According to the decision of the Supervisory Board as of 15 November 2019, the competitive selection for the position of the Chairperson of the Management Board of JSC “State Export-Import Bank of Ukraine” is announced.

Documents are now accepted from candidates for participation in the competitive selection for the position of Chairperson of the Management Board of JSC "State Export-Import Bank of Ukraine" (hereinafter - Bank), located in Kyiv, Antonovycha street, 127.

Main Bank’s fields of activities:

The purpose of the Bank's activity is to create favorable conditions for the economic development and support of the domestic producers, servicing of export-import operations; credit and financial support for structural adjustment processes; strengthening of the particular sectors of economy and enterprises that are export-oriented or engaged in the production of import-substituting products; profit in the interest of the Bank and its shareholders through:

• attraction of external and internal credit resources and investments;
• obtaining and granting loans on behalf of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine or other authorized institution in accordance with the legislation, servicing the corresponding share of the state external debt of Ukraine on loans, attracted by the state or under state guarantees, in the framework of the Bank's agency functions;
• financing and guaranteeing export-import operations of enterprises; providing credit and financial support to foreign economic operators in order to promote domestic production;
• implementation of a set of measures for financing investment projects, in particular at the expense of budgetary and loan funds, foreign investments and credits, supporting those projects and controlling over the rational use of secured resources;
• provision of banking services, transactions in the monetary, foreign exchange and stock markets; cooperation with international financial, governmental, non-governmental organizations, credit and financial institutions of foreign countries on mobilizing financial resources in support of economy of Ukraine;
• carrying out other activities and operations in accordance with the legislation, licenses, authorizations granted by the National Bank or other authorized body, and the provisions of this Statute.

The aim of the Bank's activity is provision of banking and other financial services (except insurance services other than insurance intermediary functions), transactions in the monetary, currency and stock markets, as well as other activities not prohibited for banks, in the manner prescribed by law.

For applying the candidate should send to liudmyla.ivaniuk@odgersberndtson.com the following documents in English or Ukrainian till 18:00 pm Kyiv time of December 2, 2019:

• a duly certified copy of application for participation in the competition (on each page the document must contain the words "According to the original", the signature of the person, name and initials, the date indicated by the ballpoint pen, blue ink, hereinafter – duly certified);

Application for participation in the selection process addressed to the Chairperson of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Supervisory Board of JSC “Ukreximbank” Gordiyenko O.P. The candidate shall include information about the candidate (full name of the candidate, candidate's registration address and correspondence address, telephone number, e-mail address and Skype address, if any).

• a duly certified copy of curriculum vitae (resume);
• a duly certified copy of motivational letter and competitive offer;

The competitive offer may specify the plan for strategic development and reformation of the Bank, actions aimed to implement strategic goals, including potential risks, proposals regarding improving key financial/economic performance indicators of the Bank;

• a duly certified copy of a consent to personal data processing (Link of the form);
• the register (prepared in any format) of documents to be sent for the purpose of interview with the Supervisory Board (the list of documents is shown below) indicating their readiness status and scheduled date (from 2 December to 6 December 2019) for sending to liudmyla.ivaniuk@odgersberndtson.com. The documents to be submitted for the purpose of interview with the Supervisory Board may be submitted one by one upon their readiness.

Before Interview with Supervisory Board, the candidate shall submit the following documents in English or Ukrainian to liudmyla.ivaniuk@odgersberndtson.com till 10:00 am Kyiv time of December 6, 2019.

• a duly certified copy of the personal identification document;
• a duly certified copy of the employment record book (if any) or another relevant document (in case, the candidate does not have employment record book he/she shall submit duly certified copy of Reference letters from employers with specified terms of work or duly certified abstract from tax register);
• a duly certified copy of the certificate of university degree;
• a duly certified copies of the documents certifying additional degrees (trainings), knowledge, managerial experience and practical skills that are desirable or required for the potential Chairperson of the Management Board to perform his/her official duties, subject to the key areas of business, strategy and business plan of the Bank, and the functional load and areas of his/her responsibility (if appropriate);
• a duly certified copy of document issued by the competent authority of the jurisdiction of the candidate's tax residency, which certifies the status of performance of obligations regarding the payment of taxes, duties and other charges or confirmation/statement/letter from the competent authority or certified attorney confirming that the tax authorities of the relevant jurisdiction do not issue such a document;
• a duly certified copy of certificate issued by the competent authority of the jurisdiction of the candidate's permanent residence, which certifies the absence of criminal records;
• a duly certified copy of document about the candidate’s credit history, which is issued by qualified credit history bureaus (by each of: First all-Ukrainian Bureau of Credit Histories, Ukrainian Bureau of Credit Histories and International Bureau of Credit Histories). Non-residents of Ukraine file information or duly certified copy of the information about the candidate’s credit history from the largest credit history bureau located in the country in which they are resident;
• a duly certified copy issued by the body of banking supervision of a foreign country, in which the candidate held an office for the preceding three years, which certifies the absence of points for criticism and facts of breach of banking legislation and internal document of the bank during the candidate's employment with banking institutions (if the candidate held office in the foreign bank in last three years);
• duly certified copies of reference letters and other documents, at his/her discretion.

Bank’s site with financial and statistical reporting: https://www.eximb.com/ua/bank/financial-information/ 

A candidate for the position of the Chairperson of the Management Board must meet the following criteria:

• have a university degree;
• in order to meet the requirements of Ukrainian Law “On Banks and Banking Activity” No. 2121-III dated 7 December 2000, to have at least five years of experience in the banking and/or financial sector(s) in total, including at least three years on senior managerial positions; the candidates possessing at least 15 years of banking/financial sector experience including successful and proven emerging markets and/or Ukraine specific commercial and investment banking experience and at least 10 years of senior management experience, including interaction at the supervisory board and/or shareholder(s) levels will be given higher priority evaluation;
• possess professional competence, which means the total of knowledge, professional and managerial experience required to properly perform the duties of the Chairperson of the Management Board, subject to the business plan and strategy of the Bank, as well as the functional load and areas of responsibility of the Chairperson of the Management Board;
• have impeccable business reputation in the meaning given in the Banking Licensing Regulation, approved by NBU Resolution No. 149 dated 22 December 2018;
• have no criminal records other than conviction that expired or was properly quashed;
• have not been prohibited from holding the relevant office or conducting the relevant activities;
• have working proficiency either Ukrainian, English or Russian languages;
• have banking experience in at least several of the following fields, including but not limited to: corporate and/or SME lending, infrastructure finance, international trade finance, documentary transactional business, domestic and international capital markets, impaired credits/non-performing loans resolution, and treasury products;
• any additional successful and proven experience in emerging markets and/or Ukraine specific commercial and investment banking experience will be an advantage.

Competition stages and location:

The candidates interested in participating in competitive selection, shall send the initial package of documents to recruiting company Odgers Berndtson (LLC “Talent Advisors”) till 18:00 pm Kyiv time of December 2, 2019.

e-mail:  liudmyla.ivaniuk@odgersberndtson.com

Phone number: +380 44 353 38 57

Contact person: Liudmyla Ivaniuk.