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Ukrainian Financial & Corporate Growth Summit (Kiev)

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Wednesday, 7th February 2007

08:00	Registrations and refreshments

08:55	Welcoming Remarks from our Chairman – Brian Caplen, Editor, The Banker

Economic Policy
09:05	Session Chairman – Roman Olearchyk, Financial Times Correspondent Ukraine FINANCIAL TIMES Keynote speeches Macroeconomic Outlook and Policies for Ukraine Andrey Kravets, Deputy Minister of Finance of Ukraine Ukraine ’s Economy – Fundamental Trends and Challenges Ahead Olexandr Schlapak, Presidential Secretariat Legal and Institutional Infrastructure for Business – Ukraine’s Securities Maxin Libanov State Securities and Stock Market Commission Banking Supervision and Regulation in Ukraine – the Outlook Oleksander Kireev, Executive Director – Directorate on banking regulation and supervision NATIONAL BANK OF UKRAINE Ukraine’s Business Environment – the Business Perspective Igor Mazepa, CEO CONCORDE CAPITAL Panel Discussion with previous presenters, Question & Answer Session moderated by Roman Olearchyk

10:50	Refreshment break

Developing and Strengthening Ukraine’s Corporate Sector
11:15	Panel: Corporate Governance in Ukraine Assessing the progress and current state of play in Ukrainian corporates’ corporate governance What still needs to be done and how best to do it. How far does the impact of raising international capital or attracting foreign strategic investors go? Corporate governance legislation Panel moderator Ben Aris, Contributing Editor THE BANKER Panellists Jorge Zukoski, President THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE UKRAINE Elena Voloshina, Head of IFC Operations in Ukraine IFC Jaroslawa Johnson, Managing Partner CHADBOURNE & PARK Trond Moe, Head of Telenor's Representative Office in Ukraine

12:10	Energy Efficiency – Vehicle for Corporate Growth The case for raising energy efficiency in Ukraine – reducing costs and vulnerability to energy price rises Investing in energy efficient production processes – possible solutions Case study Kamen Zahariev, Director, Ukraine EBRD

12:35	Corporate Restructuring Case Study – System Capital Management Jock Mendoza Wilson, Director of International and Investor Relations SYSTEMS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

13:00	Lunch break

14:00	Panel: Devising a Sound IPO Strategy Why choose to IPO? What does an IPO entail for Ukrainian companies? Alternative solutions to IPOs IPOs and corporate governance International IPOs – lessons learnt Panel moderator Ben Aris, Contributing Editor THE BANKER Introductory Presentation: Vitaly Strukov, Managing Director, Corporate Finance CONCORDE CAPITAL Panellists Tomas Fiala, Managing Director Dragon Capital Brian Best, Director, Investment Banking DRAGON CAPITAL Jaroslav Kinach, Member of the Board XXI CENTURY INVESTMENTS Armen Khachaturyan, Partner, Chair - Banking, Finance & Securities SHEVCHENKO DIDKOVKSKIY & PARTNERS

15:10	Investing in Ukraine’s Mid-Cap Companies – The Opportunities of Private Equity Private Equity as increasingly popular financing tool The specificities of the Ukrainian landscape Specificities of Ukrainian SMEs and how Private Equity can provide specific solutions Risks and challenges of Ukrainian SMEs Natalie Jaresko, Managing Partner HORIZON CAPTIAL

15:30	Investing in Mid Cap Companies and the Secondary Stock Market: Efficiency Improvement Strategies • Characteristics of the Ukrainian stock market from a private equity investor’s perspective • Different approaches to the formation of a liquid stock market and to stimulating capitalisation growth • Post-placement issues • Selection of an optimal platform for IPO: a brokerage company's point of view. Yury Grigoruk, CEO UFC Capital

15:45	Coffee break

16:10	Panel: Meeting the Challenges of Ukrainian Banking Appraising Ukrainian banks impressive growth – the opportunities, and the risks Improving risk management and corporate governance practices Legislation, International accounting standards, corporate governance – recent developments and challenges ahead Perspectives for consolidation of the Ukrainian banking sector The role of foreign investors; Ukrainian banking landscape in 5 years Panel Moderator Ben Aris, Contributing Editor THE BANKER Introductory presentation - 16.10-16.25 Yaroslav Sovgyra, Vice-President, Senior Analyst Financial Institutions Group, Moody’s Panellists Pavlo Matvienko, Chairman Kyiv Institute of Banking Yaroslav Sovgyra, Vice-President, Senior Analyst Financial Institutions Group, Moody’s Denys Gorbunenko, Chairman of the Board OJSC RODOVID BANK Sergiy Lesyk, Head of Research Millennium Capital Shaym Mehta, Head of Investment Banking Millennium Capital

17:10	Concluding Remarks from our Chairman Brian Caplen

17:15	Reception

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