ORGANIZERS

CGPA, Corporate Governance Professional Association was established in 2009 as a non-government organization and currently ranks as a leading expert community and center for generating corporate governance reform in Ukraine. CGPA Mission is to help Ukrainian businesses become more profitable and sustainable through the development of effective corporate governance. Website- www.cgpa.com.ua.

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is an international financial institution that offers investment, advisory, and asset management services to encourage private sector development in developing countries. The IFC is a member of the World Bank Group. It was established in 1956 as the private sector arm of the World Bank Group to advance economics development by investing in strictly for-profit and commercial projects that purport to reduce poverty and promote development. Since 2009, its goals are to increase sustainable agriculture opportunities, improve health and education, increase access to financing for microfinance and business clients, advance infrastructure, help small businesses grow revenues, and invest in climate health. Website - www.ifc.org 

Official sponsor

Kyivstar is number one Ukrainian telecom operator with 26 million subscribers. The Company provides communications and broadband services based on a wide range of mobile and fixed-line technologies, including 3G. Kyivstar’s mobile network covers all Ukrainian cities and towns, as well as more than 28 thousand villages, all the key national and regional highways, most of the country’s coasts and shores. The Company provides 3G services in the territory where 80% of Ukraine’s population lives. The development of 3G and 4G in Ukraine remains the key priority of Kyivstar.
Kyivstar is a business-unit of VEON - one of the world’s largest integrated telecommunications companies, headquartered in Netherlands, with the shares quoted on NASDAQ, New York and Euronext, Amsterdam. The Company has been operating in Ukraine for 20 year and is recognized as the largest taxpayer in telecom market, one of the best employers as well as a socially responsible company. Website - www.kyivstar.ua

With support 

The British Embassy in Kyiv

Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)  

Official education partner 

Ukrainian Corporate Govarnance Institute. Under the terms of the cooperation agreement, the Institute ensures the implementation of key statutory tasks of CGPA and is to become the leading educational, research and consulting organization in the field of corporate governance and business strategy. Since the foundation, the Institute is a teaching and research centre of CGPA.

Official Legal Partner

Vasil Kisil & Partners is a leading independent full-service Ukrainian law firm. We develop our business and advice our clients driven by values that are common and essential to the firm's partners, the entire team and our customers as well.
Aiming to achieve a successful result, we rely on our experience accumulated throughout the 25 years of practice to offer the clients individually-tailored, cost-effective and efficient strategies and solutions.
We successfully work as trusted advisers on high-profile local and international matters and advise large domestic and global corporate clients, including many Fortune 500 companies.
The firm is especially well-known for its stellar litigators and significant corporate, real estate, antitrust & competition, and labour expertise. Website - www.vkp.ua

Official Energy Partner

Official HR Partner

Founded in 1946, Boyden was the very first executive search firm. We are among the largest global executive search companies, operating in 76 offices in 43 countries with headquarters in New York. Personalized service built on strong relationships – The firm’s philosophy of personal service, pioneered by founder Sidney Boyden in 1946, has been the foundation for our global growth. We are committed to our clients’ success, attracting executives who will enhance their organizations.
Boyden specializes in senior executive search. The firm has been named one of the top five executive search firms in the world by the International Association of Corporate and Professional Recruitment and ranks among the top ten executive search firms in 2017 by Forbes.
Boyden provides its clients with an astute level of industry and functional expertise, combined with a thorough understanding of the competitive dynamics shaping today’s marketplace. Our entrepreneurial approach enables the flexibility to provide highly client focused solutions. Official page: https://www.boyden.ua/ukraine/

Session Partner

Baker McKenzie

Sponsor of the Standing Buffet

Jack Daniel's is a brand of Tennessee whiskey and the top selling American whiskey in the world. It is produced in Lynchburg by the Jack Daniel Distillery, which has been owned by the Brown-Forman Corporation since 1956. Despite being the location of a major operational distillery, Jack Daniel's home county of Moore is a dry county, so the product is not available for purchase at stores or restaurants within the county. 
The product meets the regulatory criteria for classification as a straight bourbon, though the company disavows this classification and markets it simply as Tennessee whiskey rather than as Tennessee bourbon. As defined in the North American Free Trade Agreement, Tennessee Whiskey is classified as a straight bourbon authorized to be produced in the state of Tennessee. Packaged in square bottles, a total of 11 million cases of the flagship "Black Label" product were sold in the company's 2012 Fiscal year, which ended April 30, 2013.

Event-provider​

Event Envoy Company is a specialized agency for organization and management of events of different scale. Many years of experience of the team combined with innovative approach, continuous improvement of techniques and technologies of event management - the three pillars on which we base our work. Website - www.eventenvoy.com.ua

With support 

National Securities and Stock Market Commission

The State Property Fund of Ukraine

Professional Association of Registrars and Depositories (PARD) - professional association in the stock market of Ukraine. The Association, founded in 1996, represents the interests of all domestic depository institutions and securities traders. Website - www.pard.ua

The Ukrainian Association of Investment Business (UAIB)

Ассоциация юристов Украины (АЮУ) - всеукраинская общественная организация, основанная в 2002 году с целью объединения юристов для создания сильного и влиятельного профессионального объединения, которое бы стало мощным голосом юридического сообщества нашей страны. Ассоциация юристов Украины ставит перед собой задачу развития юридической профессии, совершенствование законодательства, внедрение этических стандартов, защиты профессиональных прав членов АЮУ и прав человека в целом. Сайт -  www.uba.ua.

Association of Corporate Security Professionals

Company «Emcon» specializes in providing services on corporate governance issues, namely: disclosure of information, organization and convening of a general meeting of shareholders, support for other corporate events, as well as the introduction of a variety of services such as training, software, services on the Internet, etc.Website - www.emcon.com.ua

Independent Association of the banks of Ukraine (NABU) is the largest banking association in Ukraine (total assets of banks members of NABU member banks account for 96% of the entire system), created with the purpose of supporting the stable functioning and development of the banking market of the country and the comprehensive protection of the interests of the Ukrainian banking community. The mission of NABU is to search for the most effective solutions for the implementation of urgent tasks and solving problems of the banking system, which will maximize the profitability of business and the development of the national economy. For implementation of the goals and strategy, NABU work is organized by specialized Committees, Clubs, Project Office and 4 regional offices (Kharkiv, Odessa, Lviv and Dnipro). Website: www.nabu.ua

The American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine is the most active and effective non-government, non-profit business association operating in Ukraine.

There are 3 main things the Chamber does as a business association:

• B2G: Driving the dialogue between business and government
• B2B: Continuously creating opportunities for business to business partnerships
• B2U: Promoting Ukraine internationally as an attractive investment destination

600 Member organizations of the Chamber represent many of the largest International and Ukrainian companies, who are Ukraine’s biggest taxpayers and employ over 800,000 people nationwide, contributing greatly to the state budget and creating opportunities for people in Ukraine to realize their potential.

13 Committees and 20 Working Groups are working at the Chamber. Every day the Chamber Committees are working on development proposals for improvement of Ukrainian legislation to improve the business environment and resolve any negative issues impacting the business community in Ukraine and to enable private enterprises to flourish.