Roman is a co-head of venture and tech investments at ICU where he leads seed and series A round investments into innovative companies in Central and Eastern Europe with a focus on Ukraine.
Roman joined ICU in 2014 as a senior investment banker. In this role, he managed some of the biggest restructuring projects in the Ukrainian market, including more than $1 billion restructuring of a large-scale agricultural holding. He moved to the buy side in 2015 when ICU began investing in distressed debt. From 2015 to 2017, he managed a portfolio of successful investments into corporate distressed debt.
Roman had a 15-year career in investment banking. He joined the ICU team from UniCredit where he headed the Corporate Finance Advisory team in Ukraine. He has also held significant advisory roles at ING and Ernst & Young.
Roman received a BBA degree in Enterprise and IT Management from International Christian University (Kyiv-Vienna) in 1999. He qualified as a certified chartered accountant in 2002 (ACCA).
Roman is fluent in Ukrainian, English and Russian and speaks basic Polish.