The American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine appoints Andy Hunder as President

The American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine announced that it has appointed Andy Hunder as President effective 15 April 2015.

Andy Hunder, a native Londoner, has over the past two decades become an internationally recognised professional in Ukrainian Public Affairs and Government Relations. He is highly experienced in working with business in Ukraine and has held high-profile management roles at GlaxoSmithKline and at Ukrainian Mobile Communications (now MTS Ukraine).

Hunder, a British citizen, has been director of the Ukrainian Institute in London since 2010 and is a regular commentator on Ukrainian current affairs in the global media. Over the past year he has been interviewed live more than 100 times on top international TV and Radio stations, including the BBC, CNN, Sky News, Bloomberg TV, ITV, Al Jazeera and others. He has spoken on Ukrainian current affairs issues at the Houses of Parliament, House of Lords, Oxford University, London School of Economics and University College London.

Hunder succeeds Taras Kachka, who has been interim President since November 2014 and who will continue as the Chamber’s Vice President of Policy.

In his new role, Andy Hunder will be responsible for taking forward the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine, further growing the organization in being the leading voice of the internationally oriented business community in Ukraine. Hunder will be responsible to lead the team being a reliable partner for over 600 Chamber member companies and key external stakeholders at this challenging time advocating for the adoption of legislation and reforms in line with international standards, as well as bringing world’s best practices and innovations into doing business in Ukraine.

Hunder launched and managed the London representative office of Ukrainian law firm Magisters and, most recently, Sayenko Kharenko, where he also headed up the Government Relations practice.  The Ukrainian law firms in London served as conduits to service multinational clients investing in Ukraine.

Andy studied Philosophy and Theology in Rome, Italy, and speaks fluent English, Ukrainian, Russian and Italian.