Ivan Koriakin

Ivan Koriakin, Ph.D., has 25 years of practical experience in business, including 17 years of experience inbanking. From 1995 to 1999 he was the head of the program for supporting small and medium-sized businesses in the banks of Aval and Ukreximbank. From 1999 to 2001 he worked as an expert on lending issues of the international TACIS project on the restructuring of Ukrsotsbank. Then for 5 years he worked with large corporate clients in Citibank (Ukraine).
In 2006-2008 he was the Chairman of the Board of SEB Bank, a subsidiary of the international group SEB. In 2009-2011 he worked as Chairman of the Board of PJSC Ukrainian Bank for Reconstruction and Development and as Deputy Chairman of the Board of PJSC Bank of Cyprus, responsible for the development of corporate business. In 2013-2017, he held the post of deputy CFO for the agro-industrial holding Astarta-Kyiv, where he worked with the EBRD, EIB, IFC and other international organizations.
As an independent financial consultant, he participated in the development and implementation of many ideas and projects. He was an expert for the following international organizations:
• Ramboll Management Consulting (www.ramboll.com) – in the project to support the integration of energy markets and sustainable energy in the Newly Independent Countries (SEMISE)
• Frankfurt School of Finance and Management (www.frankfurt-school.de) – in the technical assistance project for the development of the strategy and products of the Green for Growth Fund (GGF)
• Berlin Economics (www.berlin-economics.com) – advising on projects to improve SMEs’ access to finance in Ukraine and Belarus