasyeva

Head, ELEKS Kyiv

Roman Liakh

REAL PEOPLE

Communications / Media

Prepares speakers for public appearances and online communications. Owner and Founder. Lead trainer at Real People. Showman and event host at RomanLiakh.com. Actor at FILM.UA Group.

Roman Liakh

REAL PEOPLE

Serhiy Skabelkin

FINTECH CLUSTER

Fundraising / Finance

Entrepreneur, expert in the banking sector, and business architect of mobile wallets and online services. He is an expert on blockchain technologies, cryptocurrency regulation and prospects, and the future of traditional banks. Adviser to projects launching ICOs (Initial Coin Offerings), an active mentor for FinTech startups, and a member of the jury at numerous meetups and hackathons.

Serhiy Skabelkin

FINTECH CLUSTER

Tymur Vorona

MC.TODAY

Communications / Media

Tymur Vorona was born in Vilnius and is a journalist by profession. Since 2017, he and his wife have been co-owners of the online publication MC Today, where Tymur is responsible for managing the editorial team. He is the author of the books "Startup for a Million. How Ukrainians Make Fortunes in Technology" and "Dmytro Dubilet. Business Based on Common Sense".

Tymur Vorona

MC.TODAY

Vadym Synzheretsky

BUKI

Sales / Marketing

EdTech entrepreneur CEO and co-founder at BUKI (global online marketplace for tutoring)

Vadym Synzheretsky

BUKI

Bohdan Misiura

SCRUMDAYUA

Product / Tech

Agile Coach, Scrum Trainer, CEO of brainrain.com.ua — the first company in Ukraine and a member of the global PTN network of Scrum.org; co-organiser of ScrumDayUA.

Until recently, he worked as Agile PMO & Delivery Manager at Magento / Adobe. He has 17+ years of experience in software development and 8+ years in delivering training and coaching. He has led Agile transformations in 30+ companies.

Certifications: Professional Scrum Master (PSM I / II), Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO), Professional Scrum with Kanban (PSK), Certified Scrum Professional (CSP), Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Licensed Management 3.0 Trainer.

Bohdan Misiura

SCRUMDAYUA

Maksym Zubenko

Chief Growth Officer at Dwarf Engineering

Product / Tech

Sales / Marketing

Working in marketing since 2014. He has managed departments at 4 companies and consulted on more than 200 projects.

He has worked with markets in the US, Europe, and the Nordics. He has handled marketing for hardware products, SaaS platforms, and startups at various stages of investment raising.

Maksym Zubenko

Chief Growth Officer at Dwarf Engineering

Khrystyna Stetska

PROFI CAREER

Team / Leadership

Trainer at Profi Space Business School and HR Director at TAMGA (FinTech). She has 5 years of delivering bespoke training programmes and workshops, as well as career consultancy for effective personnel management in IT, fashion, and financial companies, and 15 years of experience in the banking sector, including in the role of Directors' Assistant.

Khrystyna Stetska

PROFI CAREER

Oleksandr Chmeruk

Consultant, FUELFINANCE

Fundraising / Finance

Financial Analyst at Fuel Finance, graduate of the Master's programme in Business Economics and Finance, 2018.

Oleksandr Chmeruk

Consultant, FUELFINANCE

Alina Bocharnikova

Senior Education Officer / Program Coordinator on Social Entrepreneurship at School of ME

Business Strategy / Growth

Fundraising / Finance

For the past 5 years, Alina has been developing and implementing social projects and social enterprises. By profession, she holds a Master's degree in Social Work and is a methodologist in social design. In addition to her experience in the social sector, she worked in the creative division D2 — a Ukrainian IT company specialising in marketing solutions for businesses.

She has experience developing socio-technological projects based on mobile applications and web platforms.
She currently works at Future Development Agency — a project office for social change, established in 2015 to introduce social innovations, IT technologies, modern working methods and tools in the social sector.

Key competencies: social design, project management, business modelling for solving social problems, design thinking, strategic and operational planning, financial management, PR and communications, fundraising, social impact and its measurement, social innovation.

Alina Bocharnikova

Senior Education Officer / Program Coordinator on Social Entrepreneurship at School of ME

Oleksandr Tomilin

Co-founder and Executive Director, Reprezent

Business Strategy / Growth

Co-founder and Executive Director of Reprezent.

