Ukrainian faculty

• All Ukrainian faculty are experts, consultants to leading Ukrainian and foreign companies, who know realities of both Ukrainian and international business not from the books.
• Among foreign faculty – leading specialists from such places as Harvard Business School, Yale University, Western Ontario University, St. Thomas University, Cambridge University, Budapest University of Economics and Public Administration, Warsaw School of Economics.
• It is obligatory for all faculty [both Ukrainian and foreign] to have successful practical experience in their field of study.
• An obligatory criterion for foreign faculty is acknowledgement with Ukrainian practice and business-culture: at least experience of teaching in Ukraine.

Gvozdiov Serhiy

Appointment:  Courses: Operations Management, Business Processes Reengineering Phone:  [380 44] 490 6635 E-mail:  s_gvozdiov@kmbs.com.ua

Previously Serhiy has worked as deputy rector and Business School Director at the L’viv Management Institute. He led several successful Ukrainian companies’ research projects.

Serhiy has graduated from the L’viv State University named after Ivan Franko [applied math], defended his Ph.D. thesis at the L’viv Politechnika and received his MBA diploma from the L’viv Management Institute. Moreover, Serhiy participated in the international programs of IESE, underwent an internship at the Navarra University [Barcelona, Spain], as well as at the Consulting Center OWZ [Munich, Germany]. He also participated in an internship at the Wayne State University [Detroit, USA].

Kolisnyk Mykhajlo W.

Appointment:  School of Finance Leader, teaches courses "Financial Accounting", "Managerial Accounting", as well as "Financial Management" at the MBA program Phone:  [380 44] 490 6635, 238 2444, [067] 230 0105 E-mail:  kolisnyk@kmbs.com.ua

Mykhajlo graduated from the Lviv Politechnical Institute's Engeneering and Economics Department. He earned his PhD [thesis "Evaluation and Regulation of the Stock Exchange Activities and Brokerage Services"] in 1993. He also underwent internships at the Wayne State University [1995, Detroit, USA] and the Copenhagen Business School [1998]. Mykhajlo also worked at a consulting company “Dansk Management Forum” [Copenhagen, Denmark].

Throughout 1998-2001 he was an instructor and trainer of “Financial Management”, “Financial Accounting”, “Managerial Accounting”, “Project Analysis” and “Corporate Management” courses at the American-Ukrainian-Polish Consorcium for the Enhancement of Ukrainian Management Education. He was the first to host a distance-learning e-based course on “Financial Management” in Ukraine.

Currently, Mykhajlo works as a financial consultant in international and corporate projects. He was the head of the Financial Management and Accounting department at the Lviv Institute of Management. Since 2000, Mykhajlo works at kmbs. He teaches at the kmbs MBA program, holds corporate and open executive development programs in finance and heads corporate consulting projects, in particular those dealing with enterprises’ financial restructuring.

Since 2002 Mykhajlo is a Board Member of the PEKAO [Ukraine] bank. In his free time, he enjoys swimming, traveling, working with the PC, namely programming and web-design.

Kotusenko Victor

Appointment:  “Philosophy of Business”, “Concepts of Happiness”

Professor of Philosophical and Religious Studies faculty at NaUKMA. Makes researches in the field of practical philosophy and ethics of entrepreneurialism and management. Besides he lectures at International Christian University [ICU] and Wisconsin International University [USA] in Ukraine [WIUU]. Victor is member of International Society of Business Economics and Ethics [ISBEE], participant of “Center of Social Ethics” project under Institute of Thomas Aquinas {Rome-Kyiv]. Represented Ukraine on 3rd World Congress on Business Ethics [Melbourne, Australia]. He does consulting projects in sphere of creating and implementing “ethical codex” in organizations.

Maltseva Olena

Appointment:  Courses: Marketing and Brand Management Phone:  [380 44] 494 2501 E-mail:  maltseva@companion.ua

Olena Maltseva is the Marketing Director of the Maximum publishing house [Comp&nion and &.Strategies business magazines]. She obtained her PhD and Master's degree in Management at the Kyiv State Trade and Economics University. Olena has worked in several wholesale and leasing companies, where she was a Marketing Consultant and the Marketing Director. She was the first instructor in Ukraine to launch a Distribution Policy Course. Olena wrote almost 20 articles in various academic and business journals. Her case study on "Smak" juices won the 1999 "Best Ukrainian Case in Marketing" Award.

