Director of NBU Strategy and Development Department Arsen Makarchuk Leaves NBU

Arsen Makarchuk, who headed the Strategy and Development Department, left the National Bank of Ukraine on 7 March 2025, at his own request.

In view of the above, the NBU will search for and select candidates for the position of Director of the Strategy and Development Department.

The future head of this department will be responsible for, among other things, the following:

• developing/updating the Financial Sector Development Strategy, including the coordination of its implementation, including jointly with other regulators, ministries and agencies
• developing/updating the NBU Strategy, organizing and monitoring its implementation
• setting up and developing the strategic analysis and planning function at the NBU
• strategic management of the NBU’s development in line with current priority challenges
• developing strategic projects and initiatives
• establishing and developing business analysis, process, and project management systems at the NBU, and
• coordinating and ensuring the improvement of the quality of corporate governance at the NBU.

The NBU Strategy and Development Department is part of the General Bloc, which is managed and controlled by NBU Governor Andriy Pyshnyy.

“Strategic planning is the basis of our activities,” said Pyshnyy. “This function became especially important during the full-scale war. This is because only clear, consistent strategic development plans can give us a perspective on the future. The NBU understands this, and is trying to create a zone of certainty in the extremely volatile environment we have been in for three years, through developing and implementing strategic documents and projects. I thank Arsen Makarchuk for his important contribution to this process. We will continue and develop our achievements so that financial market participants, citizens, and businesses have the best possible understanding of the NBU’s priorities.”