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A banker with 25-year experience has joined the supervisory board.
State-owned Sense Bank, whose executives were implicated in the story about the pledge for former energy and justice minister Herman Halushchenko, refreshed its supervisory board as part of corporate governance renewal. The bank’s press release cites government decisions as the basis.
It is noted that 22, by a government decision in August, member of the bank’s supervisory board Mykola Hladyshchenko terminated his powers. In turn, 24, in August, a new independent member—Peter Novak—joined the supervisory board.
“International banking experience of the new independent member will strengthen Sense Bank’s supervisory board and contribute to the ongoing development of corporate governance and preparing the bank for privatization,” the press release states.
According to the bank’s information, Peter Novak has over 25 years of experience in IT and operations, including in the banking sector. In 2007–2010 years he was a member of the board, COO and CIO of Tatra Banka in Slovakia. In 2011–2014 years he held the position of managing director at Raiffeisen Bank International in Vienna, overseeing international operations and IT.
Novak also sat on the supervisory boards of Raiffeisen group banks in the Czech Republic, Romania and Hungary. Later he worked on the boards of Slovak banks VUB Banka — in 2014–2019 years as COO — and Prima Banka, where in 2019–2023 years he served as CIO.
As a reminder, according to the investigation, to legalize 150 million UAH in cash intended to post bail for former energy and justice minister Herman Halushchenko, controlled companies and individuals, as well as the management of Sense Bank, were involved. In the materials of the special operation “Forrest Gump” the former deputy head of the president’s office Iryna Mudra, former MP Maksym Mykyta, people's deputy from the former OPZZh Vadym Stolar, chairman of Sense Bank’s supervisory board Mykola Hladyshchenko, bank’s chairman Oleg Stupak, and others are mentioned. The investigation describes several tranches transferred to Mykyita’s office during June, after which part of the money was channeled through the so-called “laundry.”
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