On January 22, 2009, Peter Ellqvist, President of Kiev Golf Club & Diplomat Club, attended EBA Ad-hoc Anti-Crisis Working Group.

This round table about economic turmoil in Ukraine was very timely. It brought together EBA Board members and Committee Chairs, who present different business sectors. The meeting intended to establish a crucial dialogue with the EBA community, to share viewpoints and develop forecasts on business activities in Ukraine for 2009.


The list of participants of the round table included such EBA BM and CC as:

• Trond Moe, EBA Board member, Telenor
• Bruno Le Cicle, EBA Board member, Nestle
• Maarten Durville, EBA Board member, Philips Ukraine LLC
• Beate Shober, EBA Board member, ABEA Ltd
• Maximillian Egger, EBA Board member , Siemens
• Terry Pickard, EBA Board member, NAI Pickard
• Olena Kalabanya, EBA Regulatory Affairs Committee Chair, 3M
• Volodymyr Kotenko, EBA Tax Committee Chair, Ernst & Young,
• Andrii Pavlyk, EBA Mineral Wool Insulation Committee, Knauf
• Yuri Kushnir, EBA Legal Committee Co-Chair, KUSHNIR, YAKYMYAK & PARTNERS
• Maryna Rymarenko, EBA Marketing Committee Chair, DEOL Partners.

The issues of regulatory environment, taxes, financial sector and construction aspects were in the center of attention. In addition, the Working Group examined certain business cases under the current economic crisis. day after Peter Ellqvist met again with the EBA President Trond Moe at the European Commission.

The day after, Peter Ellqvist met again with the EBA President Trond Moe at the European Commission.