Management

  Anton Shyshkin
MCB Agricole Holding  AG President

  • Anton Shyshkin's career began in 1986 soon after completing studies at the Physics Department of the Lomonosov Moscow State University.

  • Mr. Shyshkin is a co-founder of Ukrzernoprom Agro and the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of both CJSV Ukrzernoprom and Ukrzernoprom Agro.

  • Mr. Shyshkin has made noticeable contributions to the progress of the agro-industrial complex and processing industry of Ukraine. He was awarded two state honors of Ukraine “For [his] Services” (grades III and II) to fruitful and productive work, which made a significant contribution to agricultural processes and productivity in Ukraine.  

  • For his services and charitable work with the Orthodox Church, Mr. Shyshkin was awarded the Order of Prince Volodymyr (grade III) and the Order of Saint Illya Muromets.

  • Mr. Shyshkin was also awarded a Certificate of the Verkhovna Rada “For Services to the Ukrainian People”.

 

  Eugene Leng
Ukrzernoprom Agro LLC        CEO

  • Mr. Eugene Leng is the Chief Executive Officer of Ukrzernoprom Agro, having started as one of the Сompany’s founding shareholders in 2001. Prior to that, Leng owned and managed various businesses, including oil product distribution, banking, machinery supply and other businesses.
  • Mr. Leng has work experience throughout the world, including Central Europe, the Middle East (Bahrain), the Russian Federation, and South East Asia. Prior to beginning his business career in 1989, Leng was a reporter and editor for a Russian news agency while based in both Moscow and Saigon.
  • After obtaining his Master’s degree in Oriental Studies from Moscow University (1982), Mr. Leng received his second Master’s degree in International Finance and Business from Columbia University in New York, NY (1998).
  • Mr. Leng was also awarded a certificate specializing in economies in transition from the Harriman Institute at Columbia University, which is the oldest US academic center devoted to the study of the Soviet Union and post-communist states.
  • He is fluent in English, Russian, Ukrainian and Vietnamese.
  • For his merits and charitable work for the Orthodox Church, Mr. Leng was awarded the Order of Prince Volodymyr (III degree) and the Order of Saint Illya Muromets.
  • President Victor Yushchenko awarded to Mr.Leng the rank of “Honored Worker of Agriculture of Ukraine”.

 

  Fyodor Vlad
COO

  • Fyodor Vlad graduated with honors from Odessa Agricultural Institute, Department of Agrarian Science and from the Odesa Regional School of the Ukrainian Academy of Public Administration with a Master’s Degree in Public Administration.
  • Fyodor Vlad worked in the agricultural industry for 18 years including 15 years as a manager: director of the Borodinskoye State Farm (Odessa Region), director of Berezinskiy Elevator, the Head of the Management Board of Pererobnyk (the city of Krivoy Rog).
  • Mr. Vlad was elected twice to the Odesa Regional Council; in 2005 he accepted the position of Regional Council Speaker.
  • Beginning in 2006 Fyodor Vlad worked at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine and held the position of First Deputy of the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, responsible for all the financial and economical operations of the ministry as well as for supply.

 

  Mikhail Golubitsky
CFO

  • Mikhail Golubitsky graduated from the Moscow Institute of Transport Engineers in 1979 (Department of Automation and Computer Science). He then worked in management development and navigation in the aviation industry until 1990.
  • In 1998-2001, Mikhail held the position of Commercial Director of the Ukrpetroleum group of companies (petroleum refining, oil products sales, construction and development of gas station networks etc.).
  • Mr. Mikhail Golubitsky was also a co-founder of CJSC Ukrzernoprom. Mikhail Golubitsky has been company CFO since 2002.

   

  Victor Esypenko
Chief Agronomist

  • In 1995, Victor entered Kharkov State Agrarian University where he successfully studied Agrarian Chemistry and Soils. In 1996, he continued studies in Accounting and Audit in Agriculture at the same University.
  • His career started in 1996 at the Shlyakh Zhovtnya agrarian enterprise as an Agronomist. In 1998 he was promoted to Chief Accountant, and later in 1999 he was elected to be the Head of the Management Board.   
  • Starting in 2002 Victor worked in several Ukrzernoprom subsidiaries (Ukrzernoprom Polissya LLC and SE Zernyatko) as an accountant and economist until 2005. 
  • Since 2005, he has been the Chief Agronomist at Ukrzernoprom. 

 

  Olexandr Petrenko
Senior Manager

  • Having graduated from Tarashchanskiy Agro-Technical College in 1998, Mr. Petrenko entered the National Agrarian University and successfully graduated in 2003 with an Economist and Accountant Certificate.
  • From 2003 to 2004, Mr. Petrenko worked as a controlling inspector in the Supervision and Auditing Service of Kiev.
  • In 2004-2005, he worked as a Chief Controlling Inspector in the Central Supervision and Auditing Service of Ukraine in resource exploitation and environment. 
  • In 2005, he joined the Company’s subsidiary МТS-Harvesting as a manager. Currently, he works in the management division of Ukrzernoprom Agro. 

 

Viktor Panasenko
Security Director

  • Mr. Viktor Pogromskiy has a law degree. He began his career in law enforcement in 1984. From 1998 until 2006, Mr. Pogromskiy worked at the State Tax Administration where he held the positions of Deputy Chief of the Central Department of the Tax Police, and Deputy Chief of Service for Fighting Organized Crimes within the state tax service bodies.
  • Before joining Ukrzernoprom Agro LLC in 2008, he worked at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, holding positions of First Deputy Chief of the Central Department of Service for Fighting Organized Crimes – Chief of Internal Security Service, and was the Advisor to the Minister in the Office of the Ministry.