Speakers

Yuriy Butsa studied economics at the National University “ Kyiv Mohyla Academy” where he obtained his bachelor's degree (2005) as well as at the Central-European University in Budapest where he received his master's degree in 2008. Having finished his studies at Kyiv Mohyla Academy, Mr. Butsa started to work at the State Commission for Securities and Stock Market. After his return from Hungary in 2008 he was appointed as the deputy head of the representative office of the Warsaw Stock Exchange where he was in charge of attracting capital for Ukrainian companies. In 2010, Yuriy Butsa joined the Coordination Center for Economic Reforms where he was involved in the elaboration of legislation aimed to reform the Ukrainian financial sector, in particular, improving corporate governance at joint-stock companies, introducing new instruments on the financial market as well as improving the operations of the banking sector and to improve the business climate. In 2015, Yuriy Butsa was appointed as a commissioner in National Securities and Stock Market Commission. His area of responsibility included corporate governance and finance, implementation of EU capital markets directives in the Ukrainian legislation as well as the improvement of stock market instruments. On May 5, 2016, Yuriy Butsa was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Finance for European Integration, where his portfolio included IFI cooperation, state-owned banks management as well as public debt management. On July 26, 2018, Yuriy Butsa was appointed to the position of Government Commissioner for Public Debt Management. On June 19, 2019, Mr. Butsa was appointed as a Member of the Supervisory Board of Ukreximbank as a representative of the state. Yuriy Butsa had received the award in the category " Most Impressive Funding Official" in GlobalCapital Bond Awards in consecutive years in 2020 and 2021. On June 22, 2022, Yuriy Butsa was recognized as the Most Impressive CEE Funding Official by GlobalCapital's Bond Awards 2022. Mr. Butsa speaks English and Polish.