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Ukraine Advisory

Daniel Bilak , , LL.B, B.C.L. , , Partner, CMS Cameron McKenna LLP (Kiev, Ukraine)

Mr. Bilak is a Partner at the international law firm CMS Cameron McKenna LLP and is Head of the Real Estate Practice Group in Kiev. With more than 17 years of experience working in the private and public sectors in Ukraine, Mr. Bilak has extensive knowledge of the local market and established experience in managing legal risk on behalf of clients. He has represented major international and Ukrainian real estate developers, institutional property owners and lender clients in connection with construction and commercial financing, mortgage lending, acquisitions and sales of commercial real estate, property acquisition and development, leasing of land and premises, and licensing of construction companies. From 1997 to 2001, and again in 2005 to 2006, Mr. Bilak served as a Senior Governance Advisor to the Government of Ukraine providing policy advice on judicial reform, rule of law and anti-corruption issues, regulatory reform, decentralization of public services, and public sector restructuring.

Igor Buchatskiy , , MSc., MBA , , Former Director, Smart-Holding; Former CEO, SARGO LLC (Kiev, Ukraine)

Mr. Buchatskiy holds a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the Odessa State Academy of Low Temperatures and an International Master of Business Administration from the Graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago. He started his career in the engineering field before joining the international management consulting firm of McKinsey & Company in 2001. Throughout five years with McKinsey, Mr. Buchatskiy advised several clients in Brazil and Ukraine with a significant amount of time spent advising to the steel and iron ore sectors. In October 2005, Mr. Buchatskiy joined Arcelor S.A. (now ArcelorMittal S.A.) as General Manager, International Business Development, where he spent a year evaluating acquisition opportunities across the geographies of the former Soviet Union. Mr. Buchatskiy then spent two years with Smart-Holding, a leading Ukraine-focused private investment group owned by a wealthy Ukraine national, as Director, Business Development. Smart-Holding's largest investment is a 25% stake in Metinvest Group, but also holds interest in many shipyards and ports. In late 2008, Mr. Buchatskiy joined Smart-Holding's agricultural company SARGO LLC as CEO.

Jaroslav Kinach , , MBA , , Independent Director; Former Ukraine Country Head EBRD (Kiev, Ukraine)

Mr. Kinach started his career in Canada with the Toronto Dominion Bank where he spent more than 20 years in several roles of increasing responsibility related to corporate and international finance. From January 1995 to November 1999, Mr. Kinach was Ukraine Country Head of the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development ("EBRD"). During his tenure, EBRD became the largest foreign investor in Ukraine and substantially expanded its portfolio of business from about US$50 million in commitments to circa US$1 billion. After EBRD, Mr. Kinach held the position of Advisor to the Prime Minister of Ukraine under a special technical assistance project arranged by the Canadian International Development Agency ("CIDA"). In this capacity, Mr. Kinach initiated the establishment of a national investment agency to attract foreign investments, and promoted a national policy leading to the formation of a vertically integrated national petroleum company.