Management
Ivan Svitek
General Manager
Ivan Svitek
General ManagerIvan Svitek is one of the leading experts in finance and banking, as well as a top-level manager with extensive experience in the EU countries, Eastern Europe, Latin America.
In 1991, he served as Advisor to the Minister of Finance of Czechoslovakia, then from 1993 to 1994 – worked for Citibank (Prague, Czech Republic); from 1994 to 1998 – at Pepsi-Cola International in Austria and Czech Republic. From 1998 throughout 2008, Ivan Svitek held the position of Chief Financial Officer, Vice-Chairman of the Board at General Electric – Capital Services; Deputy CEO at GE Capital Bank (Prague, Czech Republic); Leader at GE Consumer Finance (Dublin, Ireland), and President & CEO at GE Money Bank (Sao Paulo, Brazil).
From 2008 throughout 2015, Svitek was Chairman of the Board & CEO at Home Credit Bank in Russia, a part of the Home Credit B.V. holding headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Graduated from Claremont McKenna College in California, U.S.A. (1986-1990), earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, doing double major in economics and political science. In 1993-1994, Ivan Svitek completed the M.B.A. program at INSEAD business school, in France, in particular, was awarded a Master in Business Administration, Finance Specialization.
A Czech by nationality, he is fluent in Czech, English, Portuguese and Russian.
Viktoriya Mykhailo
Chairman of the Management Board
Viktoriya Mykhailo
Chairman of the Management BoardViktoriya Mykhaylo has been Chairman of the Management Board of Alfa-Bank Ukraine since September 2009.
Viktoriya has more than 20 years of successful professional experience in the financial sector of Ukraine, including senior positions at the companies of the Alfa-Group financial and industrial consortium. Under the leadership of Viktoriya Mykhaylo, two major financial institutions – Alfa-Bank Ukraine and Ukrsotsbank are now being merged. Viktoriya Mykhaylo actively participates in the work of the Tax Committee of the Verkhovna Rada and the Independent Association of Banks of Ukraine.
From 2006 to 2009 Viktoriya Mykhaylo served as the General Director of the investment company Alfa Capital (Ukraine). From 2000 to 2006 Viktoriya Mykhaylo worked on the position of Deputy Chairman of the Board of Alfa-Bank Ukraine. From 1995 to 2000 she was Financial Director of Alfa Capital.
In 1994, Viktoriya Mykhaylo graduated from T. Shevchenko Kyiv National University (KNU), majoring in Economics, Research and Project Management. In 1997 she completed postgraduate studies at KNU in Accounting and Audit.
Vitaliy Dydyshko
Director of Risk Management
Vitaliy Dydyshko
Director of Risk ManagementVitaliy Dydyshko was appointed to the position of Director of Risk Management in November 2017 and is responsible for this function at Alfa-Bank Ukraine.
Vitaliy Dydyshko has more than 20 years of successful experience in banks, where he worked in various positions, from economist to director, and significant expertise in implementing large-scale projects on risk management. Prior to joining Alfa-Bank Ukraine, Vitaliy spent the last 7 years being in charge of risk management at affiliated banks of the Sberbank group in the Republic of Belarus and Ukraine.
Vitaliy Dydyshko was born in Belarus. He graduated from the Belarusian State Economic University in Minsk and earned Executive MBA degree from the Moscow School of Management Skolkovo, and the Financial Risk Manager qualification from the Global Association of Risk Professionals.
Igor Viryasov
Vice President, Director of Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Banking
Igor Viryasov
Vice President, Director of Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) BankingIgor Viryasov was appointed to the post of Vice President, Director of Small and Medium Enterprise Banking at Alfa-Bank Ukraine and Ukrsotsbank in January 2018.
Igor Viryasov has over a decade of successful experience in banking industry, including international Western banks. He started working at banking sector in 2005 at Citibank and was responsible for regional sales.
Prior to joining the team of the largest Ukrainian private bank, Igor Viryasov, starting from 2016, headed the corporate sales channel at VTB24. Previously, he spent six years creating and developing corporate business at HOME CREDIT BANK, where he held leadership roles. From 2008 to 2010, Igor Viryasov headed the corporate sales channel at BARCLAYS bank.
