Dmytro Shchur
KPMG in Ukraine is happy to announce that Dmytro Shchur has been promoted to Director, Deal Advisory.
“I’m delighted to stand at the cutting edge of investment activity in Ukraine, contributing to investors’ confidence and helping them to write their success stories,” says Dmytro Shchur.
Dmytro joined KPMG Audit in Kyiv in 2006 and participated in a number of engagements on compilation, consolidation, and audit of Ukrainian statutory, IFRS and U.S. GAAP financial statements.
Since 2007, Dmytro has been working in the Transactions and Restructuring group (currently – Deal Advisory). He was involved in a large amount of buy-side and sell-side due diligence, IPO-related services, financial restructurings and other advisory engagements performed by KPMG offices in the CIS.
Among Dmytro’s clients are large and mid-size international and domestic groups with business interests in the CIS and Eastern Europe.
His sector experience includes services to companies operating in the agriculture and FMCG, metals and mining, telecommunication, media and technologies, oil and gas, and banking sectors.
“I have full confidence that Dmytro’s broad expertize will strongly support Ukrainian and international businesses in their complex projects, and will significantly strengthen our advisory practice in Ukraine,” says Andriy Tsymbal, managing partner of KPMG in Ukraine.
Olena Makarenko
KPMG in Ukraine is happy to announce that Olena Makarenko has been promoted to Director, Risk Consulting, Forensic.
“My appointment will motivate me a lot, and give me lots of energy to develop the risk consultancy practice, as well as the KPMG Insight Academy for the success of our clients,” says Olena Makarenko.
Olena joined KPMG Risk Сonsulting in 2010. She previously worked in strategy and operation consulting in another Big Four firm in Ukraine. Olena had also worked for more than 10 years in large Ukrainian banks and other Ukrainian companies.
Olena specializes in helping clients assess and manage risk, conduct due diligence on counterparties, lead internal investigations, and prepare expert witness reports for use in international litigation and arbitration.
Olena’s forensic experience includes anti-corruption compliance reviews, the development and implementation of an anti-corruption system and anti-fraud controls, financial investigations, analysis and improvement of business processes, internal control system analysis, and optimization. Olena has realized fraud-prevention system development projects, and also developed and implemented systems of controls to ensure compliance with anti-corruption laws.
In 2017, Olena Makarenko launched a brand new project among CIS countries for the company – the KPMG Insight Academy – to enhance the professional knowledge and skills of the business community in Ukraine, and has become the recognized leader of this successful educational project.
“Olena’s promotion is a credit to her personal contribution in creating and developing the KPMG Insight Academy, and recognition from us of her multifaceted expertise in fraud investigations, anti-bribery services, anti-money laundering and forensic technology in the Ukrainian markets,” says Andriy Tsymbal, managing partner of KPMG in Ukraine.
Maksym Zavalnyy
KPMG in Ukraine is happy to announce that Maksym Zavalnyy has been promoted to Director, Tax & Legal.
“After a downturn in the Ukrainian M&A market over the last couple of years, we’re finally seeing an increase in investment activities in Ukraine. The Ukrainian market brings fantastic opportunities for foreign and local investors in terms of the margins that can be earned here. But these opportunities are balanced by significant challenges, including tax risks and considerations that can be faced in Ukraine. I’m happy to be part of the experienced KPMG M&A team at my new position, to develop a range of solutions to manage or mitigate these challenges and risks,” says Maksym Zavalnyy.
Maksym Zavalnyy will be responsible for developing M&A tax services with KPMG in Ukraine.
Maksym joined KPMG in Ukraine in 2006 and has more than 12 years of professional tax experience. In particular, Zavalnyy has solid experience in advising multinational and local clients on Ukrainian tax issues, including those relating to structuring investments into Ukraine and exiting a business from the Ukrainian market.
Maksym has participated in over 160 tax and vendor tax due diligence engagements on behalf of large international investors/ vendors. In addition, Maksym Zavalnyy routinely advises clients on approaches to efficiently tax structuring the acquisition or disposal of businesses in Ukraine, participates in deal-related negotiations with sellers or buyers of businesses (as the case may be), drafts tax clauses in share purchase agreements, assists in deal closing, and performs tax modelling of the repatriation of profits from Ukraine.
Maksym Zavalnyy has significant experience in deal advisory (M&A tax) in various sectors, including agriculture, metals and mining, heavy industry, oil and gas, renewable energy, FMCG, IT, etc.
“We’re very pleased to have Maksym Zavalnyy as a director in our firm, and look forward to his continued leadership and the growth of our M&A tax services team,” says Andriy Tsymbal, managing partner at KPMG in Ukraine.
Volodymyr Chyzhykov
KPMG in Ukraine is happy to announce that Volodymyr Chyzhykov has been promoted to Director, Tax & Legal, Transfer Pricing Group.
“A new role, with new opportunities. I’m delighted to accept the challenge of a director’s position. As TP issues are among key services in the T&L department, I see huge prospects for widening our clients’ portfolios and implementing new approaches in our business strategy,” says Volodymyr Chyzhykov.
Volodymyr will work on advising on various projects on TP and corporate finance issues for big Ukrainian and international companies.
Before joining KPMG, Volodymyr worked in an international auditing company for eight years, where he held the position of Director of Consulting Services and head of the TP department. Volodymyr Chyzhykov has professional experience of advising on various projects on TP and corporate finance issues for big Ukrainian and international companies.
“Volodymyr is an excellent practitioner with an outstanding reputation in the transfer pricing area. We believe Volodymyr to be a highly-skilled professional who can address the full range of challenges experienced by clients,” says Andriy Tsymbal, managing partner at KPMG in Ukraine.
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