- Presidents' MBA
For visionary business owners.
For those, striving to break through to the new level of personal development - Executive МBА
For the strategic architects of business systems:
chief executive officers and officers who make strategic decisions - Master in Business Leadership [MBL]
For high-quality implementation of the company's strategies development aimed to develop a leader.
- Master of Banking and Finance
The Art of Smart Thinking
Program for financial experts
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Faculty
Faculty is structured according to study spheres.
Entrepreneurship, Leadership & Coaching
Honorary President of NaUKMA.
Teaches following courses in kmbs: Business Philosophy, Personal Strategy
Ideologist of PMBA
Teaches the following courses in kmbs: Philosophy of Business, Sales
Teaches following courses in kmbs: Leadership and Styles of Behaviour
Jan Dirk Geertsema is a founder and CEO of Advance! Business Consulting [Netherlands], a well- known management consultant and trainer in Europe.More about Jan
Associate Dean for International Affairs
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Teaching at kmbs: authorized course Out-of-Pyramid Thinking: “Strategic Leadership, Systems Thinking and Change Management in the context of Symphony Music”
Lyubomyra Burlachuk is professional and dedicated Leader with more than 14 years of experience in pharmaceutical business working on senior management positions for global research-based American pharmaceutical company “Eli Lilly” in Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus and its strategic partner in Ukraine JSC “Farmak”. Strategic partnership of these two companies was initiated by Lyubomyra in 1999 in order to develop in Ukraine production of highly effective human recombinant DNA insulin in vials and cartridges (for the first time in the world) based on innovative Eli Lilly technologies.
Teaches following courses in kmbs: Business creation.
Joao is a business entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience, having worked in nine different countries with a focus in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Brazil.Joao has helped different top managers from a variety of industries to set strategic directions, identifying and developing new growth opportunities and aiming to make their organizations more innovative. After launching his own Digital business in the mid 1990´s, Joao started his corporate career when he joined Lowe Lintas, later he held senior positions with J. Walter Thompson, Duval Guillaume in Belgium, Leo Burnett in Central Asia acting as Deputy Managing Director and worked for Brandia Central as COO.
In the last three years Joao has been working with Strategos helping companies to redefine their business models and in parallel co-created is own investment fund to launch Start-up Company’s.
Strategy & Leading Change
Dean of kmbs
Teaches the following courses in kmbs: Strategic Idea, Business Modeling, Change Management
Teaches the following courses in kmbs: International Business
Yusaf Akbar is a Professor of International Business, MBA Program Director in Business School at Central European University [Budapest, Hungary]. He received his PhD from Sussex European Institute at University of Sussex, the UK. His area of expertise includes international trade, strategy and policy of multinational company. He has taught in CERAM School of Management [Nice, France] and in European Business School [London]. Apart from this, Yusaf is the chief editor of International Journal of Emerging Markets and published two books: "Global Antitrust: Trade and Competition Linkages and the Multinational Enterprise" and "EU Enlargement and Central Europe: The Effects of Regulatory Convergence". He has his publications published in numerous magazines and journals, including Journal of World Business, World Competition, Business and Politics, etc.Director of Strategic Consulting Group
Teaches the following courses in kmbs: Strategy, Efficiency Management, Change Management
Marketing
Teaches the following courses in kmbs: Marketing
Olena Maltseva is a Director General of Companion Group [Magazines: Companion and &. Strategy], the author of the &. Strategy brand. Elena graduated from Kiev State University of Trade and Economics, Management Department in management. She is a PhD Candidate in Economics.Teaches the following courses in kmbs: Business Analysis, CRM
Kostyantyn is Kostyantyn is proficient in cutting edge methodology of data analysis [data mining] and works for SPSS BI Ukraine, providing business analysis and analytical CRM consultation to leading Ukrainian and Russian companies. Before starting consulting career Kostyantyn worked for Kyivstar as a modeling manager at the department of business analysis and marketing planning. His work and achievements made it possible to implement the segmentation and customer retention models, numerical models of cross- and up-selling, etc. Previously, he worked as a consultant-analyst for Interpipe, dealing with operating and strategic forecasting. He is currently working on his Ph.D. thesis.Teaches the following courses in kmbs: Marketing, PR
The Godfather of the Ukrainian advertising market. Director of United Communications company group. He was founder and CEO of Apricot (recruiting agency), 141 Ukraine (BTL-agency), the director of business development of Video International Kyiv holding company. He has worked for Adell Saatchi & Saatchi and BATES Ukraine. His heart’s desire is to witness the appearance of Ukrainian brands one can be proud of.Teaches the following courses in kmbs: Marketing
