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OLEKSANDR CHEREDAYKO
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WORK EXPERIENCE

October 2021 –now – Kyivstar, leading telecom operator Kyiv, Ukraine
M&A manager:
• Sourced new deals in core areas of Kyivstar’s business (i.e.: telecom infra, FTTB internet providers)
• Managed full-cycle M&A process for infra asset: from the first introduction, company valuation, negotiation of deal
terms with the Target for the term sheet, organising DD till negotiating SPA and preparing materials for AMCU.

January 2018 – March 2020 – Aptekar/Vitalux, pharmacy network Kyiv, Ukraine
Chief Executive Officer:
• Managed Company that operates a network of 80+ pharmacies, located mainly in Kyiv
• Have opened 20 new pharmacies (+25%), improved Company’s profitability by taking cost-cutting measures
(re-negotiating rental agreements with landlords) and growing volumes of business by 50% over 2 years
September 2016 – December 2017 – Paride Invest LLC, private investment firm Kyiv, Ukraine
Senior Investment Manager:
• Sourced new deals: start-ups in fast-food business, waste management, production of bio-fuel
April 2008 – August 2016 – Euroventures Ukraine, European investment fund with than Kyiv, Ukraine
$76 mln. under management
Investment Manager:
• managed 2 portfolio companies: Vitalux (pharmacy network) & Airbites (Internet provider)
• managing the M&A process (drafting term sheets, investment proposals and memos, liaising with auditors,
looking for potential buyers)

July 2007 – April 2008 & Jan.–June 2005 – Horizon Capital, American investment fund Kyiv, Ukraine
with more than $500 mln. under management (formerly known as Western NIS Enterprise
Fund)
Financial Analyst:
• prepared regular market updates and researches on a number of industrial and consumer industries in Ukraine
and Eastern Europe; developed the recommendations for investment teams
• developed financial models for investment and company valuations (DCF, relative multiples, EVA)
• monitored the financial and operational performance of Fund’s portfolio companies: confectionary, ice-cream
company, cable wire
Sept. 2000–May 2003 - GURT Resource Center for NGO Development Kyiv, Ukraine
Project Manager:
• raised about $60,000 from international donor agencies for training and consulting projects in non-profit sector
• budgeting, project design, events management, accounting, reporting

EDUCATION
Sept.2003–Dec. 2004 – CEU Graduate School of Business Budapest, Hungary
MBA diploma with Merits Specialization: Corporate Finances
• awarded Soros-funded tuition scholarship and Research Assistantship
• letter from Academic Director about outstanding excellence in Microeconomics course

1995-2000 – National Agricultural University Kyiv, Ukraine
Specialist Diploma in International Agribusiness (equivalent of Bachelor’s Degree)
Major: Management in International Agribusiness, graduated with distinction
• Internship program in agriculture at Iowa State University (USA) in Sept.-Oct. 1999