24th Cluster Session “Cybersecurity During the Warfare: Review of 2023 Achievements and Challenges”

Mykhailo brings over 15 years of experience working in governmental and non-profit organizations. Throughout the timeline of his career, Mykhailo held leadership positions in the State Employment Service (SES) of the Ministry of Social Policy in Kyiv and HelpAge International. In his current role, he provides management and oversight of CRDF Global’s Eurasia Hub, ensuring the application of best practices in program standards, and building relations with government agencies, embassies, and other partners.

Seasoned strategic business and development leader with more than 20 years of experience in FMCG and international development. Iryna has been working on various USAID-funded activities to advance reforms in Ukraine. As a skilled facilitator excels in fostering collaboration and engagement among stakeholders, including governmental officials and cross-sectoral stakeholders. Iryna holds an executive MBA diploma from Warsaw Management Institute and is a certificated Project Management Professional by Project Management Institute.

Igor Tkachenko, a Digital Transformation Advisor at the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) in Ukraine since November 2022, boasts over two decades of expertise in public administration, elections cybersecurity, and digitalization. A key contributor to the development of digital tools for territorial election commissions during the 2020 local election in Ukraine. Formerly, as Chief of Staff at the National Agency on Corruption Prevention of Ukraine, Igor spearheaded the development and launch of the e-system for public officials’ asset disclosure. Prior to his role at IFES, he served as Project Manager for the OSCE Project Coordinator in Ukraine, focusing on cybersecurity solutions for the State Voter Register and enhancing election transparency. Igor holds a Doctorate in Philosophy and maintains academic involvement at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.

Mr. Serhii Prokopenko is the Head of the NCCC Support Department and Deputy Head of Information Security and Cybersecurity Directorate at the NSDC of Ukraine. He has 20 years of experience in cybersecurity. Now he is responsible for the coordination of all the stakeholders, developing the NCCC’s analytical and technological platform, improvement of Cyber Threats Intelligence (CTI) exchange and sharing mechanisms, organization of training programs for specialists from the public sector and critical infrastructures, building Public-Private Partnerships (PPP), international cooperation, control of the Cybersecurity Strategy implementation plan.

Christopher Fuchs is Head of the Economic Section at the German Embassy in Kyiv, after postings in Chicago, Tashkent, Cairo, and Baku. He has worked on Ukraine at the German Federal Foreign Office and as press officer in Kyiv from 2011 until 2015. He studied Slavonic Studies at Humboldt University Berlin.

Andriy is Director of Risk Advisory department in Deloitte Ukraine. He has gained more than 15-year experience in consulting and corporate risk management, information security, and cyber risks. He has extensive experience in the sphere of information system assessment, information security and confidentiality, integration technologies, and IT strategy development.

Key qualifications of Andriy focus on the following areas:

• Cyberrisks;
• Internal auditt;
• Information security and data confidentiality;
• IT strategy development, information system selection, and Due Diligence;
• SOX 404 implementation and audit;
• ERP-systems and SAP.

Andriy has gained a broad experience in managing large and complex audit and consulting projects.

Oleksandr worked in the central and local governments, where he gained experience in implementing new and innovative technologies, optimization and reengineering processes, and coordination of international technical assistance projects. Worked as the head of the State Agency for Electronic Government of Ukraine for five years. Was directly involved in the development of key areas of e-government, such as e-services, the national informatization program, open data, e-identification, document flow management, and digital transformation. In the EU4DigitalUA project, Oleksandr is responsible for areas related to support for the Ministry of Digital Transformation projects, Personal Data Protection, and Cybersecurity. Oleksandr has a master’s degree in organizational management and computer networks and IT systems.