Andrey Stavnitser is a second generation businessman with a clean reputation in Ukraine. He’s also young and ambitious. The bushy-bearded thirty-six-year old turned his father’s TiS company into the largest private port in Ukraine and the largest of all Ukraine’s ports by dry cargo turnover. By investing aggressively in infrastructure, Stavnitser is proving that the country’s security risks, economic turbulence, and challenging business environment are not insurmountable and that Ukraine deserves another look.

Stavnitser believes in the importance of foreign investment to increase transparency and limit corruption, and points to some successful partnerships.

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