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

Anka Feldhusen is a German diplomat with more than thirty years of experience at the Federal Foreign Office of Germany. During 2023-2025, she served as Director for Civilian Crisis Prevention and Stabilization, where she led a team of 100 staff members and coordinated the use of a budget of approximately €500 million.

From 2019 to 2023, she headed the German Embassy in Ukraine, playing a key role in the development of German-Ukrainian relations. She managed a staff of up to 170 employees and oversaw the evacuation and restructuring of the embassy following the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022.

Prior to this, Anka Feldhusen served as Head of Department at the Office of the Federal President of Germany (2016–2019), where she was responsible for foreign policy matters and advised the President on international affairs. In 2015–2016, she led the Regional Department for East Africa, the Horn of Africa, and Sudan at the German Federal Foreign Office, setting strategic objectives and supporting the work of a network of ten embassies.

She has extensive diplomatic experience in Ukraine: from 2010 to 2015 she served as Deputy Head of Mission in Kyiv, and from 1994 to 1997 she headed the embassy’s Press and Protocol Section. Earlier in her career, she worked in Havana as Deputy Head of Mission (2002–2005), led internal training at the Foreign Service Academy (2005–2009), served as a protocol coordinator, and represented Germany in Kosovo as Head of the Prizren Coordination Office.

She holds a Master’s degree in International Relations from the Fletcher School (USA), a diploma from the Diplomatic Academy of the German Federal Foreign Office, and a Master’s degree in Political Science from the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po). She previously studied political science as well as Russian and English at Kiel University.

She is fluent in German (native), English, Ukrainian, and French, and has a B2 level of proficiency in Spanish and Russian.

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

Yulia 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.

Yulia 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).