Today, the brand of Ukraine is synonymous with courage and resilience, not just among its people, but also in its business. Despite the ongoing war, the Tech sector in Ukraine is thriving amidst adversity. Ukrainian startups are rising to the challenge, displaying unparalleled resilience and achieving remarkable success. Invest in Bravery is on a mission to amplify these success stories and encourage global investors to back Ukraine's tech scene.

Womenture is on a mission to boost female power in the European innovation ecosystem, aiming to enhance female entrepreneurship through collaborative services and activities. In my role, I actively contribute by:• Sharing expertise, and providing feedback on programme design.• Scouting female founders.• Participating as a keynote speaker and mentor at events and workshops.

#IamRemarkable is a global movement empowering everyone including underrepresented groups to speak openly about their accomplishments in the workplace and beyond, thereby breaking modesty norms and glass ceilings.As a facilitator, my role involves hosting workshops and being an ambassador for #IamRemarkable within my personal and professional networks. My focus right now is to support and empower Ukrainians to grow personally and professionally despite the most challenging circumstances that war has forced them into.To learn more and join the initiative visit: g.co/IamRemarkable

I empower purpose-driven companies and impact founders to succeed and scale. From strategic brand building to international expansion, my expertise spans growth strategy, encompassing areas such as branding, market research, marketing, strategic partnerships, operational efficiency, financial planning, and DEI initiatives.

Ensuring alignment between regional/verticals' brand strategy & marketing plans and overall commercial direction set by headquarters and global team. Support transformation projects to drive operational efficiency across the Group and business growth. Supervise budgeting, planning and execution of marketing activities and KPIs in countries and verticals. Setting up processes and communication flow between HQ and regional and verticals teams.

Responsible for developing Brand strategy to drive Top of Mind awareness about Mall Brand through clear positioning, consistent creative execution through all online and offline communication channels across borders, and optimal media mix.

Led and coordinated Mall Group’s projects in all areas of Commercial (brand, promotions, media, social & content, PR, vendor) and Digital Marketing (analytics, performance, CRM) facilitating communication between global/regional/verticals marketing teams and other internal departments and related entities outside of Mall Group/external agencies/vendors. Contributed to regular marketing planning and supervised budgeting.

Red Herring 100 Asia 2012 Award as one of the best start-ups in Asia. Brandsfever is a Singapore based members’ only international online shopping destination. We provide our members with exclusive buying experience by offering selected international brands with highly competitive prices for a limited period of time.The company's partners are reliable local and international brand owners, distributors and B2B suppliers from all over the world. We work hand in hand with our partners to sell in high volumes, promote and protect brands. Brandsfever focuses on fashion brands, primarily apparels, handbags, watches and accessories.• Managed the sourcing of the entire business including products for e-commerce and retail sales.• Generated new business globally, closed and maintained key accounts such as Jay Gee Melwani Group, FJ Benjamin, Samsonite, Desigual and many more.• Forecasted sales and ensured that financial targets were met. Brought in the first sale event that generated over 1000 pieces sold in the first 3 days.• Analysed e-commerce performance and adapted products supply based on changing marketrequirements.• Led and mentored buyers and the Production team of web-sites content editors andphotographer with graphic designers (12 people in direct report line).• Recruited new team members and trained them up.• Worked with the Development and Marketing teams to create and launch mobile web-sitesversion and apple/android applications.

• Contributed to Brandsfever’s transformation from a start-up stage, employing a few staff, to its maturity with 60 people on board that led to the company winning Red Herring 100 Asia 2012Award as one of the best start-ups in Asia.• Exponentially increased the company’s revenues by continuously bringing in new business.• Expanded the size and quality of sales portfolio acquiring high yield brands (from 10 to over1000 brands) both locally and overseas (Desigual, Adidas, D&G, Samsonite, Ipanema, KateSpade, Coach, Polo by Ralph Lauren, Levi’s, Ray-Ban to name a few).• Established reliable relationships with B2B clients and developed them into sustainable business partnerships (number of suppliers grew from 5 to over 300 within the first 2 years).• Contributed to delivery operations expansion beyond Singapore market to initially 15 countries (namely Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, India, Korea, Japan, UK and Switzerland) and then globally.• Grew business by taking part in a numerous new initiatives including IT implementations,content creation, logistics, marketing and customer service. Brandsfever reached traffic rank #75 in Singapore (over 500 points rank increase), highest ranked flash sale platform locally.

Charles & Keith is a Singapore born footwear and accessories brand founded in 1996 by brothers Charles and Keith Wong. Unique blend of innovative marketing and product concepts has put Charles & Keith at the forefront of the footwear retail industry. From early 2000’s the brand has been marching towards global recognition. Its global franchise network expands every year including markets in Asia, Europe, Middle East and Africa. In 2011, L Capital Asia, the private equity arm of luxury goods conglomerate, Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy (LVMH) bought 20% stake in Charles & Keith. The partnership spells for growth and development for the brand, an opportunity for the brand to further flourish and value-add to its expertise.• Expanded the company’s franchise network globally including venturing into completely newmarkets like Kazakhstan and South Africa.• Number of shops in existing markets grew by 20% (from 200 to 250 shops).• Identified and refined future prospects in key expansion markets.• Supported International Director in all ongoing negotiations with potential and existing partners.• Managed franchisee retail operations in Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Poland (6 shops) including monitoring of order-to-buy planning, local marketing efforts, staff training, visual merchandising, inventory control and sales performance.