Our team

Volodymyr Sheiko
Director General
 
Specialist in culture management, marketing and communications. For 11 years he held senior positions in the Ukrainian mission of the British Council. Organizer of numerous cultural projects and events in the UK and 15 European countries: exhibitions, art residencies, film festivals, professional internships, concerts, literary programs, trainings, theater productions.

A graduate of the Institute of International Relations of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. In 2009 received a professional diploma in marketing, and in 2014 – a diploma in digital marketing from the The Chartered Institute of Marketing (UK). In 2011 he graduated from the Summer School of Scottish Universities SUISS in the field of “Contemporary British and Irish Literature” (Edinburgh, Scotland). Member of the 2016 Summer School of Global Governance and member of the international network of Bucerius Summer School (ZEIT-Stiftung, Hamburg, Germany). Member of the IETM International Professional Performing Arts Network and the Total Theater Network.
Tetyana Filevska
Creative Director
 

Tetyana Filevska, art manager, curator, and writer, Creative director at the Ukrainian Institute/ Her background is in philosophy with experience in contemporary art and Ukrainian art history of the 20 century. Author of the books “KAZIMIR MALEVICH. Kyiv Period 1928-1930,” “Kazimir Malevich. Kyiv Aspect,” and “Dmytro Gorbachov. Sluchayi.”

Tetyana worked in various art institutions in Ukraine. She is curating a public program of the Ukrainian Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale dedicated to decolonization.  

Alim Aliev
Deputy Director
 

Journalist, human rights activist, researcher and manager of educational and cultural projects. Worked as a program director of the state enterprise “Crimean House”, a member of the supervisory boards of the NGO “Centre of United actions” and the NGO “Educational Center for Human Rights” in Lviv. Member and rapporteur of advocacy missions to the Council of Europe, the European Parliament, the OSCE, the UN Security Council, EU and US political institutions on the situation in Crimea, the initiator of the digital museum of deportation of Crimean Tatars “Tamırlar”.

Public and professional activities are focused on the topics of the occupied Crimea, humanitarian policy, the current state of the Crimean Tatar people, freedom of speech and communication strategies.

Graduated from V.I. Vernadsky Taurida National University, majoring in “Political Science”.

Solomiya Borshosh

Executive Director

Solomiya Borshosh has more than 14 years of professional experience. Since 2013, she has been working at the intersection of international relations, development, and civil society. Thematically, her work is related to democracy, peacebuilding, good governance, and independent media. Her portfolio includes above 15 projects on strategic planning, communication, and change implementation as well as above 30 audit and programmatic evaluation projects in Eastern Europe and the Caucasus for international development agencies (UNDP, Sida, USAID, Danida, European Endowment for Democracy etc.).
Previously, Solomiya held the position of Deputy General Director for Development at Mystetskyi Arsenal, Ukraine’s flagship contemporary art museum (2017-2019); engaged in civil society initiatives, such as the founding of hromadske.ua, an independent media outlet, and developing RPR, the CSO coalition for pro-democratic reforms in Ukraine (2014-2016). Before 2014, Solomiya had worked as a senior auditor for PricewaterhouseCoopers.
 
Solomiya Borshosh is an ACCA member (the UK) and holds a master’s degree in international relations from the War Studies Department at King’s College London (the UK). Solomiya also received a master’s degree in law and auditing from Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (Ukraine).

Arts Programmes Deрartment

Anastasiya Volkova 

Head of Arts Programmes   

Anastasiia Manuliak
Head of Visual Art

Mariia Volchonok
Visual Art Programme Manager

Natalie Movshovych
Head of Film

Iryna Kyporenko
Film Programme Manager

Mariana Bondarenko
Music Programme Manager

Liubov Morozova
Music Programme Manager

Оlga Klymenko
Literature Programme Manager

Anastasiia Haishenets
Head of Performing Arts

Nadia Sokolenko
Performing Arts Programme Manager

Asia Pavlenko
Programme Coordinator

Cross-sectoral Programmes Deрartment

Tetiana Sadova
Cross-sectoral Programmes Manager

 

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Communications Department

Kseniia Kalyna
Head of Communications
Olena Makaieva 
Communications Manager
Yaroslava Kiiashko 
Communications Department Specialist
Tetiana Melnyk 
Designer

Anna Riaba

Digital Platforms Manager

Diana Shvets
Media Relations Manager

Research, Analytics & Academic Programmes Department​

Nadiia Koval
Head of Research, Analytics & Academic Programmes Department​

Mariia Protsiuk

Senior Analyst 

Mariia Melnyk
Analyst 
Mariia Dubyk  
Analyst 

Accounting, Planning & Reporting Department

Iryna Prytula
Deputy Chief Accountant
Iryna Halii
Senior Accountant
Larysa Nazarenko
Chief Accountant

Аdministrative Department

Olena Litovkina
Head of Аdministrative Department

Mykhailo Berkun

Public Procurement Specialist 

Volodymyr Pantiukhov 
Driver

Legal Unit

Vasyl Lutsyk
Acting Head of Legal Unit 
Oksana Kozenko-Klochko
Senior Legal Adviser
Yulia Temchenko
Head of Legal Department

Human Resources and Documentation Unit

Kateryna Stadnichenko

Head of Human Resources and Documentation Unit 

Lesia Kachynska
Senior Documentation Specialist    
Roksolana Oliyarchyk
Executive Assistant 

Department for Development, Partnerships & International Network

Svitlana Lenchenko

Head of Development and Strategic Partnerships

Alyona Kuhar

Institutional Development Manager

International offices

Representative Office of the Ukrainian Institute in Germany

Kateryna Rietz-Rakul

Head of the Representative Office of the Ukrainian Institute in Germany

Маriya Zoryk 

Communication Manager

Nataliia Druhak

Communication Manager

Vitalina Buran

Project Mananger 

Olga Sagaidak 

Representative of Ukrainian Institute in France