Our Team

Valerii Tkachenko FOUNDER and CEO

Since 2008 - 2013- worked for Glenfen investment company, as a portfolio assets manager ,sales manager, analytical and independent adviser. 2006 -2008 - I worked as a deputy director for insurance company "Illychiivskaya" Kiev, Ukraine, under investments, strategic marketing and development. 1993-2006-CEO for private firm " TiMax " and the investment manager for " Unilux, LLC ". The basic kinds of activity: Operations on the share market and the market of capitals (the USA and Europe). Work with broker Charles Schwab (USA) and Saxobank (Denmark) Portfolio management. Construction of structures from financial and commodity futures, options, shares, bonds with the purpose of maximization of the income and reduction of a degree of risk. Hedging of risks. Up to 1993 - worked as an engineer for Zaporozhye machine-building design office " Progress ", introduction of control systems by projects: MS Project, SAP. 2007 DIPLOMA Executive MBA at International Management Institute, Geneva - Kiev (Switzerland - Ukraine). The certificate on strategic marketing at Business school and economy, KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN(Belgium) The certificate " Leadership and definition of the purposes " under program TASIS 2005 (Support of the insurance market in Ukraine). July 2007 - Graduate Business Internship Belgium (ING bank). The international certificate - Art of management by projects at company Business Management Consultants (The Art of Project Management from Project Management Institute). The Kharkov Aviation institute, the engineer.

Ivan Istomin ADVISER

PayForce LLC, Ukraine CEO and Co-Founder Retail banking and payments business professional with 18 years’ experience in banking (Kredyt Bank, UkrSibbank, FidoBank, BNP Paribas) and creating and developing profitable business models for banks and retailers. - His proven leadership record includes business strategy development and implementation in the field of B2B2C white label financial services (payment enablement) for banks and retailers (acquiring, peer-to-peer transfers, premium cards, prepaid cards, mobile wallet, HCE NFC, e-money) based on profit sharing model. - Over-performing profitability during the first year of operation (300%) - 7% market share gained in p2p transfers (MasterCard Money Send/VISA Money Transfer) during first year - First in Ukraine HCE NFC mobile wallet (virtual prepaid card) implementation with VISA - First in Ukraine project for United Nations (UN High Commissioner for Refugees) based on prepaid cards (4000 cards, 23 millions UAH aid for internally displaced persons) implemente Education Dec. 2005 – Dec. 2007 International Management Institute (Kyiv), MBA Program; Sept 1995 – June 2000. National University «Lvivska Politechnika», Master Degree in Economics and Entrepreneurship. Diploma with award;

Maxym Tkachenko ADVISER

7+ years of banking experience in Treasury/ALM at top east-europien bank Sberbank of Russia, now Executive director at Liquidity risk management unit. MSc in applied physics and math at MIPT (Moscow institute of physics and technology), MA in economics at NES (New Economic School, Moscow - top school in economics in USSR)

Dmitriy Gavrikov

Retail banking and transactional business professional with 10 years experience

in creating

and developing profitable business models for banks and retailers

Sept.2002 – June.2008. European University, Master Degree in Economics;

Sept.2002 – June.2007. National Academy of Security, Master Degree in Law;

PayForce LLC, Ukraine, since March 2015 – present

Chief Sales Officer, Co-Founder

March 2015 – present