Based on the open competition, the Board of Transparency International Ukraine appointed Andrii Borovyk the organization’s executive director for a three-year period. He has been leading the organization since 2019.

In total, 57 people applied for the position of the executive director. After studying the documents submitted and conducting interviews, the Board of TI Ukraine decided that Andrii Borovyk is the most suitable candidate for the position.

According to the Charter of the organization, the board members elect the executive director every three years, and the scheduled election was to be held in the spring of 2022. But due to Russia’s full-scale invasion into Ukraine, the competition was declared invalid. The new competition was announced in the fall and ended in December 2022. The elected director will lead the organization until 2025.

“The team of TI Ukraine has been standing strong during the war and continues to work hard. We have reconstruction ahead of us, which, among other things, will entail corruption risks. So there is a lot of work ahead. I am grateful for the trust, and I hope that I will help the organization in this difficult time,” says Andrii Borovyk.

He has been working at Transparency International Ukraine for over 6 years. During this time, the organization has developed and launched the systems Prozorro and Prozorro.Sale, for procurement and sale of state-owned property and public property management, and handed them over to the state. The organization has also developed the transparency and accountability rankings of the 100 largest cities in Ukraine.

Bio

Andrii Borovyk is an expert with more than 5 years of experience in anti-corruption advocacy, business consulting, investment analysis and business processes in the public sector. He graduated from the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy with a degree in economics and obtained a master’s degree in business analysis and consulting from Warwick Business School, UK. He was a member of the Public Council at NABU (2018), a member of the re-certification commission at the Prosecutor General’s Office (2019), a member of the commission for the selection of anti-corruption prosecutors (2020).

Andrii is currently a member of the Board of the RISE Coalition and NAKO, the Ethics Committee of the Ukrainian Network for Integrity and Compliance (UNIC) and the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC). Previously, he served as Chief Administrative Officer in the Office of the Prosecutor General’s Reform and Quality Assurance Division with the Georgia Reform Team and as an investment analyst.

On August 25, the Board of TI Ukraine elected a new head — Olena Kifenko.

Olena has almost ten years of experience in anti-corruption, with civil society and international organizations. In particular, Olena Kifenko previously developed an international direction in TI Ukraine and became not only a witness, but also a participant in the development of the organization — from regional to national. Since July 2021, Olena has been a member of the Board.

Among the powers of the Board are the election of an executive director, approval of the strategic directions of the organization’s activities, the annual budget, etc. Its members are elected at an open competition by the Conference of members of TI Ukraine. The Board consists of five members. The next Board election is due in December 2022 at the Member Conference.

Earlier, Andrii Vyshnevskyi, ex-chair of the Board of Transparency International Ukraine, resigned because of being appointed Deputy Head of the National Agency on Corruption Prevention Oleksandr Novikov.

 

TI Ukraine is an accredited chapter of the global movement Transparency International, with a comprehensive approach to development and implementation of changes for reduction of the corruption levels. 

TI Ukraine administered and transferred to the government such electronic systems as ProZorro, ProZorro.Sale, eHealth, and Prozvit. As an innovation and expert center, the organization has implemented the Cities Transparency and Accountability Rankings and is building the DOZORRO and DOZORRO.Sale community to control public resources.

Chair of the Board of Transparency International Ukraine Andrii Vyshnevskyi has resigned from the organization due to his appointment as deputy head of the NACP, to work with Oleksandr Novikov.

Andrii Vyshnevskyi is a co-founder and head of the professional development program for lawyers Tomorrow’s Lawyer, a management and organizational development consultant, former deputy Minister of Justice, a member of the Supervisory Board of the Coordination Center for Provision of Legal Aid. Andrii was the chair of the board with TI Ukraine for almost four years.

“TI Ukraine is grateful to Andrii Vyshnevskyi for his contribution to the development of the organization. We wish him to successfully overcome today’s challenges in the fight against corruption in his new position,” said Executive Director Andrii Borovyk.

According to the Charter of Transparency International Ukraine CSO, the Board reviews and approves the organization’s strategic focus areas, the annual budget and operational plan, elects the executive director, etc. Its members are elected in an open competition by the Membership Conference of TI Ukraine. The Board consists of five members. The Chair is elected by the vote of 2/3 of the members.

We remind you that Transparency International Ukraine is an accredited chapter of the global movement Transparency International with a comprehensive approach to development and implementation of changes for reduction of the corruption levels.

TI Ukraine has administered and transferred to the government such electronic systems as ProZorro, ProZorro.Sale, eHealth, and ProZvit. In addition, as an innovation and expert center, the organization has implemented City Transparency and Accountability Rankings and is developing the DOZORRO and DOZORRO.Sale communities to monitor public resources.