Roman Suprun
Chief GR Officer at Naftogaz of Ukraine- Claim this Profile
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Ukrainian Native or bilingual proficiency
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Russian Native or bilingual proficiency
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English Professional working proficiency
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Spanish Elementary proficiency
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Bio
Credentials
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“Policy Analysis: from theory to action” Program (sessions on policy analysis and soft skills, adapted to the professional needs of policy analysis).
Kyiv School of EconomicsDec, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
State certificate of advanced training “Lawmaking activity”
Ukrainian school of lawmaking (Institute of legislation of the VRU)May, 2015- Nov, 2024 -
Course for MP Assistants
MP Assistant SchoolOct, 2014- Nov, 2024 -
Master of Political Management
PolitPR Free SchoolJul, 2014- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Naftogaz of Ukraine
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Oil and Gas
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200 - 300 Employee
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Chief GR Officer
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Feb 2020 - Present
Chief government relations officer
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Head of GR projects
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Oct 2019 - Feb 2020
Head of government relations projects at one of the largest Ukrainian companies
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Co-founder / Co-author
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Sep 2018 - Present
First Telegram Channel in Ukraine on the developments and decisions of the Ukrainian Parliament (the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine). First Telegram Channel in Ukraine on the developments and decisions of the Ukrainian Parliament (the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine).
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Political party "Holos"
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Ukraine
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Deputy Policy Director
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May 2019 - Sep 2019
Main responsibilities: • Preparation of the pre-election political program (https://goloszmin.org/storage/app/media/program/program.pdf). • Coordination of cooperation with the expert community. • Consultation on issues and preparing the concept of reforming the Ukrainian Parliament. • Management of the analytical department team. Main responsibilities: • Preparation of the pre-election political program (https://goloszmin.org/storage/app/media/program/program.pdf). • Coordination of cooperation with the expert community. • Consultation on issues and preparing the concept of reforming the Ukrainian Parliament. • Management of the analytical department team.
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Senior Adviser to the Minister on Government Affairs and Parliamentary Relations
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Aug 2017 - May 2019
Main responsibilities: • Supporting the governmental bills in the Parliament during all the stages of bills’ passing. • Providing analytics on the bills (issues) of interest for the Prime Minister of Ukraine and the Minister of the CMU. • Developing and advocating the CMU’s positions on the bills, presented in VRU agenda. • Working with the governmental bodies (Ministries) on preparation of the CMU’s conclusions on bills and supporting the governmental bodies on the Parliamentary issues. • Negotiations with the Office of the VRU Head on agenda setting and considering the CMU’s interests. • Organization of communication products preparation for media coverage of governmental legislative priorities and achievements. • Defining the list of priority bills for the Government. • Building a dialogue and coordination on legislative agenda with the NGO-sector. • Advising the Minister of the CMU on issues related to the Parliament work and the government-parliament cooperation. Show less
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PolitEyes
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Украина
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Co-founder / Manager of the project
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May 2016 - Apr 2019
E-platform for reforms advocacy through expertize and civic engagement Main responsibilities: • Developing the concept of the platform, defining lobbying approaches within the project. • Planning and management of advocacy campaigns, incl. digital advocacy via social media. • Processing big data on the Parliament’s activities to prepare and publish lobbying tips based on the Verkhovna Rada’s statistics. • Searching for and preparing the base (list) of experts on the core legislative areas, covered by PolitEyes project: business climate, public finance, energy issues and anti-corruption. • Attraction of experts (assessing the bills) to the platform, coordination of their participation. • Monitoring, preliminary analysis and selection of bills for experts’ evaluation and advocacy. • Facilitating preparation of communication products to deliver key advocacy messages to the relevant stakeholders. • Negotiating with opinion leaders and attracting them to the advocacy campaigns. • General operational management of the project. Accomplishments: • The largest and the most successful digital advocacy (crowd lobbying) campaign carried out in Ukraine (the bill #4496). Introduction, popularization of the concept of “crowd lobbying” into the Ukrainian advocacy / lobbying industry. • 5+ successful advocacy campaigns on the bills in the agenda of PolitEyes project. • 100+ publications in the top Ukrainian media highlighting the advocacy messages prepared within PolitEyes campaigns on the draft laws. • Number of workshops for the GR industry conducted, based on successful practices of lobbying within the project. • 50+ experts attracted to participate in the project and advocacy campaigns. Show less
