Natalia Pogozheva

Natalia Pogozheva (ukr. Погожева Наталія Григорівна, born August 13, 1962 in Khmelnytskiy region, Ukraine) – Ph.D, Economic sciences, public figure in the sphere of institutional, agricultural and educational policy. General Director, Vice-President of the Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation (2005), co-founder of the Ukrainian Agribusiness Club  (2007). Initiator of the education system modernization concept for Ukraine.

Worked as an advisor for institutional development and regulatory policy in Georgia, Madagascar and Mauritius.

Born in Khmelnytsky region. In 1984 graduated from the Ukrainian Agricultural Academy with honors. In 1990 defended Ph.D. thesis on "Features of Diversified Production Management".

In 1992 - 1993 MBA at the International Management, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Professional activity

1991-1992 taught entrepreneurship and management in the Faculty of Management at the Ukrainian Agrarian Academy.

1990-1994 – management consultant for Ukrainian agricultural enterprises.

1995-1996 – International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group), Consultant and Project Manager on Restructuring of Large Farms and Land Reform in Ukraine. Specific assignments included development of a strategy for reforming the collective farms in the Donetsk region and supply chain development for “Chumak” – a leading tomato ketchup producer and one of the first food processing companies with foreign investment in Ukraine.

1996 - 2005 - managing partner of “ProConsult” Ltd. and “MDP Consult” LLC – management consulting companies specializing in agri sector. Actively involved in organizing the EBRD Annual Meeting in Kiev 1998, received EBRD President's honorary diploma.

2007 - 2010 - General Director of "DUKATT" Ltd – training center for agrarian technologies. Over 3000 people trained in there years.

2011 - 2015 - Member of the Board of the Association for Regional Development.

Since  2016 - leader and ideologist of Ukraine Green Education initiative aimed at changing approaches to the standards of education in Ukraine.

Public and scientific activity

1996 - Counselor on the Policy of Agrarian Reform Development in Ukraine to the International Committee on Economic Reforms and Cooperation.

2005 - Vice President, General Director of the Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation, member of the Governmental Committee on Agriculture.

2005 - 2006 - Member of the Council of Entrepreneurs of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine . 2007 – in cooperation with Alex Lissitsa founded of Ukrainian Agribusiness Club – professional association of large agribusiness companies.

2008 - 2009 - teacher of leadership, emotional intelligence and corporate governance at the KROK University.

In 2013, participated in the 8th "Responsible Leadership" seminar of the Kyiv Aspen Institute.

2015 - participant of the 12th YES Annual Meeting.

Publications

Natalia Pogozheva is the author of dozens of scientific publications and researches published in Ukrainian, Russian and English. Key items:

1997 - Pogozheva N .; Chenard G.: Cereals sector reform in Ukraine: policies, methods and results. Cereals sector reform in the former Soviet Union and Central and Eastern Europe. CAB International, UK.

2016 - "DETOX. Conversations with the philosopher: resentment and politics" co-authored with Sibe Shaap, covering themes of detoxification of Ukrainian society after  Maidan, and  necessity to be purified from populism.