The Kyiv School of Economics is a member of the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC), Washington, D.C., www.usubc.org.  Irina Paliashvili, President and Senior Counsel, RULG-Ukrainian Legal Group, a member of the USUBC Executive Committee, serves on the Kyiv School of Economics board of directors.  Dr. Anders Aslund, Senior Fellow, the Peterson Institute of International Economics, a long-time Senior Advisor to USUBC, is a founding member of the board of directors of the Kyiv School of Economics. Private, independent higher education in Ukraine, especially in business, finance and economics, is critically important for the future development of Ukraine as a strong, independent, democratic, private market driven, prosperous nation. 

February 2012

Newsletter

1. HIGHLIGHTS

1. Ernst & Young provides scholarships to KSE students!
2. Konstantin Vaysman, Chairman of the Board, First Ukrainian International Bank, gave a KSE Executive Open Lecture
3. Edilberto Segura, Chief Economist of SigmaBleyzer, gave a guest lecture on Ukraine’s economic development
4. Alexei Kredisov, Managing Partner of Ernst & Young, gave a guest lecture on “ The Market of the Audit and Consulting Services in Ukraine”
5. Vitaliy Strukov, Managing Director of Concorde Capital gave a guest lecture on “IPOs”
6. Vladyslav Khlystun, Manager, Transactions and Restructuring Department, Corporate Finances Unit of KPMG, gave a guest lecture on “An Overview of Valuation Services”
7. PricewaterhouseCoopers, SimCorp, KPMG, Dragon Capital, McKinsey & Company, and Bain & Company present career opportunities to KSE students
8. Iryna Piontkivska, Economist of Troika Dialog and graduate of KSE’2000, gave a presentation on “The Financial Sector’s Role in Promoting Growth in Transition Economies” for participants of the KSE Workshop for journalists
9. Seventy-one percent of KSE graduates works in the private sector in Ukraine
10. Top Ukrainian analysts, representatives of KSE alumni, comment in the media
11. The KSE Team made the best presentation at the Final of the 2nd CFA Institute Research Challenge in Ukraine!
12. KSE student Andrii Sorokhan will represent Ukraine at the CIS Final in Moscow of KPMG’s International Case Competition 2012
13. KSE has a regular column in Forbes

2. KSE EVENTS

3. AN OVERVIEW OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AT KSE

The Kyiv School of Economics, founded by EERC and the Victor Pinchuk Foundation, is a world-class academic institution with a reputation for excellence both in Ukraine and internationally. KSE offers internationally recognized full time Master’s Programs in Business Economics, Financial Economics and Economic Analysis taught in English by international and Western-trained Ukrainian faculty who have strong backgrounds in teaching and research. The programs’ curricula are modeled on the best economic, financial, and business graduate programs in North America andWestern Europe. Students are provided with an access to the world economics literature and various informational resources.

Current KSE statistics:

4. Ernst & Young Provides Scholarships to KSE Students

Ernst & Young has recently joined the group of KSE donors sponsoring scholarships for two KSE first-year students, Zoriana Podilchuk and Anton Vorush.

We express our gratitude to Ernst & Young for supporting the new generation of Ukrainian economists and invite other companies to join them!

5. Company Lectures and Presentations at KSE

The Kyiv School of Economics is actively looking for practitioners to give guest lectures to KSE students. The purpose of such lectures is to bring 'real life' examples and experience to the KSE classroom.

Recent lectures include:

Alexei Kredisov Managing Partner, Ernst & Young, on “Market of the Audit and Consulting Services in Ukraine”	Vitaliy Strukov Managing Director, Concorde Capital, on “IPOs”	Vladyslav Khlystun Manager, Transactions and Restructuring Department, Corporate Finances Unit, KPMG, on “Overview of Valuation Services”

Also, we are inviting companies to give recruitment presentations to KSE students and graduates. The recruitment presentation of the following companies will be held at KSE shortly:

1. February 2012: SimCorp
2. February 2012: PricewaterhouseCoopers
3. March 2012: KPMG
4. March 2012: Dragon Capital
5. March 2012: McKinsey & Company
6. April 2012: Bain & Company

If your company is interested in giving guest lectures or in organizing recruitment events, please contactSvitlana Bocharova at bocharova@kse.org.ua or telephone: 492-8012 (ext. 118). 

6. Employment of KSE Alumni

Since 1998, KSE graduated 482 students. The majority of the KSE graduates works in the private sector (71%). Fourteen percent of KSE alumni works in academia and the remaining 15% are employed in the public sector.

KSE graduates occupy various positions: 11% of alumni occupy top managerial positions, like Vice President, CFO, and Director; 20% of graduates hold middle level managerial positions (Project Manager, Investment Manager, Portfolio Manager); 10% are heads of various departments and divisions. Thirty-six percent of KSE graduates works as analysts and consultants. 

Major employers of the KSE graduates, are: 
— Bain & Company – 7 graduates 
— Concorde Capital – 5 graduates 
— Deloitte – 9 graduates 
— Dragon Capital – 3 graduates 
— Ernst & Young – 9 graduates 
— KPMG – 6 graduates 
— PricewaterhouseCoopers – 8 graduates 
— SimCorp – 6 graduates.