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Kesarev
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Government Relations Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Government Relations Adviser
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Mar 2014 - Aug 2016
International company consulting on government relations (GR) and public affairs in CIS region. Main responsibilities: • Manage and develop the strategy for GR-campaigns to promote favourable as well as block threatening regulatory initiatives. • Prepare argumentation framework and feasibility studies for advocating clients’ interests among relevant stakeholders, incl. in the Parliamentary Committees and senior management of executive authorities • Represent clients’ interests at international business associations (such as American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine, European Business Association), NGOs and other lobbying platforms. • Participate in and build coalitions and negotiate with allies (representing either business, authorities, MPs or experts) in order to achieve synergy and strengthen the power of advocating clients’ regulatory interests • Prepare regulatory monitoring conclusions (notes, presentations and studies) for the wide range of both international and local clients, discovering specific regulatory opportunities and risks arising. • Reflect clients’ needs into the appropriate letters, requests and appeals to the state stakeholders. • Develop concepts of regulative acts based on the EU legislation and international best practices. • Manage PR-activities (incl. organizing press-conferences, briefing and coordination with media planners and media buyers, etc.), supporting relevant GR-campaigns and projects. Accomplishments and skills gained: • Experience in managing GR and public affairs projects in the following sectors and areas: FMCG, especially food industry (taxation, price regulation, turnover requirements); tobacco industry (excise policy); commodities trading (VAT, approvals and permits); agriculture (taxation regimes in agricultural and food processing industries, seed regulation); personal political image development; etc. Show less
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Investment Banking Analyst
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Aug 2010 - Feb 2014
Ukrainian company specializing in investment banking services. Main responsibilities: • Provide strategic consulting services for Ukrainian and international companies/ business groups. • Conduct market & industry research for identification of strategic investment opportunities. • Develop fitting investment proposals for large private and state enterprises. • Manage projects on non-financial advisory (asset management, operational management consulting). • Carry out macroeconomic research and elaborate economic forecasts. • Conduct financial and operational due-diligence of the companies. • Write reports and prepare presentations on the results of the research held and the opportunities identified. Accomplishments and skills gained: • Developed a sustainable and methodological approach for conducting analysis. • Formed a reasonable vision of market conditions and strategic trends in a broad scope of industries with a focus on: food industry, retail, agriculture, metallurgy, mining industry, oil and gas industry and forestry. • Accumulated a broad base of argumentation on state macroeconomic policy (fiscal, foreign trade, etc.). • Gained expertise in corporate finance and financial modelling as well as financial statements analysis. • Managed projects in Ukraine, Belarus and Russia that helped foster teamwork skills and build cooperation with the partners representing different cultural patterns. • Preparing written and brief results of the analysis developed strong reporting and presentation skills. Show less
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CEO Assistant
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Sep 2008 - Sep 2009
Ukrainian non-life insurance company. Main responsibilities: • Facilitate coordination as well as stable and efficient dialogue between the head office and regional agencies. • Gather and consolidate operational and financial statements from the regional divisions. • Control implementation of the quarterly and annual operational plan by the regional offices. • Identify and analyze the causes of deviations from the approved regional budget performance to provide CEO with advice concerning the recommended management decisions. • Prepare a draft plan for annual consolidated budget. • Assist CEO to establish and organize capital budgeting department. Accomplishments and skills gained: • Developed valuable communicational skills requested in the process of coordination of interaction between central and regional offices. • Gained useful expertize in budget planning and control. • Acquired appropriate management skills while advising and cooperation with CEO as well as communicating and controlling execution of CEO decisions. • Provided profound understanding of the structure organization, management and decision making in a large company, represented in different localities. Show less
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Education
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2007 - 2013
Institute of International Relations of Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University
Master's degree, International Business -
2009 - 2011
Military Institute of Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University
Junior Reserve Lieutenant, Military Finance
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