Joe Pons is the President of AXIOMA Marketing Consultants [Spain]. He obtained his degree in Law from the University of Barcelona, his MBA degree from University College Dublin and defended his doctoral thesis on Business Administration in IESE business school, Barcelona, and worked there for 15 years as a Professor of Marketing. He also served as the Director of MBA Program [1990-1994]. Joe owns Axioma Consultants, a company which is engaged in marketing consulting. He lives in Barcelona.PR & Communications
Teaches the following courses in kmbs: Leadership and Management Interaction, Communicative and Presentation skills
Having obtained her Master's degrees in Psychology and Journalism, Larysa launched her career in communication interactions, efficient management, powerful partnership and inspired leadership. She served as a consultant in PR and strategic communications for International Financial Corporation, IFC, in its representation office in Ukraine (1994-2009). With over 15 years of experience in projects and expert collaboration with a number of Ukrainian and international companies and organizations, including: USAID [United States Agency for International Development], World Bank Group, UROL / ISC [project on "Rule of Law”], Institute for Sustainable Communities (USA), IFC [International Finance Corporation], International Women Media Foundation [USA], Kazikas Family Foundation [USA], Ukraine Citizen Action Network.BBA [International Christian University, Vienna]. International Qualification in Public Relations [Chartered Institute of Public Relations [CIPR] Diploma, London, UK]. Vice-President of Ukrainian Association of Public Relations [UAPR].
Chairperson of the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee, European Business Association [EBA] during 2006-2010. A member of the UN Expert Group on Development of Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy in Ukraine.
For more than 8 years she has been involved in consulting in Ukraine, CIS, Europe and USA in various fields of business (development, metallurgy, finance, banking, IT, energy, oil and gas, telecommunications, FMCG, etc.) Author of more than 100 publications in electronic content and printed press. Expert contributions to compilations of the best publications of Maximum, Winner or Loser?: Winning Strategies (2005 and 2006).
Finance & Economics
Intelligence Leader of the program MBF
Teaches the following courses in kmbs: Finance, Risk Management
Teaches the following courses in kmbs: Finance
Ronald Heisman is a Professor of Finance at Erasmus University, in Erasmus School of Economics [Netherlands] and in the Rotterdam School of Management [RSM]. He specializes in Financial Management in the energy sector. He is also a Director of FinEdge International Group. He was awarded for teaching activities by Erasmus University. He has his numerous articles published in well-known financial and economic journals and magazines. He is also a member of the VVD Economic Committee and author and developer of network corporate finance training courses.Teaches the following courses in kmbs: Finance
In 2006 he graduated from Business School at Lviv Management Institute. Designed a model of optimal investment portfolios for the Ukrainian non-governmental pension funds. Won a Young Scientist Scholarship granted by the Cabinet on Ministers of Ukraine. Author of scientific papers and patents in digital signal processing. Research interests: processing of non-stationary random processes and portfolio investment. Significant experience in modeling technical systems in Matlab and Simulink [Matlab division] and relevant training.Teaches the following courses in kmbs: Finance
Ostap has undergone training courses at a number of leading scientific institutions in Europe and the US: E. Schroedinger Institut [Vienna, Austria], TU-Berlin and WIAS [Germany], EPFL [Switzerland], Cambridge University [the UK], University of Wisconsin-Madison [USA]. Research interests include: the use of probabilistic analysis methods, modeling of large complex systems, concerning physical and financial origin. His scientific research has been sponsored by EPSRC [the United Kingdom], FWF [Austria, through the Lise Meitner Fellowship], International Science Foundation.Teaches the following courses in kmbs: Finance
He is the Managing Director of Universal Capital AG [Zurich, Switzerland]. He was a Risk Director of Octane Holding Ltd [Switzerland]. He has relevant experience in conducting researches for the Swiss Banking Institute [Switzerland]; Training Center for Investment Professionals [Switzerland]; University of Lausanne [Switzerland]. Among his achievements - Swiss Exchange Award [Switzerland] for the best research paper on "Stock Market Performance and The Term Structure of Credit Spreads".Teaches the following courses in kmbs: Finance
Former Deputy Minister of Finance of Ukraine [2007-2009,]. He was in charge of Monitoring aspects of fiscal policy, debt management [operations concerning compensations for lost savings in the Savings Bank of the USSR], relations with international financial institutions and European integration.Teaches the following courses in kmbs: Finance
