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VITA AGAFONOVA
(SA) [відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація») [відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація») [відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація»)

Multilingual legal, BD and compliance strategist with over 10 years’ leadership experience across EMEA and CIS
regions. Member at steering cross-border operations, regulatory alignment, and strategic growth initiatives within
high-impact sectors including international investments and commodity trading, finance, energy, and digital
innovation. Adept at navigating complex legal frameworks, building resilient teams, and driving organizational
transformation. Combines legal rigor with entrepreneurial vision to deliver sustainable results in multicultural
environments. Fluent in English, Ukrainian and Russian with a strong command of stakeholder engagement, risk
management, and strategic negotiation.

Qualifications
2025 University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa: Postgraduate Diploma in Commerce and Business Law
2011 SAQA: LLB Law Certificate of Evaluation.
1997-2003 National Yaroslav Mudry University of Law, Kharkiv. Average for all modules: 81 %
1994-1997 College of Economics and Law, Cherkassy. Average mark: 100 %

Status Permanent Residence of South Africa

Systems: Oracle, Sibelius, Word, Google, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook

Xorowo (PTY) LTD, EMEA June 2022 to date
Director / Legal Counsel
Back Office Responsibilities
 negotiations, monitoring, reporting of the contracts, payments, accounts, budgeting
 managing all business activities and ensuring their synergies
 organization and management of back office work
 DD, KYC, KYB, KYP proceedings
 collection and processing of commercial information
 consultations and preparation of a set of documents for opening a legal entity
 drafting of contracts and other legal documents
 business-risk identification
Partner Network Building
 developing a strategy for finding new partners
 development and implementation of the company’s long-term development strategy
 development and strengthening of existing partnerships
 search for new methods of interaction with partners
 establishing personal contacts with active partners
 configure the Partner Access Funnel
Cyber (IT) Law Compliance
Foreign Investments
 Strategic Planning and Market Entry
 Investor Relations and Stakeholder Engagement
 Legal and Regulatory Compliance
 Project Oversight and Portfolio Management
 Cross-Border Coordination
Customer Service:
 organization and conduct of negotiations
 preparation of documents for negotiations
 registration and reporting of the results of negotiations
 attraction of specialists on specific issues of local taxation etc.

Rosatom Africa Nov 2016 - Mar 2022
Administrative Director
Procurement
  tendering (full cycle of the procurement procedures, including publication and reports)
 vetting tender contracts
 organization of Procurement Committee activities;
 negotiating at the highest level with international law / accounting/ audit / manufacturing companies
Legal
 organization of preparation of corporate documents / contracts and cooperation with the shareholder on
corporate issues
 supervision of the contracts
 preparation of the documents for the courts
Financial management
 development, presentation and approval of the budget, redistribution of money between the budget items
 plan/actual analysis of the budget
 Contracts and issuance of report documents relating to the contracts
 selection of accounting and auditing service providers and interaction with the selected providers
 provision of drafts and final revisions of financial reports and audit opinions
 formation, issuance and archiving of source documents and management reports
 preparation and delivery of the data for Treasury reports
 adoption of planning, recording and reporting bylaws
 preparation of the accounting and tax reports intended for fiscal authorities
Human resourcing
 issuance of hire / transfer / fire orders
 preparation of KPI cards and HR report preparation / manning table / organization chart
 bylaws relating to the issues of the Legal Department (brief and introduction)
 document support in the pecuniary aid provision

RICOH SA Oct 2014 - Dec 2015
Contract administrator
 all types of the contact’s work: checking, verifying, loading, activating, moving and cancelation
 maintaining and upgrades the contracts
 preparing Sundry Debit notes, Credit notes, invoices
 liaising with internal and external customers on contract issues
 prepare and complete the necessary paperwork for Accounts department
 downloading, preparing and compile monthly and ad hoc reports
 manage and rectify billing errors
 assisting management with branch

PR COMPANY “MAMA” July - Oct 2014
Project Co-ordinator for Russia and Eastern Europe
 develop partnerships in the multinational projects
 lease with contracted-in partners
 translate and supervise contracts and adapt marketing material for zone of responsibility all documents and
materials

TRAVEL COMPANY “HARVEY WORLD TRAVEL BIRNAM” Aug 2013 - July 2014
VIP travel company “OKNO African Tours” Feb - Aug 2013
New Destinations BD manager
 own itineraries for inbound and outbound travellers
 promotion and advertising of travel tours and new destinations, taking part in international travel
exhibitions
 search for partners and clients
 itineraries and quotations
 booking of hotel’s rooms, car rental, activities for individual travellers/ FIT and small groups
 writing travel information for partners and clients
 issue and check payments of invoices

School of Management Accounting (CIMA), Johannesburg Mar 2010 - Feb 2013
Personal Assistant to MD
 Legal and other regulatory returns
 Draft contracts with staff and students
 Prepare documents for clients and students.

Department of state registration of business entities, Ukraine July 2003 - Mar 2010
Deputy Chief Officer
 manager the team of 17 government servants
 registration all types of business
 provide projects of law acts
 liquidation of companies
 taking part in court hearings
 preparation documents for courts
 take part in government's work
 trained lawyers

Department of housing and communal services, Ukraine June 2001 to July 2003
Chief Lawyer
 draft of the contracts between government and companies, between companies and users
 preparation of documentation and control for tenders
 representation of department in the courts and public prosecutor's office
 processing of complaint
 control of execution of government's instructions

Antimonopoly Committee, Ukraine Feb 1997 - Jan 2001
Lawyer
 codification of the law acts
 draft of documentation for the Chief lawyer
 control of activity of monopolists
 control of town's governments

References: available upon request