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Viacheslav Yakymuk was appointed head of mergers and acquisition and director of the Kyiv office of Group DF, the holding company of Ukrainian billionaire Dmitry Firtash.

In his new position, Yakymuk will focus on business development and raising debt and equity financing in the world’s capital markets.

He will also concentrate on creating sector-leading companies and reinforcing best international practice and principles of corporate governance.

Yakymuk joins Group DF after spending 13 years with Austria’s Raiffeisen Banking Group, where he acted as managing director of Raiffeisen Investment Ukraine.

Yakymuk graduated Kyiv’s Taras Shevchenko National University in 1986, completing a postgraduate diploma in international economy. He also obtained a Securities & Investment Institute Certificate in International Capital Markets In 1998.