USUBC hosted a 2-nd Roundtable discussion on  "Transforming Ukraine Through Private Agricultural Land Rights". The event took place in Kyiv on July 10, 2017. 

Moderators/Panelists:
​Aivaras Abromavicius, former Minister of Economy and Trade of Ukraine, 
​Oleksii Mushak, Member, Parliament of Ukraine, 
Ivan Mikloš, former Minister of Finance of Slovakia and Co-Chair of Strategic Advisory Group for Supporting Ukrainian Reforms. 
Taras Vysotskyi, General Director, Ukrainian Agribusiness Club
Morgan Williams, President, U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC)
​Maksym Martynyuk, First Deputy Minister, Ministry of Agrarian Affairs

Vladyslava Rutytska, Senior Advisor, The Bleyzer Foundation, Elena Voloshina, Regional Manager for the International Finance Corporation (IFC) for Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova  IMF Ukraine and Irina Paliashvili, President and Senior Counsel, RULG-Ukrainian Legal Group also participated in the discussion.

About 50 members and partners of U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC) attended the meeting. 

INVITATION:

INVITE: "TRANSFORMING UKRAINE THROUGH PRIVATE AGRICULTURAL LAND RIGHTS" 
                     USUBC ROUNDTABLE....Liberalized agricultural private land rights could transform Ukraine now !!
With Aivaras Abromavicius, former Minister of Economy and Trade of Ukraine, & Morgan Williams, USUBC, co-moderators
 With panelists Oleksii Mushak, Member, Parliament of Ukraine, Taras Vysotskyi, General Director, Ukrainian  Agribusiness Club, Ivan Mikloš, former Minister of Finance of Slovakia and Co-Chair of Strategic Advisory Group for Supporting Ukrainian Reforms. Monday, July 10, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2:15 p.m. to 4 p.m. (New Time) followed by light reception., offices of SigmaBleyzer
 
YOU ARE INVITED to attend a "Transforming Ukraine Through Private Agricultural Land Rights" Roundtable, organized by the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC), www.USUBC.org,
in Kyiv, Ukraine on Monday, July 10, 2017 from 2:15 p.m. to 4 p.m. (New Time) with a light reception, held in the Conference Room at the offices of SigmaBleyzer, 6 Baseyna Street, Mandarin Plaza, 8th Floor, Kyiv, Ukraine.
 
The USUBC Roundtable, "Transforming Ukraine Through Private Land Rights: Roundtable will feature (1) Aivaras Abromavicius, former Minister of Economy and Trade of Ukraine and (3) Morgan Williams, USUBC, as moderators.  Panelists will include (3) Oleksii Mushak, Member, Parliament of Ukraine, (4) Alex Lissitsa, CEO, IMC S.A., and President of the Ukrainian Agribusiness Club, (5) Ivan Mikloš, former Minister of Finance of Slovakia and Co-Chair of Strategic Advisory Group for Supporting Ukrainian Reforms and others. 

Moderators/Panelists:
Aivaras Abromavičius is a Lithuanian-born Ukrainian investment banker and politician. He was Ukraine's Minister of Economy and Trade from December 2014 to April 2016.  Abromavičius announced his resignation on 3 February 2016. He was educated in Lithuania, obtaining a BA in international management from the private Concordia International University Estonia. He worked for Hansabank before becoming a partner and fund manager at the East Capital asset management group.

Alexey Mushak is a Ukrainian young politician, Member of Parliament of Ukraine, VIII convocation Bloc Petro Poroshenko (№60), member of Eurooptimists group is the Parliament. Member of Verkhovna Rada Committee  on Agrarian policy and land relations, member of the group on interparliamentary relations with Hungary and Slovak Republic. Graduated from "Kyiv Polytechnic Institute", thesis on the "The accession of Ukraine to the EU: Prospects and Risks". Worked as analyst with the Institute of National Strategy (2005-2007). In 2008 was among top 50 analysts in Ukraine according to Reuters Thomson.  

Ivan Mikloš  is a Slovak politician and the former Minister of Finance of Slovakia (2010-2012). He previously served as Slovakia's Minister of Finance from 2002 to 2006 and Deputy Prime Minister for Economy between 1998 and 2002. In 2004, he was named the top business reformer by the World Bank's Doing Business report. Under his leadership, Slovakia jumped to 32nd place (of 178 economies) on the ease of doing business index. He currently serves as Co-Chairman of Strategic Advisory Group for the Prime-Minister of Ukraine and Ukrainian Government. 

RSVP: Registration is required for attendance at the USUBC Roundtable in Kyiv on July 10. Please send an e-mail to Morgan Williams, mwilliams@usubc.org. The Roundtable meeting will be in English.  USUBC thanks SigmaBleyzer, a long-time member of USUBC, www.USUBC.org, for hosting this meeting in Kyiv.  

INVITE: "TRANSFORMING UKRAINE THROUGH PRIVATE AGRICULTURAL LAND RIGHTS" 
USUBC ROUNDTABLE....Liberalized agricultural private land rights could transform Ukraine now
with Aivaras Abromavicius, former Minister of Economy and Trade of Ukraine, & Morgan Williams, USUBC, co-moderators

with panelists   Oleksii Mushak, Member, Parliament of Ukraine, Taras Vysotskyi, General Director, Ukrainian 

Agribusiness Club, Ivan Mikloš, former Minister of Finance of Slovakia and Co-Chair of Strategic Advisory Group for Supporting Ukrainian Reforms. 
Monday, July 10, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2:15 p.m. to 4 p.m. (New Time) followed by light reception., offices of SigmaBleyzer
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