Business news from Ukraine

KIEV UNIVERSITY’S RESEARCHERS BECOME FIRST CO-AUTHORS OF NOBEL LAUREATE IN CHEMISTRY IN UKRAINE

Researchers from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv became the country’s first co-authors of the Nobel laureate in chemistry 2021 Benjamin List, according to the university’s official Facebook page.
“Researchers of the Faculty of Chemistry of Taras Shevchenko National University Oleksandr Hryhorenko, Director of the Institute of High Technologies of Taras Shevchenko National University, professor Ihor Komarov, former graduate student of the Institute of High Technologies Andriy Tymtsunyk are the first and currently the only co-authors of the Nobel laureate in chemistry 2021 Benjamin List,” the university said.

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VEON APPROVES ALEXANDER KOMAROV KYIVSTAR PRESIDENT

The VEON international telecom group has appointed Alexander Komarov President of Kyivstar, the leading Ukrainian mobile communications operator.
Komarov in July 2018 was appointed acting President of Kyivstar and replaced Peter Chernyshov. He also runs the post of CEO of Beeline Kazakhstan.
“In Ukraine, Kyivstar is a national success story and I am convinced that with Alexander [Komarov] at the helm the company will continue to be the leading provider of connectivity and internet services in Ukraine,” VEON reported on Thursday, citing VEON’s Executive Chairperson Ursula Burns.
Komarov, born in 1972, graduated from the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, began his career in 1994 at the Kyiv Research Center of the Military Institute of Management and Communications, from 1997 to 2002 worked for Globalstar in marketing and sales. In 2002, he was invited to the post of business development director at Adell Saatchi & Saatchi (Video International Kyiv), in 2004 he became CEO of this advertising agency, and later headed the Video International in Ukraine, a group of companies.
In 2007-2013, Komarov was CEO of a large Ukrainian marketing company GroupM. In July 2013, he received an invitation from Kazakhstan from Beeline and was appointed Chief Commercial Officer, and in January 2016 he headed the company.
Kyivstar is the largest Ukrainian mobile communications operator. According to latest data, its subscribers’ base is around 26.6 million.
VEON international group (earlier VimpelCom) is the shareholder in Kyivstar. The group’s shares are listed on NASDAQ (New York).

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