Eric is considered to be the most competent and influential personality in the stock market of Ukraine. Eric Naiman is the author of several books on the Theory and Practice of Financial Analysis, such as Small Encyclopedia of Trader, Trader-Investor, Master Trading: The X-Files. Head of the investment-banking services with Ukrsotsbank. He used to serve as an investment manager and CEO of Inter-Regional Investment Company [Kyiv], a portfolio investments manager of Polar-Invest [Kyiv], an equity instrument analyst with Alfa Capital [Kyiv]. One of the most influential people in the stock market of Ukraine by Business (newspaper) rating in 1998, 1999, 2004.Teaches the following courses in kmbs: Finance
Vadym obtained his Master's degree in applied mathematics from Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University, and a Master’s degree in Economics and Finance from the Institute of Bankers. Vadym Sergeychuk is a chief executive of CA IB Securities Ukraine. His specializes in M&A transactions and capital market transactions. He has done consulting work in the above mentioned areas of expertise in the CEE and CIS countries over 11 years. Most recently he has realized a number of consulting projects [M&A] for Ukrainian and international companies, including Mittal Steel [Kryvorizhstal acquisition], ISD [acquisition of Dunaferr Metal and Steel Works in Hungary], and others.Teaches the following courses in kmbs: Finance
Leonid graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Moscow Institute of Transportation [MPT], specializing in Applied Mathematics. He pursued postgraduate studies at Delft University of Technology [Netherlands]. In 1997 he obtained PhD in Mathematics Cum Laude [with honors, 5% of the best works] having defended a thesis on "Constructive Algebraic Methods for Some Problems in Non-Linear Analysis". Since 1996 he has held academic and consulting positions in the UK. He has taught courses at the Universities of Delft [The Netherlands], York and Kent [UK] in Numerical Methods, Functional and Logic Programming, Databases of Financial Time Series, Coding Theory and Cryptography. Author of 8 scientific publications in the field of Computer Algebra, Functional and Logic Programming. Since March 2005 he has worked for Goldman Sachs Intl, London [the investment bank] in the position of a Vice-President [Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities division], specializing in models of stochastic interest rate volatility. Since February 2008 - Director of FX with the London branch of Calyon Bank.Teaches the following courses in kmbs: Macroeconomics
PhD in Economics [Lomonosov Moscow State University]. Leading Ukrainian reformer, a member of the KMBS Supervisory Board and an Honorary Professor of NaUKMA. Former Minister of Finance of Ukraine, elected to the Verkhovna Rada for 4 times, and Economic Counselor to the President of Ukraine from September 1994 to January 2000. He was also a chairman of the Council of Economic Reforms under the President of Ukraine [December 1994], the Head of the National Statistics Council under the President of Ukraine [April 1995], a member of the Finance and Banking Committee [July 1998], member of the State Committee of the Administrative Reform in Ukraine [July 1997 to January 1999]. He founded the Lviv Institute of Management. He has published over 400 articles, books: Financial Incentives in Improving the Quality of Work [1985], Prices and Quality of Industrial Supplies [1988], ABC of Full Cost Accounting [1991], Don’t Blame the Horses, or Reform or its Imitation [1998, 1999].Teaches the following courses in kmbs: Finance
His research interests include: Topology and its Application in Mathematical Economics. He has published over 100 scientific articles [namely, in the magazines Economic Theory, Economics Bulletin] and 3 monographs, and a textbook Elements of the Theory of Social Choice. He has taught courses at the University of Florida [USA] and the University of Saskatchewan [Canada]. International summer school lecturer in Mathematical Economics, Finance and Social Choice.Teaches the following courses in kmbs: Finance
Vice-Rector for Scientific Affairs and Head of the Econometrics Department [The Graduate School of Business WSB-NLU], and a member of the Monitoring Committee of the European Union Program in Malopolskiy region [Poland]. He served as the director of consulting laboratory at the Statistics Department [University of California, USA]. Jacek Leskov is the author of the following books: Forecasting and Simulation, New Methods in Economic Dynamics. He has his numerous articles on Statistics and Risk Management published. He has done research for international organizations [NATO, UCSB, American Statistical Association]. He has extensive experience as a lecturer for many universities in Europe and the USA [University of California, USA; University of British Columbia, Canada]. Organized several international conferences [Subjects: Financial Markets and Regional Development, New Tools for Quantitative Analysis of Economic Dynamics]. His academic and professional interests include: Statistical Inferences for Stochastic Processes, Statistical Consulting, Econometric Models.His educational background includes Master’s degree and PhD in Economy and Mathematics from Shevchenko KNU. He has undergone training courses in London Business School, Cass Business School at City University (the UK), at Dalhousie University (Canada), at World Bank Economic Development Institute.
