Masters of Business Administration (MBA) Program

Yevhen Panchenko
Doctor of Science, Professor
(Head of MBA Program)
Yevhen Panchenko is a professor at the International Management Department at KNEU,
honoured professor of Harvard Business School, Chartered Institute of Marketing; laureate of
the award of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine named after Alexander Shlikhter;
member of the editorial boards of scientific journals “Economics of Ukraine”, “International
Economic Policy”, “Security Market of Ukraine”, “NierόwnościSpołeczne a WzrostGospodarczy”;
Head of consulting projects for companies National Starch&Chemical Limited (England),
General Electric (the Netherlands), Emergency One Timoney (Ireland). Key research areas –
International Management, European Business, Innovation Management.

Tymur Kalchenko
Doctor of Science, Professor (Global Business)
His academic career at KNEU started in 1996, when he completed the internship at Toronto
University and in 1997 presented his PhD Dissertation «Internationalization in Banking
(Formulation and Development of Micro Strategies)».
In 2008 his thesis «Imperatives of System Interaction in Global Economy Formation» was
approved for obtaining a doctoral degree in the field of International Economics.
During the period from 1998 to 2005 he taught such courses, as: International Financial
Management, International Management, International Economics, Transnational
Corporations, International Organizations, and International Trade.
Since 2005 his professional interest has been focused on Global Economy as a most promising
and perspective scientific direction.
He also took part in a wide range of public activities for the University (Deputy Dean, Deputy
Head of the Chair, Head of Students’ Scientific Society).
Tymur Kalchenko is an author of more than 100 scientific economic publications, several
monographs and a handbook. His historic books are also known to academic community.
In 2016 Tymur Kalchenko was successfully involved in a teaching process at Redlands
University (California, USA).

Irina Petrova
Doctor of Science, Professor (Organizational Behaviour/Theory)
Irina Petrova is the author of more than 120 scientific, methodological and practice-oriented
papers concerning human resource management, labour economics and organizational
behaviour (“Human Resource Management”, “Strategic Human Resource Management",
"Organizational Behaviour" and «Labour Economics"). She defended her doctoral thesis
"Labour market segmentation and regulation" in 1998. She took an internship at the University
of Minnesota (the USA) and High School (the Netherlands). For a long time she has been
conducting research on employment and labour market, developing recommendations for the
Social Policy Ministry on employment and labour market policy, consulting state and private
organization on human resource management. She has the experience of working as an
expert of such international organizations as Eurasia Fund, USAID and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.
She is a member of the academic council of thesis defence and a member of Editorial board of
three scientific journals.
 Olga Stepanenko
Doctor of Science, Professor
(Information Systems and Innovation Management)
Olga Stepanenko is the author of more than 100 scientific papers concerning information
technologies, mathematical methods and models in economics ("Information Systems in
Economics", "Development of Ontological Approach in E-Learning when Studying Information
Technologies", "Current Trends in Information Technology Development for Supporting
Innovative Enterprises", "Applying the Functional Effectiveness Information Index in
Cybersecurity Adaptive Expert System of Information and Communication Transport Systems",
"Digital Transformation of the Banking System in Conditions of Digital Economy Formation and
Development", and others). She defended her doctoral thesis, specialty "Mathematical
Methods, Models and Information Technologies in Economics" in 2015. She has an extensive
practical expertise in the engineering of information systems and implementation of
innovative information technologies. Repeatedly she has been engaged by the International
Research and Training Centre for Information Technologies and Systems of the National
Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine as an advisor
on the implementation of new approaches of IT-engineering in economic area in accordance
with best international practices. She is a member of the academic council on thesis defence, a
member of the editorial board of the scientific journal "Modelling and Information Systems in
Economics", and a Vice Head of the Institute of Information Systems in Economics.

Oleksandr Dyma
Doctor of Science, Professor (Marketing Management)
Oleksandr Dyma is a professor at the department of marketing at KNEU. Since graduation from
the university he has had a wide experience in various sectors of economy (banking, retail,
agriculture). Oleksandr Dyma is engaged in consulting activity and conducts trainings on
marketing, logistics and sustainable development practice. He has his own company where he
is the head of marketing. He facilitates the development of the cooperation of KNEU with such
companies as Nestle, L’Oreal, Auchan, Starcom and many other companies conducting a series
of training courses for students. Key research areas – services marketing, distribution policy,
sustainable development.

