Tetiana Korotka, the Deputy Business Ombudsman was selected by the BOC’s Supervisory Board and appointed by the Government of Ukraine in 2015.
Ms. Korotka has over 20 years of experience working in governance and development across sectors, with a specific interest in inclusive growth and sustainable infrastructure development.
Before joining the Business Ombudsman Council, she worked as Deputy Chief of Party at the international Public-Private Partnership Development Program (2011-2015). Under her leadership, a multi-national team of experts helped the Government of Ukraine to create a legal basis for public investment management and sustainable infrastructure reform with private sector engagement. She initiated and led the PPP & Sustainable Infrastructure Expert Center at the American Chamber of Commerce.
Previously Tetiana has held various high management roles including Corporate Governance Director at PZU Insurance Group (2010-2011), Board member at ING Life (2008-2009), repeatedly advising in cooperation with the EU, the USA, Canada, Sweden and the World Bank to the Prime Minister’s Office on the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement & FTA, National Bank of Ukraine and other state financial regulators on financial sector development (2009-2010).
Also, she was a Director of Financial Services Policy and Euro-Atlantic integration of the State Non-Banking Regulatory Authority (2004-2008), responsible for financial sector reforms and harmonization of Ukrainian legislation in accordance with European law. She was a permanent member of the state high-level Negotiating Group Ukraine – WTO, Ukraine – World Bank and IMF, Ukraine – EU.
Tetiana began her career as the Head of the Economic Department (CFO) at the State Nuclear Regulatory Committee. She was responsible for budgeting, risk management, and supervision of three state-owned enterprises (SOEs), managed internal controls, and international donor communication for the EBRD Chornobyl Shelter Fund (CSF) with a budget of 1.6 billion EUR, and played a role in legislative amendments aimed at promoting sustainable development in the energy sector, nuclear power plant decommissioning, and radioactive waste management in compliance with IAEA and EU standards (1999 – 2004).
Widely recognized for her efforts in Ukraine’s governance reform process, Tetiana was awarded by the President of the Italian Republic and became a Knight of the Order of the Star of Italy (Cavaliere dell’Ordine Della Stella d’Italia) for her contribution to the G7 Group of Ambassadors for Reform (2020), as well as awarded by the Prime-Minister of Ukraine for contribution to financial services market development and successful WTO accession (2009).
Tetiana Korotka earned her bachelor’s degree in Economics and master’s degree in Finance from the Kyiv National Economic University. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics, and her education includes post-graduate education at the London School of Economics and Political Science, an MBA from the Steinbeis-Hochschule-Berlin (Institute of International Business Relations).