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• To be successful in Ukraine, you need to forget everything you've ever known before entering its market

  In this LDaily interview, the founder and CEO of S&P Investment Risk Management Agency, Mykola Siutkin, told about the unique experience of multi-year investment protection, the imperfection of the present business system and commented on the high-profile case of persecution of 40 national largest companies on charges of capital withdrawal. 

• The dairy industry issues and other problems

  Renato Ruschyk, the General Director of Lactalis in Ukraine, told LDaily about the main problems of the domestic dairy industry, investments in the country and the role of the European Business Association in the business of his company and partners’ companies.

• The state must become attractive to both people and investors

  Anna Derev​ianko​, ​Executive Director of the European Business Association​, on the prospects of Ukrainian business in 2018.

• We should continue aligning the legislation with EU laws for improving export and making trade free

  Ansgar Bornemann, the General Director of Nestle in Ukraine and Moldova, told LDaily about the recent events in the company, cooperation with the European Business Association, good news for business, and future plans.

• The Kyiv Post’s mission is to encourage and inspire foreigners to come and invest in Ukraine

  Brian Bonner, the editor-in-chief of the first and most popular English-language newspaper in Ukraine, told LDaily about the newspaper’s past and present, about the peculiarities of Ukrainian journalism and the specificity of the local media business.

• Our business will never be successful unless we take care of the people and the country where we work.

  Andreas Lear, General Director of BASF, told LDaily about the company's place in a changing domestic market, its way that took more than a quarter of a century, and the specific situation of the corporate social responsibility: enrichment of products with vitamins, scientific research and raising curiosity for chemistry through educational programs for children.

• Everything depends on the team, the main point is being result-oriented

  Vladimir Osadchuk, the General Director COFCO Agri Resources Ukraine, told LDaily about the peculiarities of the Ukrainian agrarian business, the investment attractiveness of Ukraine, plans for developing the domestic infrastructure and the cooperation within the European Business Association.

• Google Ukraine's strategic goal is letting the country receive all the existing Google products

  Dmitry Sholomko, the Director of Google Ukraine, shared with LDaily the intricacies of making business in the IT sector. Dmitry told us about the features of the Ukrainian digital market, and when our country is going to discover the Google products available in the leading world economies.

• Businesses are expanding to only places with conducive prospects for the growth and synergy

  Paramjit Kahlon has been successfully managing ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih for the last several years. He has already implemented strategic steel projects in India, China, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, and Russia. Mr. Kahlon commented to LDaily on the Ukrainian part of his rich experience and his thoughts about the interaction of large business with both its own employees and the government.

• I have always been and still remain very optimistic about investments in Ukraine

  Taras Lukachuk is the Head of the regional office of one of the world's largest corporations, Jacobs Douwe Egberts. Taras is a graduate of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, and he became the first Ukrainian to head the JDE regional office in his 38. Today, he leads the business in 20 EEMEA countries - Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa. Taras told LDaily about Ukraine's place in the JDE universe, the peculiarities of investing in the Ukrainian economy, cooperation with the state and the most urgent problems and challenges the company has to face in our country.

• The state's respect for transparent businesses finally became visible

  Igor Nazarov, the head of Brown Forman Ukraine, told LDaily about some behind the scenes events of the Ukrainian alcohol market and his luxury segment in particular, about faking and smuggling in the background of the crisis, as well as about how it all relates to the culture of consumption of strong drinks and the specific government's steps.