Volodymyr Tokar
Doctor of Science, Professor (Global Finance)
Volodymyr Tokar is the author and co-author of more than 120 research papers, treatises and
textbooks including “Stock Market”, “International Finance” and “Financial Systems of Foreign
Countries”. His area of expertise covers economics of diversity and inclusion, economic
security of the state with emphasis on European integration. Volodymyr Tokar has been the
active team member (instructor-lecturer) implementing trainings “European Union Innovation
and Investment Development” and “The European Integration Advocacy”. He also has an
extensive practical experience in import operations, wholesale, agricultural business and
tourism. His teaching background embraces two summer terms (2015 & 2016) as the adjunct
professor of School of Business of the University of Redlands (California, USA). Volodymyr
Tokar delivers a bunch of courses in English including “Fundamentals of Decision-making and
Project Management” and “Global Finance” for MBA students.
 Olena Yevdochenko
PhD, Associate Professor (Global Marketing)
Olena Yevdochenko, PhD in Economics, is an Associate Professor at the Department of
International Trade. Her research work was dedicated to “European Business Environment in
an International Economic Activity Development” .
Olena got the certificates at the Institute for International Trade at WTO (Switzerland) in 2003
and in training "Fundamentals of Commercial Diplomacy for Central and Eastern Europe"
(Romania, 2010). She takes an active part in international seminars, conferences and round
tables. She is the author of more than 30 research papers.
Olena is a Deputy Director of the Centre for International Trade Development and Head of
Scientific Information and Monitoring Department. She has been a managing editor of The
scientific journal “International Economic Policy” since 2010.
Currently, Olena Yevdochenko teaches the courses “International Marketing Management”,
“Global Marketing” and “Supply Chain Management”.

Olga Goncharova
PhD, Associate Professor (Global Business)
In 2012 obtained PhD in Economics (Thesis: "Development of transnational business-groups in
paradigm of global management"). She is the author of more than 30 scientific papers in
international economy, globalization, European regional policy, multinational companies. Olga
Goncharova has been an active team member of many professional trainings and scientific
conferences. Her teaching background embraces two month (2017) as the adjunct professor of
School of Business of the University of Redlands (California, USA).

Iuliia Ignatova
PhD, Associate Professor (International Risk Assessment)
Juliia Ignatova, PhD in Mathematic Methods Models and Information Technologies in
Economy, has been working at the department of Economic and Mathematic Modelling since
2006. Since 2015 she has been a Scientific Secretary of Institute of Information and
Communication Technologies and Systems. Specialization: Risk Management, Quantitative
Methods in Finance, Econometrics. Sphere of interests also includes R, MS SQL, MS Azure.

Maryna Kiriakova
PhD, Associate Professor (International Operations Management)
Maryna Kiriakova, PhD in Economics, is an Associate Professor at International Management
Department. Maryna’s academic interests and teaching approaches were influenced by work
experience in both state authorities and business structures. Maryna worked in the Committee
on Foreign Affairs of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine; she acted as a lead of consulting projects
of food and pharmaceutical multinational enterprises (Baku, Jakarta, St. Petersburg). Maryna is
the author of more than 20 scientific papers concerning international innovation management,
international mergers and acquisitions, corporate responsibility. The primary sphere of her
current academic interests is global operations strategy.
 Ellana Molchanova
PhD, Associate Professor
(Managerial Economics, Integrative Strategy Capstone)
In 2005 she obtained her PhD in Economics with the thesis research “Economic Regionalization
in the Context of Globalization of Economic Relations”. Got certificates: Deep and
comprehensive free trade agreement with the EU: advantages and downsides for the Ukraine
society (Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics), Innovative University and
Leadership (Warsaw University, Republic of Poland), European Regional Development Model,
(Kyiv National Economic University), Educational System of the European Union: Prospects for
Cooperation and Development (Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic), Train the Trainer
(NOVI University, Amsterdam, Netherlands), Consortium for Enhancement of Management
Education (University of Minnesota, University. St. Thomas, Warsaw School of Economics, and
the University of Warmia and Mazury).
Currently she is engaged as a Vice-Dean of the Faculty of International Economics and
Management, Deputy Chairman of the Scientific and Methodological Commission on the
development of educational standards, Scientific and Methodological Commission on Social
Sciences and Journalism (Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine); Member of the
scientific and methodological commission on the development of educational standards in the
specialty International Economic Relations, (Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine).
One of the authors of guidelines on the development of higher education in Ukraine (Ministry
of Education and Science of Ukraine).
Has an extensive practical expertise as an independent consultant at Friedrich-Ebert-
StiftungRegional büro Ukraine & Belarus.
Author, co-author and moderator of university courses: International Economics and
International Economic Relations. Author of about 50 publications.

