Comfy Trade LLC, which develops the Comfy network, has updated its management model and introduced the role of company president, which has been filled by Igor Khizhnyak, while Gennady Verbylenko has been appointed as the new CEO.
‘Comfy announces an update to its management model, which took place in early January 2026. The decision is aimed at strengthening strategic and operational management, ensuring management continuity and the further sustainable development of the company as a leader in the Ukrainian market for household appliances and electronics,’ the company said in a press release.
Igor Khizhnyak, who previously held the position of CEO of Comfy, has taken up the new position of president of the company. According to the announcement, as president of the company, he will be responsible for shaping its strategic priorities.
Khizhnyak has also joined the company’s advisory board. He will participate in determining Comfy’s strategic directions, evaluating key management decisions, and ensuring a balance between the company’s long-term goals, customer expectations, and market development.
In addition, Khizhnyak will soon take up the position of Chief Country Representative in Ukraine at Torwell, which indirectly co-owns Comfy. His task in his new position will be to develop investment projects in Ukraine, the press service reported.
The new CEO of Comfy is Gennady Verbylenko, who has held the position of CEO of the company in various years and was a member of its advisory board, as well as being a minority shareholder in Comfy.
“Comfy is a mature, transparent and efficient company with a strong position in the Ukrainian market and a clear understanding of its role and responsibilities. Today, we are moving on to the next stage of development, which requires a clearer division of strategic and operational focuses. The changes introduced strengthen the company’s management model, contribute to the further transformation of the business model and create the basis for long-term growth and a new level of leadership for Comfy,” said Stanislav Ronis, founder and key beneficial owner of Comfy, in a press release.
According to YouControl, Comfy Trade LLC is owned by Comfy Holdings Limited (100%, Cyprus), with Stanislav Ronis and Svitlana Hutsul as the ultimate beneficiaries.
As reported, Comfy increased its revenue by 9.7% in the first nine months of 2025 compared to the same period in 2024, to UAH 25.4 billion. At the end of 2024, it received UAH 47 billion 720.9 million in revenue, which is 27.1% higher than in 2023. 2024 was the first year when the company exceeded $1 billion in revenue.
In December, Viktor Ivanchik, CEO of Astarta agricultural holding, bought 134,640 shares, or 0.53856% of the total number of shares, on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE) and outside it through Albacon Ventures Limited at an average price of PLN51.93 per share.
According to stock exchange reports, transactions were concluded on the stock exchange on 14 days in December, during which a total of 50,334 thousand shares were purchased at an average price of PLN45.94 per share, and on December 19, an off-exchange transaction was concluded to purchase 84,306 thousand shares at a price of PLN55.5 per share.
In total, in December, the CEO of Astarta paid PLN6.99 million, or about $1.94 million at the current exchange rate, for additional shares, while in November he purchased 100 thousand shares on the stock exchange for PLN4.66 million, or about $1.29 million at the current exchange rate.
It is noted that after these transactions, Ivanchik owns 10 million 913.25 thousand shares of the agricultural holding, or 43.653% of their total number.
Prior to this, on September 15, Ivanchik purchased 244,679 thousand shares outside the stock exchange, or 0.9787% of their total number, also at a price of PLN55.5 per share, which is significantly higher than the quotation on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
As of this Monday at 11:50 a.m., Astarta shares are trading on the stock exchange at PLN45.1, giving the company a market capitalization of PLN1.128 billion, or about $312.7 million.
According to the latest report, at the end of September this year, the Ivanchik family owned a total of 43.21% of shares, compared to 42.23% of shares in the middle of the year, 41.48% at the beginning of this year, and 41.28% at the end of September last year. Fairfax Financial Holdings has also been a major shareholder all this time, with 29.91%, while another 2.1184% of shares are owned by the company itself and were previously repurchased as part of a buyback. As of May this year, minority shareholders also included Kopernik Global Investors with 2.64% and Heptagon Capital with 1.8%.
Astarta is a vertically integrated agro-industrial holding company operating in eight regions of Ukraine and is the largest sugar producer in Ukraine. It comprises six sugar factories, agricultural enterprises with a land bank of 220,000 hectares, dairy farms with 22,000 head of cattle, an oil extraction plant in Hlobine (Poltava region), seven elevators, and a biogas complex.
In January-September 2025, Astarta reduced its net profit by 42.2% to EUR43.70 million, and its consolidated revenue decreased by 22.4% to EUR342.78 million.
On June 12 this year, the shareholders’ meeting approved the payment of dividends for 2024 in the amount of EUR0.5 per share for a total of EUR12.5 million, which is in line with the figures for the previous two years.
Artem Shevchenko, CEO of the monomarket marketplace, has left the company.
He announced this on his Facebook page.
