The Chamber was pleased to support the Crisis Management in Ukraine Forum "Strategies for effective corporate leadership in turbulent times", which was organized by a long term partner of the Chamber -  Adam Smith Conferences.

Mr. Jorge Zukoski, President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine, participated in the conference as a speaker and a moderator of the first panel discussion entitled: Strategic Leadership: Navigating Through Turbulent Times.

The speaker list featured business leaders who have an impressive depth of experience of operating in such difficult economic conditions and whose services and advice are most in demand at present, including :

• Serhiy Tigipko, Chairman of the Board, Swedbank
• Dr Olga Sagirova, Partner, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants 
• Dr Thomas Herbeck, Partner & Managing Director, Boston Consulting Group
• Iryna Starodubova, Partner, Horizon Capital
• Todd Esposito, Chief Financial Officer, Platinum Bank
• Alexei Novikov, Director for Russia & CIS, Standard & Poor's
• Yevgeniy Khata, CEO, Sphere Capital
• Vitaly Belashev, Finance Director, Poznyaki-Zhil-Stroy
• Adlai Goldberg, Partner, Head of Advisory Services, Ernst & Young
• Natalia Selyakova, Partner, Head of Banking & Finance Group, Salans
• Myron Wasylyk, Senior Vice President & Managing Director, The PBN Company
• Jaroslav Kinach, Member of Board of Directors, XXI Century
• Vladimir Kotenko, Partner, Ernst & Young
• Bate Toms, Managing Partner, BC Toms & Co
• Andriy Bespyatov, Director of Research, Dragon Capital
• Jock Mendoza-Wilson, Director of International & Investor Relations, System Capital Management
• Cliff Dammers, Partner, BC Toms & Co
• Yelena Voloshina, Country Representative, International Finance Corporation
• Jorge Zukoski, President, American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine

This impressive group of speakers addressed many of the key issues that are crucial to businesses right now. These included: A macroeconomic update and timeline for recovery; restructuring; refinancing debt and accessing credit; M&A - distressed acquisitions and disposals; working within the employment law; private equity and turnaround investing; enterprise cost reduction; maintaining communications with the market and much more.

The Chamber is pleased to work with the Adam Smith Institute and remain a “Key to the Success” of the Chamber Membership through a wide variety of value added benefits including providing access and special offers to the events like this.