Anthony Marino was elected chairman of the supervisory board of Naftogaz of Ukraine at a meeting on Friday, Alexei Chernyshov, head of the company’s board, said on Facebook.
“Just now at a meeting of Naftogaz’s supervisory board, its chairman was elected. I salute Anthony Marino on his election!”, – wrote the head of NAC.
“Anthony (USA/Canada) has significant management experience. He is currently president and CEO of (Canadian – IF) energy company Tenaz Energy. Prior to that, he served as executive director, president and CEO of Vermilion Energy, an international hydrocarbon exploration and production company,” Chernyshov noted.
Morino served on the supervisory boards and boards of directors of six companies and organizations from 2002-2020.
“I am sure that his many years of experience in hydrocarbon exploration and production will help our group of companies to achieve the best results,” the head of Naftogaz stressed.
Chernyshov said the reinstatement of Naftogaz’s supervisory board at a time when Ukraine’s energy system is being tested through a full-scale war is an extremely important development.
“Anthony Marino is an upstream specialist with more than 38 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. He is a U.S. and Canadian citizen,” added Naftogaz in Telegram.
He has served as executive director, president and CEO of Vermilion Energy, an international hydrocarbon exploration and production company with a market capitalization of $4 billion.
Volumes of currency purchase by Ukrainian population in January 2023 exceeded volumes of its sale by $564 million as compared to $463.2 million in December last year, this figure is growing for the sixth month in a row, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) said.
According to its website, if earlier the “net” purchase was formed mainly in the cash market, in December – almost equally in the cash and non-cash markets, in January it is already mainly in the cash market.
At the end of September last year, the National Bank raised the limit on the purchase of non-cash currency by physical persons from 50 thousand UAH to 100 thousand UAH a month, under its placement on deposit for at least three months, which stimulates such operations: in January, non-cash currency purchases rose to $ 523.9 million from $ 450.5 million in December, $362.2 million – in November.
The sales of non-cash hard currency, by contrast, decreased to $153.4 million from $220.2 million in December and $211.1 million in November.
As for cash currency, its purchase and sale decreased compared to December: purchase – from $1.425 billion to $1.268 billion, while sale – from $1.191 billion to $1.075 billion.
According to these data of the NBU, the turnover of the official foreign currency cash market in January this year amounted to 71.9% of the turnover in pre-war January 2022, while non-cash currency transactions – 60.6%.
As reported, the population bought $880.1 million more currency than sold, including $1010.0 million more cash currency bought than sold, according to official statistics, for 2022 as a whole.
At the moment, the dollar exchange rate in the cash market is about 39.9 UAH/$1, while the National Bank set the official rate from July 21, 2022, at 36.5686 UAH/$1. The dollar is quoted at about 0.6 hryvnia cheaper than a month ago.
On February 9, Khmelnytskyi communal enterprise “Elektrotrans” announced a tender for voluntary civil liability insurance for owners of land transport and compulsory civil liability insurance for owners of land vehicles (MTPL), according to the electronic public procurement system Prozorro.
In addition, the lots were announced for compulsory insurance against accidents in transportation, compulsory insurance services for departmental and rural fire departments and members of volunteer fire brigades.
The expected cost of purchasing services is 690 thousand UAH.
The security of the tender offer is not required.
The deadline for submission of bids is February 17.
Scheduled business audits by state tax service in 2023
Source: Open4Business.com.ua and experts.news
KSG Agro holding by the beginning of March 2023 intends to export to Asia and Africa 7 thousand tons of cereals, which will be shipped through the ports of Odessa and Odessa region in the “grain corridor”.
As reported in a press release from the group of companies in January-February 2023 at the ports of Odessa and Odessa region has already delivered more than half of the planned exports of agricultural products.
It is specified that the batch of crops consists of 4 thousand tons of wheat, 2 thousand tons of barley and 1 thousand tons of corn.
“Export of grain crops for us is not only a diversification of sales, but also a contribution to global food security. With the effective and safe operation of the “grain corridor” we are planning to continue exporting our products”, – the words of the head of the board of directors of the holding Sergey Kasyanov are given in the report.
Vertically integrated holding KSG Agro is engaged in pig breeding, as well as the production, storage, processing and sale of grain and oilseeds. Its land bank is about 21,000 hectares.
According to the agricultural holding, it is one of the top five pork producers in Ukraine.
KSG Agro in 2021 increased its net profit by 16 times compared to 2020 – up to $20.27 million, revenue – by 44% to $30.75 million, while increasing EBITDA by half – to $12.28 million.
The U.S. dollar is strengthening against the euro, the yen and the pound sterling in trading on Friday.
The ICE-calculated index showing the dollar’s dynamics against six currencies (euro, Swiss franc, yen, Canadian dollar, pound sterling and Swedish krona) is adding 0.16%, while the broader WSJ Dollar Index is up 0.18%.
The euro/dollar pair is trading at $1.0722 as of 7:50 a.m., up from $1.0743 at the close of the previous session.
The pound is at $1.2097, compared to $1.2121 the day before.
The dollar went up to 131.74 yen against 131.54 yen at the close of trading on Thursday.
Signals that the Federal Reserve (Fed) may raise the benchmark interest rate higher than the market expects provided support for the American currency. Several Fed policymakers this week signaled they believe a further rate hike is necessary because the fight against high inflation has not yet been won and there is no significant slowdown in economic growth.
Next week, the January U.S. inflation data will be released. The consensus forecast from experts cited by Trading Economics suggests consumer prices are up 0.5% from December, when they fell 0.1%.
The Australian dollar fell in trading Friday to $0.6924 from $0.6937.
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) raised its forecast for core inflation, which excludes food and energy costs, for the current fiscal year ending in June to 6.25% from 5.5%.
