22/06/2026
At the Fifth Foreign Investment Congress 2026, the panel “Ukraine’s Agricultural Sector as a Driver of Economic Recovery and Guarantor of Global Food Security: Investments in Resilience, Recovery and Modernization” brought together representatives of government institutions, investment funds, business and industry associations.
The conversation addressed the role of investment in strengthening the sector, supporting recovery and advancing modernization.
The panel was moderated by Inna Meteleva, Senior Project Manager Ukraine, TheCityUK.
Speakers:
🎤 Bahrat Akhidzhanov, Director of the Department of Agricultural Development, Ministry of Economy, Environment, and Agriculture of Ukraine
🎤 Mykhailo Granchak, Senior Investment Banker
🎤 Yaroslav Honcharenko, Investment Associate, Ukraine-Moldova American Enterprise Fund
🎤 Wesley Jordan, CEO, VisionFund Ukraine
🎤 Oleksii Parkhomchuk, Investment Director, Impact Fund Denmark
🎤 Mykola Babenko, Executive Director, Meat Industry Association of Ukraine
🎤 Vitalii Ilchenko, CEO, UKRAVIT
🎤 Bohdan Senchuk, SBA President, Swedfund PA Advisor
🎤 Oliver Gierlichs, General Manager, Bayer
💬 The panel placed investment, resilience, recovery and modernization at the centre of the discussion on the future of Ukraine’s agricultural sector.