Victoriia Оliinyk
PhD, Associate Professor
(Internship A, Internship B)
Victoriia Oliinyk, PhD in Economics, is a Vice Head of International Management Department,
Director of the English-Taught Master’s program INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, a
member of the Educational Advisory Board at Kyiv National Economic University.
She is an active participant of different joint projects of KNEU with Jean Monnet Fund,
Education, Audiovisual and Cultural Executive Agency “European Regional Development
Model”, World Trade Institute (Bern), Carl Duisberg Fund (Munich). She successfully completed
WTO Accession Training Courses and Certificate Program in Commercial Diplomacy in the
Centre for Trade Policy and Law (Ottawa, Canada).
She teaches such courses as: International Economics, International Organizations,
International Regional Integration, International Economic Activity of Ukraine. Victoriia is the
author of more than 20 scientific publications. Her academic interests focus on International
regional integration and International economic activity of Ukraine.

Liudmyla Petrenko
PhD, Associate Professor
(Information Systems and Innovation Management)
Liudmyla Petrenko, PhD in Economics, is an Associate Professor at the Department of Business
Economics. She got an extensive research experience at the Institute of Economic
Development Studies, Institute of Innovative Entrepreneurship with the research in the
innovative entrepreneurship and innovative development of enterprises, commercialization of
intellectual property and technology transfer. Author, co-author and scientific moderator of
university courses: "Innovation Management", "Business Economics", "Innovative economics
and organization of business", "Reputation Management". The area of her scientific research is
Business Economics (7 books, 17 journal articles, 15 conference papers).
 Anastasiia Rykunich
PhD, Associate Professor (Operations Management)
Anastasiia Rykunich has her Master degree in International Economics and Management from
Kyiv National Economic University and Master of Business Administration from Northwood
University in Michigan (USA). In 2012 she took a one year internship as a Project Assistant at
Hong Kong Polytechnic University (P.R. China) teaching International Economics. Since 2013
she has been working at the Kyiv Central Design Bureau of Valves as a Project Manager in
charge of company's development. In 2015 obtained PhD in Economics with the thesis
research "Management of Infrastructure at the Machine Building Enterprises of Ukraine".
Professional training programs include VP Marketing Role during Business Simulation at DeVos
Graduate School of Management, specialized courses: International Marketing, Banking and
Finance at Heinrich Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany, and Strategic Management,
Logistics and Supply Management at Vienna University of Economics and Business
Administration, Vienna, Austria. Scientific research in enterprise economics comprises 10
journal articles and 5 conference papers.

Hanna Zholnerchyk
PhD, Associate Professor (Financial Management)
Hanna Zholnerchyk, PhD in Economics, is an Associate Professor at the Department of
Corporate Finance. She got her practical skills at Ukrainian Association of Leasing, “USAid
Ukraine”. During her academic experience, she gained the certificate with distinction at IESE
Business School (Barcelona) for the course “Corporate Finance Essentials”. Currently, Hanna
Zholnerchyk teaches the courses “Financial Management” and “Innovations in Financial
Management”.

Ivan Ryabokon
Assistant Professor (Personnel Management)
Ivan Ryabokon, a PhD candidate, is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Human
Resources Management and Labour Economics. He got a diversified practical experience at the
Human Resources Department of the Ministry of Finances of Ukraine and Kyiv local committee
of international organization AIESEC. Participated in a joint Polish-Ukrainian research group on
social inequality in European countries. Delivered a Human Resources Management course at
the University of Redlands, USA in 2017.