Team

None of us is as smart as all of us together ⓒ Ken Blanchard

Management

Allan Pagh Kristensen
Allan Pagh Kristensen
Head of the EU Anti-Corruption Initiative
The Head of the EUACI is overall responsible for the program's work. He manages staff, provides guidance, sets priorities, and represents the program. Allan has a career as a Danish diplomat, holding various positions at the Danish Foreign Ministry and at embassies abroad, including Riga, Tel Aviv, and Vienna.
Iryna Shyba
Iryna Shyba
Deputy Head of the EU Anti-Corruption Initiative
Jan Hindhede Justsen
Jan Hindhede Justsen
Head of Administration

Component Managers

Solomiia Borshosh
Solomiia Borshosh
Team Lead of the Component Supporting anti-corruption institutions
Taras Sluchyk
Taras Sluchyk
Team Lead of Components Integrity Cities and Integrity Reconstruction
Taras is responsible for coordinating cooperation with partner cities and the Government in the field of recovery and risk minimization. For more than ten years, Taras has been effectively implementing projects together with local self-government bodies and has extensive experience in successful cooperation with international technical assistance programs.
Sofiia Golota
Sofiia Golota
Team Lead of the Component Supporting media and civil society

Experts

Evheniya Medvedenko
Evheniya Medvedenko
Procurement and accounting expert
Evheniya works with the procurement, tenders and management of the contracts as well as the financial issues to ensure the effective and smooth operation of the EUACI office. She has more than 8 years of experience in procurement, grant management, accounting and audit within the international organizations in Ukraine.
Ievgen Romanenko
Ievgen Romanenko
Project Manager in the field of Anti-Corruption
Ievgen is working on supporting anti-corruption reforms and infrastructure in Ukraine. He cooperates with the National Agency on Corruption Prevention, Parliament’s Committee on Anti-Corruption Policy and other public institutions involved into corruption prevention activities. He has more than 12 years of professional experience in the field of corruption prevention activities, international technical assistance projects' implementation, law, economic development, international relations and national policies' development.
Iryna Lazebna
Iryna Lazebna
Administrative Assistant
Iryna is responsible for managing the office's day-to-day administrative tasks, including coordinating program activities and maintaining communications with all staff. She provides ad hoc support as to translation and interpretation and assists in organizing travel and accommodation arrangements for staff and external parties. She performed as a People Advisory Specialist, overseeing the entire employee lifecycle within the company. Previous administrative and managerial roles provided Iryna a strong understanding of organizational processes.
Olena Ohorodnik
Olena Ohorodnik
Senior Project Manager for Integrity Cities
Olena is responsible for support cities in war-affected areas in enhancing integrity in the reconstruction process and cooperates with the local self-government of the six Integrity Cities. Olena managed the Transparent Cities programme, working with 100 largest Ukrainian Cities in Transparency International Ukraine. Managed the Kyiv Smart City Forum (2018-2019) in Kyiv Smart City Initiative.
Olha Kolodochka
Olha Kolodochka
Project Expert for Integrity Reconstruction Projects
Olha is responsible for supporting the implementation of projects for transparency and accountability in Ukraine`s recovery and reconstruction process. She assists in supervising, guiding, and coordinating external consultants and experts. Olha used to be an Anti-Corruption officer in Kyiv and Mykolaiv Regional Offices for Restoration and Lecturer at the Chair of Constitutional and Administrative Law and Procedure.
Pavlo Kozak
Pavlo Kozak
Finance Expert
Pavlo ensures that the financial administration of projects fully meets EUACI standards, procedures, and requirements. He prepares and implements annual financial reports and deals with all questions arising in the financial area. He has 11 years of experience working in international projects, beginning with a small NGO in 2013 and ending with the main anticorruption EU project in Ukraine.
Serhii Kononenko
Serhii Kononenko
Information Technology Expert
Serhii is responsible for managing of IT projects for key anti-corruption intitutions. He has spent much of his career working in the defense sector, advancing from an IT engineer to the head of an IT unit. His experience spans both the public and private sectors, including civilian security and defense. Prior to joining the EUACI, he served as an IT expert with the European Union Advisory Mission in Ukraine. Serhii holds a Chief Information Officer Certificate from the U.S. National Defense University and master's degrees in Software Engineering and Information/Analytical Support from national universities.
Vladyslav Hriekhov
Vladyslav Hriekhov
Project Manager for media and civil society empowerment
Vladyslav is working on the engagement with civil society actors in the field of anti-corruption. He implements and supervises the EUACI grants programme and capacity-building activities for EUACI civil society partners to strengthen their capacities. Vladyslav Hriekhov has expertise in enhancing the capacity of civil society, creating effective collaboration between NGOs and government authorities and analyzing and improving legislation in the field of corruption prevention and counteraction. In 2020-2021, he worked as an assistant to a member of parliament. Between 2021 and 2023 he played an important role in conducting reform of the High Council of Justice.
Ulyana Tybinka
Ulyana Tybinka
Project Expert for Integrity Cities
Ulyana is responsible for supporting Integrity Cities in enhancing integrity in the reconstruction process and implementation of good governance and best practices in close cooperation with EUACI’s advisors to the city mayors. She worked for 15 years in the Lviv City Council, where she organized the external activities of Lviv deputies and the exchange of management experience between Lviv deputies and representatives of foreign and Ukrainian cities.
Yana Ryzak
Yana Ryzak
Communication Expert
Yana leads communication of the Program and manages versatile communication activities aimed at raising awareness about the results delivered by the EUACI. She has a PhD in law and served as a manager of educational and awareness-raising projects at the NABU and as prosecutor’s assistant in the prosecutor's office.
Andrii Khymchuk
Andrii Khymchuk
Project Manager in the field of Anti-Corruption
Andrii is in charge of capacity building of the High Anti-Corruption Court and support of the ongoing HACC competition, in particular, with supporting of the Public Council of International Experts. Before the EUACI, Andrii worked at the International Development Law Organization as a Personal Legal Assistant, and at DEJURE Foundation NGO, where his latest position was Senior Lawyer and Digital Transformation Manager.
Anna Martsinkiv
Anna Martsinkiv
Monitoring and Evaluation Expert
Anna is responsible for assessing results, validating assumptions, and identifying learning. She organizes, compiles, and quality-assures EUACI’s reporting. Anna also conducts technical studies of selected activities or partners, ensuring reporting to the EU’s digital platforms. Since 2010, she has had the opportunity to develop an in-house capacity for program monitoring and evaluation at the biggest international programs and philanthropies. During 2018-2020, Anna supported the development of the reform roadmaps (circa 50) and performance indicators for more than a dozen ministries and governmental agencies and trained several hundred civil servants in results-based methodology (RBM).
Anton Marchuk
Anton Marchuk
Senior expert on anti-corruption policy
Carrying out technical analysis of various aspects of anti-corruption policy, legal framework and enforcement practices. Project management of technical assistance to national partners (in particular, to support the EU accession process). Anti-corruption expert consulting non-governmental organizations, international organizations and technical assistance projects on various aspects of anti-corruption and integrity.
Dmytro Iakymchuk
Dmytro Iakymchuk
Senior Project Manager for Integrity Reconstruction Projects
Dmytro implements projects for a transparent, accountable and efficient reconstruction process of Ukraine providing cooperation with the state institutions and other partners. For 5 years, he worked on the staff of the regional state administration and has 10 years of work experience in international organizations and international technical assistance projects on the implementation of anti-corruption, educational, and local self-government reform and decentralization in Ukraine.
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