Partnership with banks:
how SMEs can attract financing

Presentations
Business creditworthiness
Ruslan Kyselov

Head of Small Business Department, PrivatBank

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Risk management: which clients are banks fiercely competing for?
Iryna Famera

Director of the Corporate Business Center of the Central Region, Raiffeisen Bank

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Pledge as a tool to cover risks on business loans
Natalia Zgoba

Director of Business Development and International Partnership Department, Kredobank

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Alternative financial instruments:
practical application for SMEs

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The role of insurance in ensuring business sustainability
Andrіі Semchenko

Corporate Business Director at INGO

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Financial leasing: opportunities, conditions, examples for business
Yurii Kucherenko

SME business Director at OTP Leasing

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Factoring for SMEs: how the tool works and what it brings to business
Liudmyla Beldynska

Head of Factoring Department at Groupe Crédit Agricole

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Conference “Investment Readiness of SMEs: Partnership for Sustainable Development”

  • June 13, 2025, 1:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
  • KSE ICU Event Hall, Kyiv

Investment readiness of SMEs:
challenges, expectations, and role in post-war reconstruction

Panel discussion
Investment readiness of SMEs

Challenges, expectations, and role in post-war reconstruction

Partnership with banks:
how SMEs can secure financing

Business creditworthiness
Ruslan Kyselov

Head of Small Business Department, PrivatBank

Risk management: what kind of customer banks are fiercely competing for
Iryna Famera

Director of the Corporate Business Center of the Central Region, Raiffeisen Bank

Pledge as a tool to cover risks on business loans
Natalia Zgoba

Director of Business Development and International Partnership Department, Kredobank

Investment lending and support for relocated businesses
Yuliya Zhulanova

Head of Credit and Support MSME Department, JSC Oschadbank

Alternative financial instruments:
practical application for SMEs

Role of insurance in ensuring business sustainability
Andrіі Semchenko

Corporate Business Director at INGO

Financial leasing: opportunities, conditions, examples for business
Yurii Kucherenko

SME business Director at OTP Leasing

Factoring for SMEs: how the tool works and what it brings to business
Liudmyla Beldynska

Head of Factoring Department at Groupe Crédit Agricole

Company cases

From idea to global market: the story of Goodevas
Oleksandr Vitko

Deputy Financial Director at Goodevas LLC

Financing a startup from garage to international business
Yaroslav Lysak

CEO & Founder of Neverdark

Additional materials

Read guides, templates, research, and additional literature from the conference speakers.
  • Handbooks
    A guide to raising funds from the KSE Institute
    PDF
  • Analytics
    Macroeconomic handbook from the KSE Institute
    PDF

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