Igor Viryasov also has experience in FMCG sector, where he worked from 2001 to 2005, before moving to the banking industry.
Igor Viryasov holds Masters Degrees in technical and economic sciences.
Aleksey Karchazhkin
Vice President, Director of Retail Business
Aleksey Karchazhkin
Vice President, Director of Retail BusinessIn September, 2017 Aleksey Karchazhkin was appointed to the position of Vice President, Retail Business Director at Alfa-Bank Ukraine.
Aleksey Karchazhkin has 20 years of successful experience in senior positions at leading Western and international companies and 15 years of experience in banking.
Before joining the team of Alfa-Bank Ukraine and Ukrsotsbank, Aleksey Karchazhkin headed the retail business departments at the offices of such companies as ASNielsen, Citibank, Barclays Bank, Home Credit & Finance Bank and Bank Otkritie.
Aleksey Karchazhkin earned degrees in System analysis (MAI) and Economics (MSU).
Vladimir Lototskyi
Head of Treasury
Vladimir Lototskyi
Head of TreasuryMr. Lototskyi joined Alfa-Bank Ukraine in July 2008. He has over 15 years of experience in the banking sector, of which more than ten years were in treasury and financial markets. Prior to his current role, Mr. Lototskyi held the position of Deputy Head of Risk Management of Alfa-Bank Ukraine. From 2002 to 2008, he headed the Treasury Division in ProCredit Bank. Between 1997 and 2001, he worked at Express-Bank after having graduated from Kyiv National Economic University.
Miroslav Lukac
First vice-president, head of corporate and investment business
Miroslav Lukac
First vice-president, head of corporate and investment businessMiroslav Lukac has 20+ years of managerial experience in international brands such as Citibank where he spent 13 years in managerial positions in corporate banking, Erste Group, EBRD, etc. In recent years the banker has been actively involved in development of corporate and investment banking activities in our region.
Miroslav Lukac was born in Presov, Slovakia, graduated from the Bratislava University of Economics, specializing in international trade and finance. Miroslav Lukac is fluent in Slovak, Czech, Russian, English and about to start learning Ukrainian.
Elena Lukyanchuk
Director of Operations
Elena Lukyanchuk
Director of OperationsMs. Olena Lukyanchuk joined Alfa Bank Ukraine in March of 2007 and has over 10 years of banking experience. Previously, she was employed as Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board and Operations Director of Renaissance Capital Bank (Ukraine). From 2002 to 2005 she was head of internal audit and operational risk management department at ING Bank Ukraine after work in the audit and accounting department at Arthur Anderson from 1997 to 2002. Ms Lukyanchuk earned a degree in external relations management and is a member of the ACCA.
Victoria Pivneva
Vice President, Director of private banking
Victoria Pivneva
Vice President, Director of private bankingVictoria has over 11 years of banking experience. In 2008, she joined the UniCreditGroup team and served as Head of retail risk and credit portfolio department.
During the integration process between UniCreditBank and Ukrsotsbank Victoria was a member of the group of key specialists on the integration of the two banks. After the merger, from December 2013, Victoria was responsible for managing and developing private banking business of the united bank.
Since 2016, Viktoria Pivneva was appointed Director of private banking, sharing leadership of this direction in two banks - Alfa Bank Ukraine and Ukrsotsbank.
Victoria is a graduate of the Kyiv National Economic University and earned a master's degree in banking audit and accounting.
Oleksandr Rogach
Vice President, Head of Security
Oleksandr Rogach
Vice President, Head of SecurityOleksandr Rogach joined Alfa-Bank’s Ukraine team in September 2010 after 25 years’ service with the state security authorities
He earned two specialized university degrees and holds a PhD in technical sciences.
Andrey Sachenko
Director of Information Technology, Member of the Management Board
Andrey Sachenko
Director of Information Technology, Member of the Management BoardAndrey Sachenko joined Alfa-Bank Ukraine in July 2011 with 16 years’ experience in the banking system, nine of which were with Alfa-Bank Russia where he directed the Central Technologies Department. He has extensive expertise in managing cross-function projects and supervising information technology infrastructure for commercial banks.
