By KYIV. Nov 2 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Head of the President’s Office of Ukraine Andriy Yermak discussed during a video conference with Clay Berry, Managing Director, Head of Global Engagement at JPMorgan Chase&Co, the largest U.S. banking holding in terms of assets, issues of cooperation and support for Ukraine.
As Yermak noted, Ukraine is open to cooperation – and today a powerful group of experts is being formed to help restore the country.
"We really want Ukraine to be interesting to you not only in the context of this war, but also during reconstruction… Ukraine needs a unique formula for reconstruction, a unique formula for life after this war, therefore, of course, we are interested in having the best experts in the world today join this," the presidential press service quotes the head of the President’s Office.
At the same time, he thanked the representatives of JPMorgan Chase&Co. for the real assistance already rendered to Ukraine.
Clay Berry, for her part, said that JPMorgan Chase’s support for Ukraine is based on understanding the current situation, as the company has been cooperating with the Ukrainian government in various directions for the past ten years. She expressed hope for scaling up cooperation, because she sees many opportunities for the Ukrainian state in the future, in particular during reconstruction.
Deputy Head of the President’s Office Rostyslav Shurma, who also took part in the meeting, informed the interlocutors in which areas Ukraine seeks to attract investors.
In particular, he named green energy, infrastructure, agro-industrial complex, classical production and the IT sector as promising areas of the economy. In his opinion, these industries may be interested for private capital, investment banks and strategic corporations.
Shurma noted that a dialogue is currently ongoing with representatives of global investment companies regarding potential cooperation, and invited JPMorgan to join.