“A journey lasting almost three years is coming to an end. It has been an extraordinary journey — from an idea to a working project that has been able to generate hundreds of millions of hryvnia in turnover every month. From three people at the start to a team of 130+ professionals today. Monomarket has become an integral part of the Ukrainian e-commerce market and has significantly changed its landscape. And this project still has many achievements ahead,“ he wrote.
The top manager thanked the team, founders, and partners and stated that his stage in the project was complete. ”I’m moving on. Another large e-commerce project has been built. Let’s move on to the next one,” Shevchenko wrote.
As reported, monobank launched a marketplace in its mobile app in October 2024.
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has approved Igor Syrovatko as the new CEO of NovaPay (TM NovaPay), an international financial service provider belonging to the Nova Group, according to a press release issued by the company on Monday.
“It was a difficult challenge for me, especially in parallel with the process of getting into the role and managing a large company—I had to quickly refresh my knowledge of the regulatory framework governing the work of financial institutions, corporate governance, and all the legislation governing the work of our industry,” Syrovatko said in the release.
He previously worked at Universal Bank and headed the customer service department at OLX in Ukraine and Central Asia. NovaPay announced its decision to appoint him as CEO in September this year.
Prior to Syrovatko, Andriy Kryvoshapko was the CEO of the international financial service NovaPay, having headed the company since 2016.
NovaPay is an international financial service founded in 2001. It is part of the Nova group and provides online and offline financial services at Nova Poshta branches. In 2023, it was the first non-bank financial institution in Ukraine to receive an extended license from the NBU, which allowed it to open accounts and issue cards, and at the end of last year, it was the first non-bank to launch its own financial application.
According to NBU statistics, NovaPay is the leader among all money transfer systems created by non-bank institutions. According to the company, it processes about 2.5 million transactions per day for 750,000 users.
Nova Poshta, Ukraine’s leading express delivery company, has appointed Yevhen Tafiychuk as its new CEO. Tafiychuk joined the company in 2012 as a loader and has served as Nova Poshta’s COO in both Ukraine and Europe since 2021.
“The current CEO, Oleksandr Bulba, will continue to manage the company until the end of the year. Over the next two and a half months, both top managers will work together under the selected & acting CEO model to ensure a smooth transfer of power,” the company said in a press release on Wednesday.
It is noted that the competition for the position was open: more than 20 candidates were considered, including managers from international companies.
“Three candidates made it to the final round: two external candidates and one internal candidate. We are proud that the leader we have chosen has grown with the company. Yevhen knows all the processes down to the smallest details and has an ambitious vision for the future,” said Vyacheslav Klimov, co-owner of Nova Poshta, in the release.
It is noted that under Tafiychuk’s leadership, courier delivery has been transformed, the Nova Poshta branch network has doubled, and delivery speed has become the fastest in the Ukrainian logistics market.
As reported, 2025 marks the end of a 10-year period of cooperation between Nova Poshta and CEO Oleksandr Bulba.
Nova Poshta’s main activity remains the express delivery of documents, parcels, and palletized large-sized cargo. The company is the leader in express delivery in Ukraine. Its ultimate beneficial owners are Volodymyr Poperechnyuk and Vyacheslav Klimov.
In the first half of 2025, the company increased its revenue by 23% compared to the same period in 2024, to UAH 24.6 billion. The volume of parcels and cargo delivered amounted to 238 million (7% more), its network of branches grew by 708 points to 13,985, and the number of parcel terminals increased by more than 4,000 to 28,326.
In 2025, the 10-year period of cooperation between Nova Poshta and CEO Oleksandr Bulba ends, the company’s press service reports.
It is noted that under Bulba’s leadership, the company has achieved the most ambitious results.
“Between 2015 and 2025, Nova Poshta increased its annual delivery volume from 93 million to 500 million (as planned for the end of 2025). By the end of this year, the company’s network will cover 50 thousand service points across the country, 25 times more than at the beginning of cooperation with Bulba. Parcels in Ukraine are consistently delivered in less than 24 hours, and the international business is showing steady growth.
The press release emphasizes that the period of full-scale war deserves special attention. Despite the mobilization of the team, constant attacks on infrastructure and destroyed logistics routes, the company not only maintained its stability but also continued to develop, introduce new services and support the country’s economy.
“The success of Nova Poshta is the result of the consistent work of the CEO and the large team he led. For many years in a row, Oleksandr Bulba has been recognized as one of the most effective leaders in Ukraine. At the same time, any success comes at a price, and even the most successful projects need a fresh look. That’s why the company’s co-owners, together with Oleksandr, made a joint decision: 2025 will be his final year as CEO of
Nova Poshta. Until the end of the year, Bulba will continue to lead the company, focusing on the implementation of the approved development strategy,” the release said.
Thus, on December 31, 2025, Nova Poshta will have a new CEO. The co-owners and the Supervisory Board express their deep gratitude to Bulba for the years of fruitful cooperation and his invaluable contribution to the company’s development.
