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The State Enterprise “Defence Procurement Agency” of the Ministry of Defence 27 Augu st, by bidding results, awarded LLC “Friisberg and Partners International” a service contract to search for and select candidates for independent members of the supervisory board of the DOZ for 948 thousand UAH. This is reported in ProZorro.
Within three months, the firm must develop a candidate search strategy, define the methodology and criteria for evaluation, collect candidates’ documents—applications, résumés, cover letters, educational documents, references, etc. Based on analysis of documents, interviews, and vetting of candidates, the DOZ should obtain a ranked list of six candidates for interviews.
Two independent members of the supervisory board are being sought in the areas of corporate and contract law, procurement, as well as audit and finance.
Both candidates must have a master’s degree or specialist degree, be fluent in Ukrainian and English, have at least 10 years of professional experience and at least three years of managerial experience in international or leading Ukrainian companies. A candidate also must not hold a state or elected position and must be ready to work on the supervisory board for at least 50 working days per year.
For both profiles, additional professional requirements apply. For an expert in corporate law and procurement—at least three years in senior managerial positions in large companies or the public sector, as well as experience in implementing state reforms, corporate governance, support of procurement programs, etc.
The expert in audit and finance must have managerial experience in the last five years in this field, including management of public or donor funds, use of financial instruments, risk management, and international financial reporting standards. The full list of candidate requirements is on the Ministry of Defense’s website.
As a reminder, the supervisory board of the DOZ began work in 17 December 2024 of the year. It consists of three independent members and two state representatives. In January 2025 there was a public conflict with the dismissal of Marina Bezrukova from the position of head of the DOZ and recall of state representatives who had voted for her. Currently, the Acting Board members are Stanislav Haider, Taras Chmut, and Lukash Stolarsky.
The recruitment tender for recruiting services was conducted on the third try; the two previous procurements did not take place. “Friisberg” participated in one of them but submitted proposals with errors and was rejected for not correcting all inconsistencies in the documents. Specifically, they did not confirm the absence of tax debt and experience in successfully recruiting top managers, so their proposal was rejected.
In the current tender, “Friisberg” was already the sole participant and therefore received the contract without competition.
The firm was to confirm experience with two contracts over the last 10 years, at least one of which had to be for recruiting top managers for a company with more than 200 employees. “Friisberg” submitted two contracts with OJSC “Ukrtatnafta” and LLC “Kremenchuk TPP” for selecting members of supervisory boards, both in 2024 year.
The Kyiv-based LLC “Friisberg and Partners International” was registered in 2008 as LLC “BI.E.M.” The director and beneficiary is Olena Maisyura. The firm is part of the international Friisberg & Partners International network, which has offices in Europe and the Americas.
In 2022, Maisyura worked in the Office of the President of Ukraine as head of the organizational activity department. This is stated on the “Friisberg” website.
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Maisyura also led the NGO “Whole Life XXI” and has a sole proprietorship. One of the contact phone numbers associated with her sole proprietor is marked as “associated” with a number of companies. Among them are the JSC “Advocacy Company Reznikov, Vlasesnko and Partners” (formerly Pravis), LLC “Maji ster s”, law firm “Magister and Partners S.A.S.”, etc.
According to information Olena Maisyura provides on LinkedIn, in 2004-2008 she worked as HR director at the Magisters firm.
At that time, among the founders of “Magisters” were former Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov, Ukraine’s ambassador to Israel Yehiel (Yevhen) Kornichuk, lawyers Andrew Mak and Serhiy Sviryba.
Serhiy Sviryba, according to Ukrainska Pravda, was a classmate of Oleksii Arsmak’s head, under whose leadership Maisyura worked in the Presidential Administration. Sviryba was also among those who helped Yermak come out of detention on bail. According to media, Serhiy Sviryba provided 6,5 million hryvnias.
Andrew Mak is a longtime acquaintance of Yermak. On his recommendation, he became a freelance adviser to Volodymyr Zelensky. Mak told Babbel.
Besides the connection with Oleksii Reznikov, on Olena Maisyura’s social networks there are photos with the current head of the Office of the President Kyrylo Budanov and President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Under the contract with the DOZ, “Friisberg and Partners International” received orders from JSC “Ukrgasvydobuvannya” for engineering support, consulting services, professional training, and qualification enhancement; the firm also worked with PJSC “ Centrenergo” in 2021 year, JSC “Ukrnafta” in 2023 and the Entrepreneurship Development Fund in 2025.
Since 2018 the firm has received contracts totaling 27,68 million UAH.
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