Ryabota Vladyslava

Appointment:  Course: Business Environment in Ukraine and in the world

Vladyslava Ryabota is a legal adviser in the International Finance Corporation’s [IFC] “Corporate Governance Development in Ukraine” project. After graduating from the Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University, she worked as a lawyer in the President's National AIDS Prevention Committee and participated in drafting the national AIDS prevention program. In 1994, she obtained a scholarship from the British Council and studied at the Human Rights Center at Essex University [UK] for one year. While at IFC, she helped create a manual on corporate governance for Ukrainian joint stock companies and developed a corporate governance case studies book for educational institutions. Her areas of expertise include shareholder rights, general shareholder meetings, conflicts of interests and protection of confidential information.

Savruk Olexandr

Appointment:  Courses: Change Management, Enterprise Restructuring

Olexandr Savruk is the Director and the CEO of the Strategic Consulting Group [SCG], a private Ukrainian management consulting firm. He has more than ten years’ experience in international industrial and governmental relations, design of corporate re-engineering programs and business consulting services. He has been a special advisor to the Minister of Economy on microeconomic issues and is a member of the Expert Committee appointed by the Head of Ukraine's State Property Fund.

Mr. Savruk is a frequent speaker on problems of microeconomic reform and has spoken at Harvard University and numerous international congresses. As an advisor to the Ukrainian Center for Enterprise Restructuring and Private Sector Development, Mr. Savruk has designed and implemented training programs for Ukrainian business consultants. His educational background includes courses in the US, UK, Canada and Austria.

Sheremeta Pavlo

Appointment:  kmbs Dean, "Personal Strategy", "Strategy and Leadership" and "International Business" courses Phone:  [380 44] 490 6635, 238 2444 E-mail:  pavlo@kmbs.com.ua

Pavlo laid the foundation of the team, which conceived, developed and is putting in action the concept of kmbs. Since 2004 he is a member of the Board of Central and East European Management Development Association [CEEMAN].

He obtained his MBA at Emory University in Atlanta, USA. He also holds a Graduate Management Program Certificate from the International Management Center in Budapest and Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh; as well as a Diploma in Economics from the Lviv State University.

In the past, he was an MBA Program Director at the International Management Institute [IMI-Kyiv], a Project Manager at the Open Society Institute in Budapest and an Assistant to a Ukrainian MP Viktor Pynzenyk.

Vlasova Anna

Appointment:  School of HRM Founder and Director, teaches "Human Resources Management" and "Organizational Development" courses at the kmbs MBA program Phone:  [380 44] 490 6635, 238 2444 E-mail:  vlasova@kmbs.com.ua

Anna holds a PhD in Economics from the Kyiv State Economics University, as well as a Master's degree in Management Education from the University of Economics and Law [d’Aix-Marseille, France] and an efmd diploma in Management. She is an associate professor at the Kyiv Mohyla Academy. She worked at the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, the International Institute of Business and the Kyiv National Economics University. In August 2003, Mrs. Vlasova founded and now directs the School of HRM at kmbs.

Anna was a core team member in joint Human Resources Management researches run by the London Business School and the World Bank. She also underwent several internships at Canadian companies. She is a trainer and a consultant to a large number of Ukrainian companies. Her professional interests and areas of specialization include Principles of Management, Strategy, Organizational Behavior and Human Resources Management.

Wynnyckyj Mychailo

Appointment:  Courses: International Marketing, Sales and Philosophy of Business Phone:  [380 44] 463 5865, 490 6635, [050] 658 0580 E-mail:  mychailo@kmbs.com.ua

Mychailo Wynnyckyj holds a PhD in economic sociology with a focus on entrepreneurship in post-Soviet Ukraine from the University of Cambridge.

He worked for 7 years as the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Lava Computer Mfg Inc., a Toronto-based PC hardware and interface card manufacturer. Under his management, the company expanded from 3 to over 60 employees and its markets grew to include North America, Western Europe, Southeast Asia, and Australia.

In 1997, he obtained a Master’s degree in Sociology and Politics of Modern Society at the University of Cambridge.