Andriy Volkov
Andriy Volkov | |
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| Волков Андрій Вікторович | |
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| Born | 1976 Odesa |
| Citizenship | Ukraine |
Andriy Volkov (Ukrainian: Андрій Вікторович Волков; born in 1976, Odesa, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian financier, the founder and partner of the Investohills group of companies, co-founder of the international fund Investohills Helianthus,[1][2] former member of the Board of Alfa-Bank.[3][4]
Biography
[edit]Andriy Volkov was born in 1976 in Odesa.[5] In 1998, he obtained a master's degree in international economics from the Odesa National Economics University. During his student years, he headed AIESEC's local committee in Odesa.[6]
Career
[edit]In 1997, he became a consultant in banking management at the auditing and consulting company PricewaterhouseCoopers.[7]
Since 2000, he has been a deputy project manager at ING IGA (a division of the Dutch ING bank group).
In 2001, he headed the risk management department at Alfa-Bank Ukraine, and in February 2003 he became a member of the bank's Management Board.
In October 2003, Andriy Volkov became the Deputy Chairman of the Board of Alfa-Bank Ukraine.[8]
From 2006 to 2009, he was the chairman of the board of Alfa-Bank Ukraine, and at the same time he was the chairman of the supervisory board of the Alfa-Insurance company.[9]
In 2009, Andriy Volkov left "Alfa-Bank Ukraine" and became one of the founders of the Investohills investment group.[7][10]
In 2014, EMF New Europe Insurance Fund, an international investment fund specializing in investments in the insurance business, became an investor in Investohills. The deal was closed in the summer of 2014 and, according to Forbes Ukraine, it became the best deal involving foreign investors in the financial sector.[11]
In April 2014, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine appointed Andriy Volkov as the head of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission (Ukraine). However, due to a conflict with the then acting acting he did not start work as the head of the National Financial Service Commission and resigned from his post. A few months later, his appointment was revoked.[12][13][14]
Investohills
[edit]Since 2009, Volkov has been a managing partner of the Investohills financial group of companies, which specializes in operations with distressed assets.[15][16]
In 2011, the group bought a portfolio of troubled mortgages from Ukrsibbank for a total of $650 million. This was a record amount of investments in the mortgage portfolio in Ukraine. The portfolio consisted of more than 12,000 problem mortgages and car loans, in respect of which about 6,000 court cases were conducted.[17]
In general, in 2011-2013, Volkov bought out troubled loans of Swedbank Ukraine, Credit Agricole, Bank of Georgia, etc.[18]
Between 2019 and 2020, the Investohills purchased over 50% of all distressed loans sold by the Ukraine's government. The company formed a debt portfolio worth 100 billion hryvnias.[18]
In 2021, Investohills was recognized as the largest financial player in the problem debt market in the nomination "TOP 100 largest leaders of the financial market".[19]
Investohills Helianthus
[edit]In 2020, the Investohills group of companies and Andriy Volkov created the international fund Investohills Helianthus, which specializes in investments in distressed assets. One of the goals was to invest EU and US funds in the Ukrainian problem debt market.[20][21]
In May 2020, the National Commission for Securities and the Stock Market approved the first stage of the issue of shares of the fund for 1 billion hryvnias.[22]
Charitable activity
[edit]After Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Andriy Volkov focused on helping IDPs and the Defense Forces of Ukraine. In particular, he turned the office building of his company Investohills in Zaporizhzhia into a center for helping forcibly displaced persons, adapted a hotel owned by his company in Kyiv for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and helped relocate the Ukrainian manufacturer of TEMP-3000 body armor to the west of Ukraine.[23][24]
References
[edit]- ^ "Вони читають список Forbes як меню в ресторані. Як Андрій Волков і Михайло Бакуненко збирають борги із найбагатших українців — Forbes.ua". forbes.ua (in Ukrainian). 2021-06-15. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
- ^ "Верховна Рада України". Ukraine's Parliament. Archived from the original on 2022-03-30.
- ^ "Кабінет Міністрів України - Про призначення Волкова А. В. Головою Національної комісії, що здійснює державне регулювання у сфері ринків фінансових послуг". www.kmu.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-09-21.
- ^ "Кабмін призначив Волкова головою Нацкомфінпослуг". РБК-Украина (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-10-03.
- ^ "Волков Андрей". LIGA (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-09-21.
- ^ "Андрей Волков". Latifundist.com (in Ukrainian). 2021-05-05. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
- ^ a b Хомчук, Олег (1970-01-01). "Волков Андрей". UBR.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-09-21.
- ^ "Як банкіри допомагають боронити Україну". finance.ua. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
- ^ "Як банкіри допомагають боронити Україну". finance.ua. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
- ^ "Андрій Волков". Interfax Ukraine.
- ^ "Вони читають список Forbes як меню в ресторані. Як Андрій Волков і Михайло Бакуненко збирають борги із найбагатших українців — Forbes.ua". forbes.ua (in Ukrainian). 2021-06-15. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
- ^ "Кабмін призначив нового голову Нацкомфінпослуг". ТСН.ua (in Ukrainian). 2014-04-09. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
- ^ "Кабінет Міністрів України - Про призначення Волкова А. В. Головою Національної комісії, що здійснює державне регулювання у сфері ринків фінансових послуг". www.kmu.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-10-03.
- ^ "Банкіра "Альфа-банку" призначили головою Нацфінпослуг". Економічна правда (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-10-03.
- ^ "Где взять антитела на рынке проблемных долгов?". Интерфакс-Украина (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-11-29.
- ^ "Вони читають список Forbes як меню в ресторані. Як Андрій Волков і Михайло Бакуненко збирають борги із найбагатших українців — Forbes.ua". forbes.ua (in Ukrainian). 2021-06-15. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
- ^ "Банкіра "Альфа-банку" призначили головою Нацфінпослуг". Економічна правда (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-09-21.
- ^ a b "Кабмін скасував призначення Волкова на посаду голови Нацкомфінпослуг". Інтерфакс-Україна (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-09-21.
- ^ "Журнал "ТОП-100" наградил лучших финдиректоров и лидеров финансового рынка Украины (ФОТО)". delo.ua (in Russian). 2021-03-05. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
- ^ Хомчук, Олег (1970-01-01). "Волков Андрей". UBR.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-11-29.
- ^ "Группа компаний Investohills сформировала фонд «Инвестохиллс Хелиантус» на $ 100 млн для инвестирования средств фондов из ЕС и США в украинский рынок проблемных долгов". Интерфакс-Украина (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-11-29.
- ^ "Андрій Волков". Генштаб. 2020-12-21. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
- ^ "Андрій Волков: "Допомагають по-різному, але допомагають усі" – Головне в Україні". glavnoe.in.ua (in Ukrainian). 2023-07-17. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
- ^ Dengi.ua (2023-05-03). "Як центр допомоги ВПО, заснований командою фінансиста Андрія Волкова, за рік перетворився на один із найкращих у Запоріжжі". Dengi.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-11-30.