From 1991 to 2000 Volodymyr Savchuk participated in educational programs for CIS countries as a World Bank Consultant in the international group of experts and was involved in restructuring of CIS industrial enterprises. He conducted 9 World Bank educational programs on enterprise restructuring. Within the scope of the programs he trained more than 200 specialists of
CIS. Apart from this, he took part in the development and implementation of management systems for a number of Ukrainian and Russian enterprises. He has conducted more than 200 corporate and public seminars for managers. He is involved in teaching MBA Courses at the International Institute of Business. He is an author of training programs on Strategic Management, Financial Management, Accounting Management, Budgeting, Risk Management, Business Evaluation, Capital Budgeting, Balanced Scorecard (BSC). Volodymyr Savchuk is a managing partner and a leading expert of the Strategic Partner (consulting company), the author of numerous books on Strategic and Financial Management of enterprises, including: " Finance Management", "Profit Management and Budgeting," "Business Diagnosis" and also "Financial Management: Practical Encyclopedia ", "Strategy+ Finance: Lessons of Business Decisions-Making for Managers”. These publications are efficiently used by managers and economists, of both Russian and Ukrainian enterprises.
The Richard Ivey School of Business [Canada]
Course: International Corporate Finance
HRM, Mediation & Organizational Development
Leader of HR-division
Teaches courses in Human Resources, Management Teams in KMBS
She has worked as HR director until 2009. Yaroslava has 9 years of practical experience. Scope of Yaroslava’s work included HR strategy, development and organization of the HR management system, corporate culture management, HR expenses management. For 5 years now she has been developing and conducting training and evaluation programs. She has relevant experience at big companies in Ukraine [up to 3 800 people] in such areas as FMCG, manufacturing and sales, media business. Yaroslava has two degrees – in Philology and Psychology. She obtained MBA Executive degree [KMBS, graduated in 2008]
Teaches the following courses in kmbs: Business Environment
Legal Counselor for IFC. She graduated from Shevchenko National University and started her career as a lawyer for the National President AIDS Prevention Committee. Later on she studied for a year in the Center for Human Rights at the University of Essex [Essex University, the UK]. Currently Vladyslava is Legal Counselor for IFC project on Development of Corporate Management in Ukraine. She is an author of the textbook on Corporate Management for Ukrainian Joint-Stock Companies. She is currently in dissertation stage of her PhD.Specialization: Management [Business Management System], People Management, Human Resources Management, Business, Technology of Starting and Running Business.
She has been actively engaged in such international researches and training programs as: “Future leaders in MBA” Program within the "Business Management Education in Ukraine” Project under supervision of US International Development Agency, and "Ukrainian Initiative" Program within the EU project.
Author of more than 50 published scientific, methodological and applied works on Business Management. Co-author of case studies designed on the basis of Ukrainian companies.
IT
Teaches the following courses in kmbs: Information Technology
Vadym is a CEO of HansaWorld in Ukraine, a Swedish manufacturer of the ERP systems focusing on the SMB sector. Apart from this, he develops of the company's partnership network, supports existing customers and attracts new clients. Till 2008, Vadym served as a managing partner for InnoWare. He was in charge of the company's operating activities and was responsible for overall business development. Earlier he worked as a regional director and service manager in the company Robertson & Blums CIS Ukraine. His academic background includes the higher technical education with a graduate degree in Optical and Laser Devices from Kiev Polytechnic Institute. He earned his MBA degree from Kyiv Mohyla Business School in 2003.Personal Development
Teaches the following courses in kmbs: Acting
Art Director and founder of Black Square [improvisation theater-studio]. Designed the method of "total improvisation". He teaches training courses in Acting for Business Purposes, Technology of Playing Technique , Improvisation as a Means of Existence. He is pleased to be teaching in Kyiv Mohyla Business School, he does consulting work for detective agencies and law firms.Viktor Kotusenko is an incorrigible Mohyla Academy old-timer since 1992, from the very beginning of the new NaUKMA, where he has been teaching. He is a philosophical practitioner who never misses an opportunity for personal and intellectual development. In 2003 - 2004 he underwent training courses at the University of Notre Dame (Indiana, the USA).
Since 1999 Viktor has been working in the field of Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility. In 2001 he was coaching Ukrainian Professors of Business Ethics ( CEUME Project).
In 2008 - 2010 Viktor was in charge of educational programs in Strategic Consulting Group. To be more precise, he managed the introduction of medium-term program for top managers and business owners – Building System Business. In KMBS Viktor is responsible for the development of Knowledge 2.0 [an internal social network] and the implementation of blended learning approach in School.

