Vasyl has been with CFC Big Ideas since its inception in 2002. He advises clients on corporate communications, investor relations and public affairs. He has over 15 years of experience helping international clients develop solid relationships with government, civil society and local community stakeholders in Ukraine. He also delivered client engagement solutions for the corporate and individual customers in Washington, London, Brussels, Frankfurt, Davos and the Gulf.
Vasyl is a co-founder of Ukraine Crisis Media Center, a media NGO set up in 2014 aimed at amplifying Ukraine’s voice internationally. Vasyl was a co-founder of Professional Government Association, which united Western University alumni to assist Ukrainian government with economic reforms. He was a chairman of the PGA’s board in 2015–2016.
Vasyl holds MSc in international political economy from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He graduated from the Swedish Institute Management Program, an executive program focused on sustainability. He is also a graduate of Global Village for Future Leaders of Business and Industry program at Iacocca Institute, Lehigh University and Canada-Ukraine Parliamentary Program. He was a Marshall Memorial Fellow in 2019, a prestigious leadership program administered by the German Marshall Fund of the United States.
Takes part in
Coalition Building, Third Party Endorsements and Think Tanks
- How to assess the landscape, build up and foster partnerships and then end up winning coalitions under new conditions
- How stakeholder resources (e.g., money, political, and community connections) shape the composition of coalitions and affect formal and informal relationships within
- What makes third-party endorsements succeed or fail
- How to manage escalating conflicts that arise amid coalition governance and handle them without undermining its foundations