Dear reader, As building materials manufacturers, mining companies, airlines, venture capitalists, investment bankers and others take note of the possibility of an end to the war and the start of the historic reconstruction, so too does the global stock-investing community. Ukraine Rebuild Newswire recently asked Swen Lorenz, the face of
For more than three years, Ukraine has survived a full-scale war with Russia that has killed hundreds of thousands, as well as the flight of more than 6 million people, mostly women and children, in a mass refugee crisis, and a military draft. Through crisis after crisis, even as Russian
American Dan Aspleaf does not promise easy wins in Ukraine for foreign investors looking to actually build something. He knows the work can be messy, the boundaries unclear, and the bureaucracy infuriating. He also knows that, with forethought and good advice, companies looking to join the reconstruction of Ukraine can
Olga Balytska offers frank advice to investors aiming to help rebuild her home country, conveying a sense of optimism and caution that prevails in much of the Ukraine: Disregard Ukraine's absurdly exaggerated Wild West image, she says, but do your best not to end up in the Ukrainian
John Moran, who's resigning from the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) after nearly 25 years, has garnered a wealth of expertise in many topics crucial to Ukraine's future, particularly in de-risking and catalyzing private sector investment in tough environments.
Gregoire Dattee has spent the past 16 years in Ukraine as managing partner of global professional services network Mazars and then Forvis Mazars, a global partnership created last year by Mazars and US-based Forvis. Throughout that time, the company has provided audit, accounting and payroll, financial advisory, consulting, tax and
Tyson Barker, a foreign policy professional specialized in US-Europe relations, has served two stints as a political appointee with the US government. Both times, he served under powerhouse women - first Victoria Nuland in the Obama administration and then Penny Pritzker during the Biden administration. Both times, he was hired
When Neo-Eco, a French SME with over 50 full-time staff, entered Ukraine in 2022, few in Central or Eastern Europe had heard of it. Less than three years later, the company has earned a media presence beyond its size. It has been featured in 100 articles and interviews in Ukrainian
When foreign investors consider joining the reconstruction, they often fearfully imagine Russian missiles hitting their offices, land mines crippling employees or drone strikes destroying warehouses. Not to fear, says George Janjalia, the former Georgian military intelligence officer who led security in Ukraine for a globally famous AI company through three
Alexander McWhorter, the New Jersey native who has served as Citi country officer for Ukraine since 2018, has received an increasing number of calls from companies in recent months, asking about participating in the reconstruction of Ukraine. "They're looking to understand the market," he said. "
For two and a half decades, Colin Ross, the Ukraine country director for UK-based project management firm Gleeds has earned the type of experience that will prove invaluable for the coming full-scale reconstruction of Ukraine. Colin, originally from Scotland, has been mostly living and working in Ukraine since 1997. After
Kingspan's Mike Stenson has ushered the building materials giant through multiple complicated stages of investing in war-time Ukraine, as it seeks to build a $300 million multi-factory manufacturing campus near the western city of Lviv that will help propel the reconstruction of the country. Stenson, the project manager
Dear reader, Here we bring you an excerpt from a recent edition of our premium newsletter. This excerpt is part of a Ukraine Rebuild Newswire series of chats and advice from foreign businessmen with extensive experience in Ukraine to the relative newcomers and companies that are just now considering joining
