Olga Bielkova
| Olha Bielkova Ольга Бєлькова | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
16 June 1975 Cherkasy, Ukrainian SSR |
| Nationality | Ukraine |
| Political party | Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform |
| Alma mater |
Harvard Kennedy School of Government Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University Cherkassy State Engineering University |
| Website | http://belkova.com/ |
Olha Valentynivna Bielkova (Ukrainian: Ольга Валентинівна Бєлькова, born 16 June 1975) is a Ukrainian politician and economist.
Education
Olha Bielkova received a master's degree in Public Administration at Harvard Kennedy School of Government in 2011. Olha also got a graduate degree in law at Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University (2001) and graduate degree in economics in Cherkassy State Engineering University (1997).
Career
- 1996–1997 – registrar and accounting specialist for Cherkassy Center of Certification Auctions.
- 1999–2000 – programmer for Myron Reklama LLC.
- 2000–2003 – legal advisor and deputy Director for international nonprofit organization Junior Achievement Ukraine.
- 2003–2006 – Chief of Financial and Administrative Department of an engineering support project Agricultural Marketing Project in Kyiv.
- 2006–2010 – International Projects Director and Financial Administrative Director for philanthropic organization Victor Pinchuk Foundation – Social Initiative.
- 2009–2010 – member of the board of Ukrainian philanthropic organization Ukrainian Philanthropists' Forum on a pro-bono basis.
- Since 2011 – project manager for East One LLC.[1]
- On 12 November 2012 Olga took the oath of the Member of Parliament of Ukraine and started to work with a Parliamentary faction of the Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform of Vitali Klitschko. In 2012 - 2014 Olga served as member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Finance and Banking, Chairman of the Subcommittee on the functioning of payment systems and e-commerce, member of the Special Control Commission on Privatization.
In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election Bielkova was again re-elected into parliament; this time after placing 47th on the electoral list of Petro Poroshenko Bloc.[2][3]
Before elections Bielkova has been the managing partner of EastLabs Company.[1] Her main focus in EastLabs was looking for new teams to finance and creating new development programs for the teams. Previously, she worked as the International Projects Director with executive management team for the Victor Pinchuk Foundation. Olga led projects for Ukraine's integration into the global community, supervised the international grant-making activity, and worked closely with well-known international organizations. Olga managed a private project called WorldWideStudies, which grants master's degree scholarships in leading universities outside Ukraine to young talented Ukrainian students.
References
- 1 2 http://eastlabs.co
- ↑ Poroshenko Bloc to have greatest number of seats in parliament, Ukrinform (8 November 2014)
People's Front 0.33% ahead of Poroshenko Bloc with all ballots counted in Ukraine elections - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014)
Poroshenko Bloc to get 132 seats in parliament - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014) - ↑ (Ukrainian) Full electoral list of Poroshenko Bloc, Ukrayinska Pravda (19 September 2014)
Publications
- Ukraine: The Good, The Bad, and The Irreversible
- In Ukraine's Energy Sector, Failure is Not an Option
- Three priorities for Ukraine's energy agenda
- When Politicians Struggle to Find a Pathway to Peace, Business Must Step It U p
- Economic Success of Ukraine: A Shared Responsibility
External links
- Official Site
- Verkhovna Rada
- Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform (UDAR)
- Personal blog - LB.ua
- Olga Bielkova's Blog on The Huffington Post (in English)
- Publications on KyivPost (in English)