Also, 5 graduates are employed by the EBRD, 2 by the IMF, 6 by the IFC, and 3 by the World Bank. 

7. Recent Media Publications by KSE Alumni

24.01.2012 Oleksandr Zholud (Economist, International Center for Policy Studies ICPS), KSE’2001, for Ekonomichna Pravda

17.01.2012 Olena Bilan (Chief Economist, Dragon Capital), KSE’2001 for Ukrainska Pravda

02.12.2011 Iryna Kosse (Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting), KSE’2001 for UNIAN 

25.11.2011 Oleksandr Parashchiy (Head of Analytical Department, Concorde Capital), KSE’2004 for Ekonomichna Pravda

02.11.2011 Oleksandra Betliy (Research Associate, Institute of Economic Research and Policy Consulting), KSE’2001 for Business

31.10.2011 Tetiana Sytnyk (Senior Project Manager, GFK-USM), KSE’1999 for TSN

27.09.2011 Evhen Zinovev (Head of Strategy Department, OTP Bank), KSE’2003 for UNIAN

14.09.2011 Oleksandr Pecherytsyn (Head of Financial Market Research, ING), KSE’1999. Ekonomichna Pravda

07.11.2011 Ildar Gazizulin (Senior Economist, International Center for Policy Studies ICPS), KSE’2003 for Glavkom

03.07.2011 Dmytro Sologub (Head of Research, Raiffeisen Bank Aval), KSE’2002. Ekonomichna Pravda

21.06.2011 Ruslan Piontkivsky (Senior Economist, World Bank), KSE’1999 for TSN

8. The KSE Team made the best presentation at the Final of the 2ndCFA Institute Research Challenge in Ukraine!

On January 24, 2012 the team of the Kyiv School of Economics (consisting ofArsenie Ciobanu, Sergii Kiiashko, Sergiy Meleshchuk and Amet Seitibraimov) participated in the Finals of the 2nd CFA Institute Research Challenge in Ukraine.

They obtained the highest score for the presentation and the second place overall
In addition, the KSE team received nominations for:

— “The best questions to Company Management” by Milkiland N.V. 
— “The best Team Work” by Dragon Capital. 

The CFA Institute Research Challenge is an annual educational initiative that promotes best practices in equity research among the next generation of analysts. It offers students the unique opportunity to learn from leading industry experts and compete with peers from the world’s top finance programs.

9. KSE Student Andrii Sorokhan Will Represent Ukraine at the CIS Final in Moscow of KPMG’s International Case Competition 2012
KSE first-year students Andrii Sorokhan is among the winners of the Kyiv round of KPMG’s International Case Competition 2012. He will represent Ukraine at the CIS Final held in Moscow on February 29, 2012. 

The winning team of the CIS Final will compete for the main prize in Hong Kong in spring 2012.    

10. Recent Media Publications by KSE Faculty

January 25, 2012 Diana Weinhold, KSE-EERC/London School of Economics, on noise pollution for Investgazeta

January 2, 2012 Oleksandr Shepotylo, KSE-KEI, on renegotiation of Ukraine's membership in WTO for First Business Channel

December 20, 2011 Elena Besedina, KSE-KEI on the prospects of the Belarusian export growth for Tut.by

December 1, 2011 Hanna Vakhitova and Volodymyr Vakhitov, KSE-KEI on economic development of Ukraine in 2000-2005 for Forbes

November 21, 2011 Olesya Verchenko, KSE-KEI on conversion of foreign currency loans to hryvnas for Focus

November 18, 2011 Elena Besedina, KSE-KEI, on the flip side of NBU's anti-inflationary efforts for Kyiv Weekly

November 11, 2011 Elena Besedina, KSE-KEI, on effects of anti-inflation policy of NBU for Commentary

For more media publications please visit KSE web site.

11. KSE Outreach Events

KSE International Student Olympiad in Applied Economics

The Kyiv School of Economics (KSE) in cooperation with CFA Ukraine, GMC, and Case Champ with informational support from Hh.ua conducted a final round of the KSE International Student Olympiad in Applied Economics on January 18, 2012. 

More than 50 students, the winners of the regional competition, were invited to Kyiv to participate in the final round of the Olympiad. 

Based on the results of the competition, the winners of the Olympiad were announced as the following:

1st Prize
— Andrij Zhubryd, Lviv National University of I.Franko (economic cybernetics)

2nd and 3rd Prize – shared between:
— Yaroslav Zatsiha, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (mechanics and mathematics)
— Kateryna Grunska, Donetsk National University (economic cybernetics)
— Denys Ivan’o, National Mining University (economic cybernetics). 

KSE International Student Conference on “20 Years after the Soviet Union: Economic Achievements and Challenges”

The Kyiv School of Economics (KSE), with informational support from Hh.ua, organized its Annual International Students Conference. The conference was held in Kyiv on December 3 and dedicated to the topic “20 Years after The Soviet Union: Economic Achievements and Challenges.” 

Forty students and young researchers throughout the CIS presented their works on the conference topic and competed for monetary prizes. 

The conference was opened by Viktor Pynzenyk, Honored Economist of Ukraine and Former Ukraine’s Minister of Finance. 

To participate in KSE events please register online. 

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