On Friday, 28 January 2011, in Davos (Switzerland), the Victor Pinchuk Foundation and international investment advisory group EastOne held the 7th Davos Ukrainian Lunch at the occasion of the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum. This year’s Davos Ukrainian Lunch entitled ‘2012@PL&UA’ featured the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych and the President of Poland Bronislaw Komorowski.

The key topics included preparations to the UEFA 2012 European Football Championship (EURO 2012) that was jointly hosted by Poland and Ukraine. The two heads of states also focused on issues like developing the countries’ tourism potential, ways of raising investments to fund major infrastructure projects, and fostering the European and global integration of Ukraine within the framework of the cooperation with Poland.

Around 300 leaders from business, politics, the third sector and journalists will attend the event.

The Davos Ukrainian Lunch is the most preeminent international gathering dedicated to Ukraine, held annually in Davos at the occasion of the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum. It is dedicated to giving world leaders an opportunity to learn about and discuss Ukraine’s political and economic situation and challenge. The Victor Pinchuk Foundation and international investment advisory group EastOne have been hosting the Davos Ukrainian Lunch since 2005. Since then the Ukrainian Lunch featured, among others, Carl Bildt, Aleksander Kwasniewski, Chris Patten, George Soros, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Thomas Friedman, and Arseniy Yatsenyuk.

The 7^th Davos Ukrainian Lunch was supported by partners:

General partner

DCH - investments in the name of progress!

DCH consolidates a significant part of the assets of the former UkrSib group, one of the oldest and largest industrial and financial groups in Ukraine. DCH Investment Management, the group management company, follows the investment strategy which fully corresponds to the model of the direct investment fund oriented to market capitalization growth.

DCH assets are concentrated in such fields as industry, finance, transport, sports industry, as well as real estate - from the construction materials to the development business. Thus, DCH`s part is "Azot" Open Joint Stock Company (Cherkasy) - one of the largest Ukrainian manufactures of mineral fertilizers, caprolactam and other chemical products. The Developers division of the group, the DCH Real State company, manages a well-balanced portfolio of real estate objects design. Major segments of the group include large infrastructure projects, multi-functional complexes, as well as small housing complexes of business and elite class. The DCH group has served as the investor in the reconstraction of the Kharkiv International Airport and a number of other key objects for the UEFA, including the Metalist stadium, a modern sports base for the reception of the participants of Euro 2012, a youth football academy for training a new generation of athletes, and an ultrafashionable 5-star hotel.

DCH President Aleksandr Iaroslavskyi is the major investor and coordinator of the Kharkiv city preparation for the 2012 European football championship. He is ranked among the top 15 most influential people of Ukraine (according to the Korrespondent and Kyiv Post journal ranking, 2010). His football club, Metalist, has participated in the UEFA cup for four years and has held a bronze medal of the national championship. His interest in social investment started before the UEFA’s decision to hold Euro 2012 in Ukraine and Poland. The total social investment made by Aleksandr Iaroslavskyi in Kharkov for the Euro 2012 championship is planned to reach $ 250 million. Kyivstar is one of the most reputable Ukrainian companies, operator No. 1 on the market of mobile communications and mobile internet, the best and the most expensive brand in Ukraine.

Communications partner

Kyivstar is one of the most reputable Ukrainian companies, operator No. 1 on the market of mobile communications and mobile internet, the best and the most expensive brand in Ukraine.

The joint Kyivstar is a Ukrainian VimpelCom Ltd. Business Unit, which incorporates Kyivstar and Beeline-Ukraine operators (Ukrainski Radiosystemy Closed JSC i Golden Telekom LTD). The company offers voice communications and data transmission services on the basis of a wide range of technologies of wireless and fixed communications, including broadband access to the Internet for private customers and households, middle and small enterprises as well as corporate services and multiservice convergent solutions for big and national companies. The services are rendered under Kyivstar, djuice and Kyivstar Business brands.

In October 2010 Kyivstar entered its new phase of the development – by merging with Beeline-Ukraine. Since then to the Kyivstar leader’s experience in introducing quality and affordable mobile communications services for 25 million customers the Beeline powerful experience in developing fixed communications and individual solutions for the business has been added. This has taken the joint team to a new level of development and considerably accelerated the process of establishing a leading multiservice operator with unique competences, experience and significance for the nation. The joint Kyivstar not only invests in the development of Ukraine – it becomes a catalyst for acceleration of the telecommunications development of the nation, a guarantee of stability of the high quality, active introduction of new services, thus benefiting the customers, the branch and the nation.

Special partner

Alfa-Bank (Ukraine) is one of the privately-owned banks in Ukraine that is part of the international Alfa Group Consortium. The Bank holds leading positions in all segments of the Ukrainian banking sector. According to National Bank of Ukraine statistics, the Bank was among top 10 banks in Ukraine in terms of total assets and among leaders in terms of customer accounts of legal entities and the first one among largest banks in terms of growth rates of the retail deposit portfolio in 2010.

Alfa-Bank (Ukraine) enjoys recognition as a financial institution with solid reputation, one that offers reliable, convenient and innovative banking services to its customers. As a member of Alfa Group Consortium, the Bank has access to the best practices used by the Alfa-Banking Group. This combination of international business standards and deep knowledge of the Ukrainian market, gives Alfa-Bank (Ukraine) a unique advantage. The support of the Bank’s shareholders through regular share capital injections underpins long term development of the Bank.

Alfa-Bank’s IFRS figures are audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers. The Bank has been assigned ratings by international rating agency Standard & Poor's.

Partner

Horizon Capital is a leading private equity firm managing funds with aggregate capital of over $600 million and investing in mid-cap companies in Ukraine and the region. For investors in emerging Europe Horizon Capital offers unparalleled regional knowledge, business networks, market leadership and access to a broad range of mid-cap firms with outstanding growth and profit potential.

Currently, Horizon Capital’s team manages three funds, 2008 $370 million Emerging Europe Growth Fund II (EEGF II), 2006 $132 million Emerging Europe Growth Fund, (EEGF) and 1994 $150 million Western NIS Enterprise Fund (WNISEF).

Horizon Capital was established in 2006 via a spin out of investment professionals with over 10 years of successful experience managing WNISEF. Horizon Capital’s strategy is to identify high quality management teams and capitalize on specific market opportunities in the fastest growing segments of the region’s emerging markets. The investment focus is on business to business (B2B) goods and services, consumer goods and services, as well as financial institutions. Horizon Capital generally acquires stakes that enable it to control or to influence strategy and key operating decisions of portfolio companies through corporate governance. For larger investment opportunities, it may seek to syndicate the investment opportunity with other like-minded investors in the region.

Horizon Capital is well positioned to seek a superior rate of return on investments due to its successful track record and disciplined investment approach.

Learn more at www.horizoncapital.com.ua

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