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During a speech in the Verkhovna Rada, the head of the National Bank of Ukraine, Andriy Pyshny, stated that the NBU supervisory committee recognized that the head of the supervisory board of Sense Bank, Mykola Hladyschenko, no longer meets the independence requirements. The regulator called on the government to promptly take the necessary measures to terminate his powers. This is reported on his Facebook page.
- This means that Mykola Hladyschenko cannot be a member of the supervisory board, and his powers must be terminated. We are talking specifically about termination, not suspension. The National Bank has demanded that the bank’s shareholder, represented by the Government of Ukraine, immediately terminate Mykola Hladyschenko’s powers and elect a new member to the supervisory board, Pyshny said.
Pyshny reminded that in May 2026 the NBU began an verification of the head of the supervisory board of Sense Bank for compliance with the established requirements. This happened right after the publication of the first part of the so-called Mandić tapes. He also emphasized that the very fact of publishing these materials could not have been a sufficient basis for a decision. According to him, the regulator should rely not on assumptions or public resonance, but exclusively on proper and sufficient factual data.
- We do not have the right to replace ourselves with a court or law enforcement agencies. We do not have the right to replace the shareholder. A clear division of powers is important for delineating responsibility and avoiding manipulation, he noted.
According to him, the NBU twice appealed to NABU and SAP to provide materials from the pre-trial investigation necessary to assess the independence of the head of the Sense Bank supervisory board. Law enforcement officers refused, citing investigative secrecy.
However, the situation changed after NABU released case materials on the "Forrest Gump" affair, which contain facts indicating that Hladyschenko received directives from external officials and carried them out. This became the basis for a decision that he did not meet independence requirements.
Parallely, the NBU initiated administrative proceedings regarding the collective suitability of the entire Sense Bank supervisory board. The published materials, according to the regulator, indicate that Hladyschenko’s self-removal could have been merely formal, while his influence on the bank’s operations remained. There was no appropriate reaction from the supervisory board.
- The supervisory board did not adequately respond to this situation, which raises doubts about its members’ ability to provide proper oversight of the bank’s activities. The National Bank will determine the consequences that will concern the entire supervisory board and will be addressed to the shareholder for an appropriate response. This is a direct function and responsibility of the owner. The National Bank also notes to the owner that the Sense Bank supervisory board has no quorum and is currently not authorized, Pyshny added.
In this context, the NBU emphasized the need to complete the supervisory board by appointing state representatives from the Cabinet of Ministers and the relevant parliamentary committee.
Separately, the NBU announced administrative proceedings against Sense Bank’s CEO Oleksiy Stupak, opened in May 2026 to assess his professional suitability. The grounds include, among others, previously identified signs of a hidden management structure at the former Alpha Bank connected to representatives of former sanctioned shareholders. The NBU is checking the possible involvement of Stupak in making relevant decisions.
26 August, Stupak is to undergo an interview at a meeting of the NBU Qualification Commission. The regulator supported the government’s initiative to suspend him for the duration of the service investigation.
The NBU also reminded that a year ago they recommended suspending from bank management the executives and key individuals mentioned in the secret protocols and to conduct a competition to appoint a new head of the board.
- Based on the newly disclosed NABU materials, the National Bank decided to conduct unscheduled inspections of Sense Bank. The National Bank will continue to investigate all newly revealed facts and cooperate with law enforcement authorities, the Head of the NBU stated.
4 June, the Sense Bank supervisory board responded to the Mandić tapes after internal checks.
6 May, the head of the Sense Bank supervisory board, Mykola Hladyschenko, temporarily stepped away from his powers for 2 months after the publication of transcripts of conversations of case participants in the case of "Midas".
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