He received his degree in finance and credit from the Moscow Institute of Finance and Economy.
Dmitry Serezhin
First Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Dmitry Serezhin
First Vice President, Chief Financial OfficerMr. Serezhin was appointed to the position of the First Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of Alfa-Bank Ukraine in February 2012. Prior to his appointment, Dmitry worked for Alfa-Bank Russia, where he held the position of Chief Financial Officer for more than five years. From 2001 to 2005 Dmitry Serezhin worked as First Deputy Chief Accountant of Alfa-Bank Russia.
Before joining Alfa-Bank Russia, Mr. Serezhin worked at large Russian banks, including "СБР-АГРО", where he headed financial and accounting departments.
In 1997, Dmitry graduated from Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics and Informatics with the Degree in Mathematical Methods in Economics, in 2001 he graduated from the Moscow State Law Academy with specializing in Law.
Polina Kharchenko
Compliance and Financial Monitoring Director
Polina Kharchenko
Compliance and Financial Monitoring DirectorOn March 1, 2018 Polina Kharchenko was appointed to the position of Director for Compliance Control and Financial Monitoring of Alfa-Bank Ukraine.
Polina Kharchenko has more than 23-years’ experience of successful work in the banking sector, including 15 years of experience in management positions.
Before joining the team of Alfa-Bank Ukraine and Ukrsotsbank Polina Kharchenko headed the financial monitoring department of "UKRGAZBANK". Since 2008, she worked at PJSC "Prominvestbank" as the director of the financial monitoring department, and then the director of compliance department and served as a member of the board of directors of the bank. Prior to 2008, Polina Kharchenko held various leading positions at PJSC Prominvestbank.
Polina Kharchenko earned two higher education degrees at the Kyiv Institute of Banking and the Ternopil Academy of National Economy (banking).
Polina Kharchenko is the head of the working group on financial monitoring at the Independent Association of Ukrainian Banks (NABU).
Svitlana Cherkay
Director of sales and distribution
Svitlana Cherkay
Director of sales and distributionMs Cherkay joined the Alfa-Bank Ukraine team in September of 2014 bringing with her an extensive background in banking. Earlier, she worked as Director of Sales and Management Board Member at Piraeus Bank, and served as Deputy Chairman of the Management Board at Erste Bank. Earlier, she held a number of management positions at Aval Bank.
Ms Cherkay in 1996 graduated from the Taras Shevchenko National University with a degree in Finance and Credit and from 2008 to 2010 studied in a special executive management program of the Institute for Economics and Business, Vienna, Austria.
Tatyana Chernenko
Director of Strategic Marketing
Tatyana Chernenko
Director of Strategic MarketingTatyana joined the Alfa-Bank Ukraine team in October 2013 with 17 years work experience in marketing of which the last 8 years were in banking at FUIB and Universal Bank. Her previous experience included executive positions in marketing for both domestic and international FMCG marketers. She has two higher educations (philological and economic) and completed marketing courses at the Chartered Institute of Marketing (Advanced Certificate in Marketing).
Roman Shpek
Senior adviser of Alfa-Bank Ukraine, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Roman Shpek
Senior adviser of Alfa-Bank Ukraine, Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryRoman Shpeck joined Alfa-Bank Ukraine in 2008 as Vice President and was subsequently appointed Senior Advisor to Alfa-Bank Ukraine. He also chairs the Board of the Independent Association of Ukrainian Banks (NABU) and was a member of the Board of the National Bank of Ukraine in 2010-2015.
Roman Shpeck is a famous Ukrainian statesman and diplomat. In 2000 - 2008 GG he led the Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the European Union, and during 1996-2000 - The National Agency for Reconstruction and Development, and then - The National Agency for Development and European Integration
In 1995-1996, Mr. Shpeck has been the Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine on economic issues, and in 1993-1995 he was the Minister of Economy of Ukraine. In 1992-1993 - he was the Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine.
Roman Shpeck graduated from the Lviv Forestry Engineering Institute, specializing in "Engineer" (1976), and the International Institute of Management, Business Administration has a master's degree in International Economics (1991).
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