Oleksandr Tomilin

Co-founder and Executive Director, Reprezent

Andriy Todorov

Product Manager | Digital Transformation & Automation Expert | Agile Product Development | Optimizing User Experience & Operational Efficiency

Business Strategy / Growth

Product / Tech

Nearly 10 years of experience in IT and software development. He began his career as an IT consultant, then progressed through various roles including IT auditor, Process Manager, Scrum Master, and Project Manager, before becoming an IT Consulting Manager at one of the Big4 firms.

Subject areas: business process management for software development and management, financial institutions and banks; sales, website promotion, scoring, document management, regulatory reporting, and more.

Andriy Todorov

Product Manager | Digital Transformation & Automation Expert | Agile Product Development | Optimizing User Experience & Operational Efficiency

Nadiia Konashchuk

Senior Digital Innovations Manager, UK DIGIT, Eurasia Foundation

Open Data

Nadiia Konashchuk

Senior Digital Innovations Manager, UK DIGIT, Eurasia Foundation

Vitaliy Malets

PUBLICFAST

Sales / Marketing

CEO of the influencer marketing platform Publicfast — where thought leaders collaborate with brands.

Vitaliy Malets

PUBLICFAST

Oleksiy Stiks

PM LAB

Product Design

Head of design at PM Lab. Curator at KAMA.

Oleksiy Stiks

PM LAB

Bohdan Tyshkevych

TEXTY.ORG.UA

Product / Tech

Programme Analyst for "Data for the City" at the NGO "Data Journalism Agency", and a graduate of the Open Data Fellowship.

Bohdan Tyshkevych

TEXTY.ORG.UA

Maryna Kvashnina

NAK NAFTOHAZ

Business Strategy / Growth

Maryna, Chief Executive Officer of Edenlab, has a career history that many would envy. She began her career in finance, and over nearly 20 years she has launched the national pharmacy chain "Apteka Dobroho Dnya" (Good Day Pharmacy), implemented a range of technological products at PrivatBank, headed the innovation laboratory at Delta Bank, created the family veterinary clinic project "Zveropolis", and, together with Edenlab, became the developer of the national digital healthcare platform E-Health. She is currently Chief Information Officer at NAK Naftogaz of Ukraine.

Maryna Kvashnina

NAK NAFTOHAZ

Denys Bortnkov

TABLE 4, NGO SCHOOL OF ME

Impact / ESG

Fundraising / Finance

A crowdfunding specialist, mentor at the Ukrainian Venture Social Fund and the Active Social Entrepreneurship in Ukraine accelerator (NGO School of ME), developer of the Crowdfunding Academy programme, and co-founder of the mobile furniture studio table 4.

Denys Bortnkov

TABLE 4, NGO SCHOOL OF ME

Anastasia Tumanova

Customer Journey Expert | Service Designer at PrivatBank

Business Strategy / Growth

Anastasia is a certified specialist in complex systems management and Human System Dynamics (US, UK), and a coach for innovation teams. Co-founder of REAL School and School of ME.

She has 10 years of experience in information technology, 12 years in non-profit civic organisations, and 2 years of experience at Lviv City Council.

An executive leader with a Master's degree in International Information Analysis from Lviv Polytechnic National University. She has also studied at Kyiv-Mohyla Business School (Sales School), Ukrainian Catholic University, and Lviv Business School (Master of Innovation and Entrepreneurship).

Member of Global Shapers, World Economic Forum, and a social investor in Urban Space 500. Psychology consultant using the Gestalt approach. Actress in an improvisation theatre.

Anastasia Tumanova

Customer Journey Expert | Service Designer at PrivatBank

Maria Skakun

AVITAR

Open Data

Wtech Ambassador, Senior Associate, and Head of Business Development at Avitar Law Company.

Maria Skakun

AVITAR

Andriy Savchuk

ГРОМАДЯНСЬКА МЕРЕЖА ОПОРА

Tech Expertise (Vertical Focus)

Data Analyst

Andriy Savchuk

ГРОМАДЯНСЬКА МЕРЕЖА ОПОРА

Oleksandr Oksymets

Data Analytics Expert at the NGO “Data Journalism Agency” (Texty.org.ua)

Tech Expertise (Vertical Focus)

Works at Texty.org.ua as a Data Analyst. Data collection and analysis. Project lead of "Stolen Dnipro". Researches the accessibility of public space in Kyiv and the manipulation of public opinion.

Oleksandr Oksymets

Data Analytics Expert at the NGO “Data Journalism Agency” (Texty.org.ua)