Board of Directors

Viktor Ivanchyk is one of the founders of Astarta and a 50% beneficial shareholder.

He graduated from Kharkiv Aviation Institute named after N. E. Zhukovsky (1979) and from the French Business School in Toulouse (1994).

Prior to founding Astarta in 1993, he worked for the Kyiv Aviation Industrial Association (KiAPO) and then served at the state service. In 1993 he founded Astarta-Kyiv, whose General Director he has been since then.

In 2005 he became a Deputy Chairman of the Counsel of the National Association of Sugar Producers of Ukraine "Ukrtsukor". 

In 2007 he graduated from the International Management Institute (IMI Kyiv) on a Senior Executive MBA Programme.

Mr. Ivanchyk has, in the previous five years, been a member of the governing bodies of the following entities: Firm Astarta-Center OJSC and Poltavarybgosp OJSC. Mr. Ivanchyk is still holding the position in Firm Astarta-Center OJSC.

Petro Rybin serves as an executive director A with the Company. Prior to joining the company in 1996, Mr. Rybin worked for the Kyiv Aviation Industrial Association (KiAPO) (1982-1989) and held position of a deputy Director and then Director of youth scientific-technical center "Alternative" (1989-1996).

He graduated from Dnipropetrovsk State University in 1980 and from All-Soviet Union Financial and Economic Institute (1991). In 2005 he took a course of the assets management in the Ukrainian institute for stock market development. In 2007 he graduated from International Management Institute (IMI Kyiv) on a Senior Executive MBA Program.

Mr. Rybin has, in the previous five years, been a member of the governing bodies of the following entities: Trade House "APO Tsukrovyk Poltavshyny" LLC and APO Tsukrovyk Poltavshyny", OJSC. Mr. Rybin is still holding the position in Trade House "APO Tsukrovyk Poltavshyny" LLC.

Marc van Campen was appointed Executive Board member in 2006.

He graduated with a master`s in law from the University of Nijmegen in 1968.

Prior to joining the company, he served in several positions with Océ Van der Grinten N.V. and most recently, until 2002, as a general counsel of Amstelland N.V. a Dutch company listed on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange and at that time one of the largest companies in the Netherlands in the field of construction and project development.

Mr. van Campen has, in the previous five years, been the General Counsel of NBM-Amstelland N.V., the Chairman of the Board of NBM-Amstelland Insurance AG, Zug (CH), Director at Montferland Beheer BV, Schoonhoven, Director at Nice Group BV, Amsterdam, Director at GMT (PEP com) BV, Amsterdam, the Director at Sympak International BV, Amsterdam, and at M.M.L.J. van Campen Stamrecht B.V. Mr. van Campen is still holding the positions in the following entities: Montferland Beheer BV, Nice Group BV, GMT (PEP com) BV, Sympak International BV, M.M.L.J. van Campen Stamrecht B.V.

Valery Korokov was appointed Non-executive Director in 2006.

Valery Korotkov became a 50% beneficial shareholder of Astarta in 2003. Between 1992 and 1999 he worked as a director for a number of Russian companies, such as Rosmark, MPVoil, Rosneft-Zapad, Rosagronefteproduct, TNKinvestneft, Municipal Unitary Enterprise "Poklonnaya Gora" and then for 6 years he was a deputy general director of the Financial Company "Agronefteproduct".

Since April 2005 he has been the deputy General Director at "Rusmark-M" Ltd. based in Moscow.

He graduated from the Kharkiv Institute of the Engineers of Communal Construction (1985). In 1990 he obtained the degree of Candidate of engineering sciences and in 2002 he graduated from the University College Kensington and obtained a degree of a Master of business administration.

Mr. Korotkov has, in the previous five years, been a member of the governing bodies of the following entities: Financial Company "Agronefteproduct", "Rusmark-M" Ltd. and Itera Invest Holding Ltd. Mr. Korotkov is still holding the positions in "Rusmark-M" Ltd. and Itera Invest Holding Ltd.

Władysław Bartoszewski was appointed Non-executive Director in 2006.

Władysław Bartoszewski, PhD, is graduate of the University of Warsaw and University of Cambridge. He works for Central Europe Trust Co. Ltd, an investment banking firm based in Warsaw and Moscow. Between 2000-2003 he was of head of Polish corporate finance operations of ING Barings, having joined from JP Morgan, where he worked from 1997 as a head of the Warsaw office. Between 1989 and 1990 was a lecturer in Russian, Soviet and East European studies at Oxford University, following which he joined Central Europe Trust until 1997.

Mr. Bartoszewski has, in the previous five years, been a member of the governing bodies of Central Europe Trust Company Limited. He is still holding the position in Central Europe Trust Company Limited.