The Business Ombudsman Council aims to ensure open and trasparent dialogue between business and the state.

Roman Waschuk – retired Canadian diplomat, Business Ombudsman in Ukraine since January 1, 2022

He was born in Toronto (Ontario, Canada), where he graduated from the University of Toronto Schools and completed St. Nicholas Courses on Ukrainian Studies. He studied at the University of Toronto earning a Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Central and Eastern European History.

Roman Waschuk joined the Foreign Service in 1987. In Ottawa, he worked in the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade in the Eastern Europe, European Union, and Policy Planning Divisions, as well as on the Global Partnership, and the Stabilization and Reconstruction Task Force. In the latter position, he managed an annual budget of CAD 125 mn.

Abroad, he worked in the Political/Economic sections of Embassies in Moscow (1988-91), Kyiv (1994-98), and Berlin (2002-2007). Appointed Ambassador of Canada to Serbia in 2011, with concurrent accreditation to Northern Macedonia and Montenegro. Transferred to Kyiv in October 2014, where he served as Ambassador of Canada until October 2019. Co-organized the Conference on Reforms in Ukraine (Toronto, 2019).

Fluent or conversant in English, French, Ukrainian, German, Russian, Polish and Serbian.

Roman Waschuk was awarded the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal and the Presidential Order of Merit – Third Class (Ukraine).

Tetiana Korotka, the Deputy Business Ombudsman was selected by the BOC’s Supervisory Board and appointed by the Government of Ukraine in 2015.

Ms. Korotka has over 20 years of experience working in governance and development across sectors, with a specific interest in inclusive growth and sustainable infrastructure development.

Before joining the Business Ombudsman Council, she worked as Deputy Chief of Party at the international Public-Private Partnership Development Program (2011-2015). Under her leadership, a multi-national team of experts helped the Government of Ukraine to create a legal basis for public investment management and sustainable infrastructure reform with private sector engagement. She initiated and led the PPP & Sustainable Infrastructure Expert Center at the American Chamber of Commerce.

Previously Tetiana has held various high management roles including Corporate Governance Director at PZU Insurance Group (2010-2011), Board member at ING Life (2008-2009), repeatedly advising in cooperation with the EU, the USA, Canada, Sweden and the World Bank to the Prime Minister's Office on the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement & FTA, National Bank of Ukraine and other state financial regulators on financial sector development (2009-2010).

Also, she was a Director of Financial Services Policy and Euro-Atlantic integration of the State Non-Banking Regulatory Authority (2004-2008), responsible for financial sector reforms and harmonization of Ukrainian legislation in accordance with European law. She was a permanent member of the state high-level Negotiating Group Ukraine - WTO, Ukraine - World Bank and IMF, Ukraine - EU.

Tetiana began her career as the Head of the Economic Department (CFO) at the State Nuclear Regulatory Committee. She was responsible for budgeting, risk management, and supervision of three state-owned enterprises (SOEs), managed internal controls, and international donor communication for the EBRD Chornobyl Shelter Fund (CSF) with a budget of 1.6 billion EUR, and played a role in legislative amendments aimed at promoting sustainable development in the energy sector, nuclear power plant decommissioning, and radioactive waste management in compliance with IAEA and EU standards (1999 – 2004).

Widely recognized for her efforts in Ukraine’s governance reform process, Tetiana was awarded by the President of the Italian Republic and became a Knight of the Order of the Star of Italy (Cavaliere dell'Ordine Della Stella d'Italia) for her contribution to the G7 Group of Ambassadors for Reform (2020), as well as awarded by the Prime-Minister of Ukraine for contribution to financial services market development and successful WTO accession (2009).

Tetiana Korotka earned her bachelor’s degree in Economics and master’s degree in Finance from the Kyiv National Economic University. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics, and her education includes post-graduate education at the London School of Economics and Political Science, an MBA from the Steinbeis-Hochschule-Berlin (Institute of International Business Relations).

Chief Legal Officer

Yuliia is an experienced lawyer and manager. She managed teams and corporate functions in law, corporate ethics and compliance, and corporate governance fields at large international companies in FMCG and building materials sectors, as well as at a large state-owned energy company.

Prior to her career in the corporate sector, she practiced law for a long time at a leading global law firm in the USA and Ukraine.

Yuliia got a law degree from the Lviv State University (1998) and John Marshall Law School (1999). She also earned an MBA degree from the London Business School (2013).