Forbes Ukraine, in partnership with Korn Ferry, has recently released its ranking of Ukraine’s most influential CEOs. This list brings together 303 leaders across 33 industries who are steering their businesses through unprecedented challenges. We’re proud to see Ivan Gerasymovych, Chuck Valceschini, and Oleksiy Zayets among these top executives.

Next week, during the heating season that has begun, the State Geology and Subsoil Service of Ukraine may block gas production at three fields in Poltava and Kharkiv regions. This will be the second time that domestic companies will be banned from producing gas on sanctions grounds, and the Ukrainian people, by decision of their own state, will stop benefiting from the subsoil transferred for use.

Businesses within the Smart Holding Group have paid 915.781 million UAH in taxes over the first nine months of 2024 to support Ukraine’s economic resilience during wartime. Since the start of the full-scale conflict, the Group and its businesses have collectively directed nearly 7 billion UAH to budgets at various levels. Additionally, more than 2.8 billion UAH has been allocated for humanitarian support to Ukrainian citizens and aid for the Armed Forces.

The Smart-Holding Group has transferred a 300 kW industrial electric generator to the Heart Institute of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine. The equipment will provide the diagnostic department with alternative power in case of blackouts.

Smart Holding, an investment-industrial group, announces changes in the company’s leadership. Julia Kiryanova, who has held the role of CEO, has decided to leave the company. Responsibility for the management and strategic development of the Group will now be assumed by the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Smart Holding, Ivan Gerasymovych.

Oleksandr Blyznyuk has been appointed as the Legal Director of the investment and industrial group Smart Holding. With extensive experience in legal consultancy and corporate representation, Oleksandr brings a wealth of knowledge in safeguarding company interests.

Smart Holding Group has restarted gas production at one of its key sites in the Kharkiv region after more than a year of forced downtime. The company has resumed extraction at the Vasyshchevsky gas field, following the Ukrainian government's decision to reinstate hydrocarbon extraction licences that were suspended in 2023.

Yesterday, the Russian army deliberately targeted the national children's hospital, Ohmatdyt. This latest example of the enemy's unprecedented cruelty calls for all of us to unite resources to restore the facility. The speed at which the hospital can resume operations will determine the lives of Ukrainian children. Therefore, Smart Holding is joining the effort to rebuild Ohmatdyt.

Recently, Council of the EU approved a new financing facility — Ukraine Facility, with a volume of 50 billion euros. What is it, and how will it affect Ukrainian economy and business. Julia Kiryanova, CEO of Smart-Holding

We encourage foreign companies to come to Ukraine now and not wait until the war is over. Especially when it comes to western Ukraine, says Yulia Kiryanova, president of the Ukrainian company Smart Holding.