By KYIV. Sept 1 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Non-executive director of the European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE) Sylvia Gansser-Potts and digitalization consultant of ČSOB Finančná skupina Rostyslav Futalo have taken up their duties as independent members of the Supervisory Board of the state-owned Ukreximbank.
As stated in the report of the financial institution in the disclosure system of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission, this became possible due to the approval of their candidacies by the National Bank of Ukraine, while the government appointed them to this post on May 30 this year.
In addition, the National Bank agreed on the post of a member of the Supervisory Council of Ukreximbank from the state according to the parliamentary quota – ex-director of the NBU Licensing Department Oleksandr Bevz, who now heads the project of the working group on international security guarantees for Ukraine and whom the government introduced to the Supervisory Board on August 4 this year.
As reported, on May 30, the Cabinet of Ministers replaced five of the six independent members of the Supervisory Board of Ukreximbank on May 30, retaining Dominic Menu, the former head of corporate and investment business of BNP Paribas in Ukraine and Kazakhstan.
The updated Supervisory Board included the author of the Turkish banking system reform program Engin Akcakoca, who headed the PrivatBank Supervisory Board after its nationalization until July 2019, the former Deputy Board Chairman of PrivatBank for Business Development (December 2020 – September 2022) Razvan Munteanu and ex-Deputy Board Chairman of Raiffeisen Bank Aval (January 2006 – October 2020) Robert Kossmann, who oversaw the development of retail business, servicing small- and medium-sized businesses.
