Education M. A., International Economics and Finance, Brandeis University Business School, 2010 (expected)

Core courses: Global Economic Environment (A+), International Real Estate Markets (A), International Trade Policy (in progress), Applied International Macroeconomics (in progress)

Award for the Best Bachelor Thesis in Finance

Ukraine - 21^st Century Scholarship. Head of the Student Scientific Seminar. GPA 4.0

Selected Activities

10.2007–11.2007: The House of Commons, Parliamentary Intern, Ottawa, Canada

Data analysis and report preparation for the Standing Committee on Finance

12.2006: Open World Leadership Program, Delegate, Washington, DC, USA

10.2006: McKinsey & Co. EuroAcademy, Ukraine’s Delegate, Athens, Greece

11.2005–12.2005: Cooper Gay & Co. Lloyd’s Brokers, Intern, London, UK

Rotation program across marine and non-marine global reinsurance divisions

Recent Employment

01.2008-08.2008: Zarya Partners AB (Sweden), Associate / Representative to Ukraine

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  Conducted market analysis with focus on country and currency risks and presented results to the clients’ management teams
  
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  Developed market entry strategies for Scandinavian companies in Eastern European and Central Asian countries; researched local legislation, political environment and capital markets
  
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  Supervised field visits and partner matching activities in Ukraine and Kazakhstan
  

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  Managed Micro-Crediting in Ukraine, joint project with United Nations Development Program (UNDP) which provided financial consulting services to more than 200 small enterprises
  
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  Coordinated I Can! project (about 90 female entrepreneurs involved)
  

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  Collected and systematized data for business-catalogues
  
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  Interviewed entrepreneurs, government officials, and academicians
  
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  Prepared articles and reports, edited the magazine, managed the team
  

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  Kybalnik, Y., and Pertsovskyi, O. (2006). Financial Tools for Start-Ups (Handbook for Entrepreneurs). Kiev: UkrProfPress.
  
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  Mihalska, A., Pertsovskyi, K., and Pertsovskyi, O. (2005). Micro-crediting in Ukraine: Macro-Effects of Micro-credits (Handbook for Entrepreneurs). Kiev: Kramar.
  

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  Pertsovskyi, O. (2008, September 29). Business Education in the USA. The Business, 39(818), pp. 57-60.
  
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  Pertsovskyi, O. (2008). Small Business Financing as a Problem of Economic Stability. Proceed. of the V Annual Conference, Academy of Foreign Trade, Kiev, 48-50.
  
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  Pertsovskyi, O. (2007). Beyond the Politics. CUPP Newsletter, Toronto: Basilian Press, p. 9.
  
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  Pertsovskyi, K., and Pertsovskyi, O. (2006). The Struggle for New Government Purchases Law. Economic News, 63 (368), p. 6.
  
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  Pertsovskyi, O. (2005). Euro-integration vs. Strategic Partnership with Russia: Ukraine in Search of Compromise. In: V. Sidorenko, ed., XII International Conference of Young Scientists Lomonosov-2005, 9-15 April 2005. Moscow: MSU, 23-24. ISBN 5-211-03964-5
  

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  “Nations in Crisis: The View from Home” Forum, Panelist, Northeastern University, Boston, MA (scheduled for April 4, 2009)
  
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  “Small Business Debt Financing and Current Financial Crisis”, Presentation, National Fulbright Seminar, Chicago, IL (scheduled for March 7^th, 2009)
  
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  “Access of Small and Medium Enterprises to Financial Markets”, Presentation, International Micro-crediting Forum, Kiev (Nov 2006)
  

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  “EU enlargement - Opportunities and Threats for Small and Medium Enterprises”, Presentation at the Opening Ceremony of Bucharest Summer University, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania (Aug 2006)
  

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  Inaugural Symposium, Perlmutter Institute for Global Business Leadership, Waltham, MA, USA (Oct 2008); HREYN Annual Conference, Budapest, Hungary (Feb 2008); Cato Institute Summer School, Alushta, Ukraine (Aug 2007); Visby Programme Summer University, Lund, Sweden (Jul 2007); Seminar on Sustainable Economic Growth, Erzurum, Turkey (Feb 2007); Visegrad Summer School-2006, Krakow, Poland (Jul 2006); Taglit Program, Tel-Aviv, Israel (Jul 2005)
  

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  Winner, National Bachelor Student Finance Competition (2008)
  
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  Diploma for Contribution to Youth Movement & Human Rights Defense in Ukraine, Ukrainian Ministry of Family, Youth and Sports Affairs (2006)
  
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  Winner of All-Ukrainian Student’s Essay Competition “If I were President of Ukraine” (2006)
  
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  Winner of the International Economics Competition, State University - Higher School of Economics, Moscow (2004); Winner of the All-Ukrainian Young Economists’ Competition (2004, 2003); Winner of the National Economic and Math Competition Young Economist2004
  
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  Certificate of Recognition by Association Internationale des Etudiants Sciences Economiques et Commerciales – AIESEC (2005)
  
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  Certificate of Completion the Freedom University, Foundation for Economic Education (2005)
  

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  Languages: fluent in English, Russian, Ukrainian; learning Spanish
  
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  Techical skills: STATA 9.0, Mathematica 5.0, MS Office (advanced user of MS Excel)
  
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  Activities: Member of the UNITED Against Racism network, The U.S.-Ukraine Foundation; in 2006-2007 represented Ukraine to the European Confederation of Young Entrepreneurs YES for Europe
  
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    Hobbies: scuba-diving (PADI certificate), downhill skiing, ballroom dances; intellectual competition Brain-ring (Top-10 in the Ukrainian Student Championship), auto-quests