On 24 June, USUBC, in partnership with the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), hosted a Panel Discussion on “Navigating the Business Climate in Ukraine: Reducing Risk, Unlocking Capital and Trust”, exploring how economic security, transparent governance, and rule-based investment frameworks can strengthen investor confidence and support Ukraine’s long-term recovery.
The event opened with welcoming remarks from Irina Paliashvili, USUBC President & CEO, and Jeff Lightfoot, Senior Director for Strategy and Impact, Economic Resilience at CIPE, followed by a panel moderated by Mykola Stetsenko, Managing Partner at Avellum, featuring policymakers and private sector leaders from the Ministry for Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine, the Business Ombudsman Council, the U.S. Embassy Kyiv, the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, UkraineInvest, and Oschadbank.
A keynote address by Oleksii Sobolev, Minister of Economy, Environment, and Agriculture of Ukraine, preceded a Signing Ceremony for a Memorandum between UkraineInvest and USUBC member Logistics Plus Inc., with remarks from signatories Maryna Khlystun, Executive Director of UkraineInvest, and Jim Berlin, Founder & Chairman of Logistics Plus.
The program also included a White Paper Presentation, “Foreign Investment Screening in Ukraine: What Business Needs to Know,” by Volodymyr Landa of the Economic Security Council of Ukraine, and closed with remarks from Lev Holubec, Partner, PwC and USUBC Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors.
