Expert Jury

The expert jury of the HR PRO Awards are:

  • CEO of Ukrainian and international companies working in different cities of Ukraine.
  • Representatives of the HR field who have an international certification/international profile education/MBA.
  • Have more than 5 years of experience in management positions in the field of HR

The tasks of the expert jury

  • Review and evaluation of participants' applications in their nominations (up to 5 nominations per 1 jury member)
  • Evaluation of Nominees
  • Participation in online discussions of finalists

Each application is evaluated individually by the jury, without comparison with other projects in the nomination. Entrants whose entries have received enough points become finalists.

Important!

  • The composition of the jury is formed in such a way as to exclude the possibility of a conflict of interest and biased judging.
  • Projects are evaluated by CEO and HR, Personalities are evaluated by external independent specialist/s.
  • The jury will know the names of the winners at the award ceremony.

Experts and experts 2026

Ulyana Morokhovska

Head of the Ukrainian Office, EMA Partners International

Marina Saprykina

Director, CSR Ukraine, Chairman of the Board, Association of Career Consultants

Yanina Sas

HR BP (Ukraine, Finland), Huuuge Games

Dmytro Smirnov

SHRM-SCP, HR Director RAZOM GROUP

Yuliia Babayeva

SHRM-SCP. HR Director, robota.ua

Olena Ryzhkova

Head of development, teacher. Jansen, MIB - Development

Polina Aydin

SHRM-SCP, HRD, TSUM Kyiv

Nataliia Petleva

SHRM-SCP, Business Architecture Executive Officer, Join Up! & SkyUp

Natalia Onyshchuk

Managing partner, SMART business

Olga Makogon

Ph.D., assoc CIPD, Project Manager “Labour Market Reform” of the Office of Reforms of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine

Nataliia Bereza

Head of HR Department, DTEK Networks

Kateryna Kovalenko

HRD, Chief Transformation Officer. Consulting, Advisor to the Chairman of the FDS on Organizational Development

Maria Kot

SHRM-SCP, SHRM-PMQ, co-founder and managing partner of APT

Nataliia Dobrovolska

SHRM-SCP, HRD, Ex-Regional Head of People Glovo

Nataliia Kryvda

Professor, Academic Director of Edinburgh Business School in Ukraine

Tatyana Karelska

MBA, HR, Head of HR Department. European Business Association

Olga Karpova

CEO, KROK Business School

Alla Zadneprovska

Founder of the NGO “Zhive Dilo” and the International Integral Coaching School

Elena Zhiltsova

Head of Executive MBA kmbs program, kmbs teacher, teacher of National University “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”, organizational consultant

Kateryna Gubareva

SHRM-SCP, CIPD member, SVP of HR, Global Operations and Transformation, SoftServe

Nataliia Gorbenko

CHRO, D.TRADING

Julia Ryakhovska

SHRM-SCP, Business Support Director, Metinvest

Lyudmila Gorova

SHRM-SCP, HR Director, Agroprosperis Group

Olena Bondar

CEO Wellbeing Company

Irina Rubis

Chair of the NGO ‘Aftertomorrow’, trainer and strategist on diversity and inclusion

Nataliia Shkvira

SHRM-SCP. HR Director, March Ukraine

Andriy Stanchenko

SEO, NRG

Andriy Nekrasov

Director, Coaching UP - International University of Coaching Development

Angela Poddubna

Co-owner of MetaVision Consulting

Juliana Perun

SHRM-SCP, HR Expert, Coach

Valeriia Zabolotna

Rector, Academy DTEK

Iryna Bryzhak

SHRM-SCP, Director of Employee Experience and Total Rewards Intellias

Tykhomirova Irina

President, MIM Business School

Anna Derevyanko

Executive Director, European Business Association

Volodymyr Fedak

CEO, IT Suite, Hurma System

Yevhenii Bondarenko

Director of Human Resources “Media Group Ukraine”

Iryna Prudnikova

CEO, ANCOR Ukraine

Tatyana Sakharuk

Director-General, UN Global Compact in Ukraine

Olga Surinets

SHRM-SCP, Global HRD, MGID Group

Julia Klim

Lead HR Business Partner, SHRM-SCP

Olena Yuzkova

Co-founder of the Ukrainian School of Management, management consultant, educational designer

Olena Boichenko

Director of the Department of Safety and Health Protection/HRBP, MHP

Andrew Sethinik

CEO, PeopleForce

Volodymyr Kolomoets

Director, Pedersen & Partners, Ukraine, Georgia.

Oleksandra Alkhimovich

CIPD, Co-founder of ART, a human capital investment agency

Elena Davyd

Managing Partner and Business Coach, Ascendis Ukraine

Yevhenii Dyelov

CEO Rost Group

Kateryna Koshkina

SHRM-SCP, HRD, VP HR&Operations, Unitask Group

Mykhailo Zavilov

SHRM-SCP CHRO, Brother Group

Olena Ryzhkova

Managing partner Frankl sense management, Head of organization development department Jansen Capital Management, teacher at MIB Business School

Nadiia Matvienko

SHRM-SCP, Chief People and Organizational Development Officer, Charitable Foundation Vice President, U.S.

Olga Polyakova

Executive Director of Gender Stream

Larysa Brouwer

HRD Group of Companies “ALLO”

Tetiana Sherman

Head of Business Development and Partnerships, Academy DTEK

Iryna Papusha

International Corporate Director, Chair of the Board, Board Advisor

Anastasiia Yavorska

PhD, CIPD Certified Professional, VP of People, SPD Technology

Vladyslav Drapii

Co-founder and CEO of Legarithm Law Firm

Yevheniia Blyznyuk

Sociologist, founder and director of Gradus Research and Corestone Group agency

Iryna Zolotarevich

Founder of the School of Scalable Coaching, a top-level coach (MCC ICF). Partner at Agile Brain in Ukraine

Tina Sobachinska

Founder & HR Strategic Advisor

Tetiana Furtseva

Partner of Heidrick & Struggles Kyiv office, INSEAD/UCGA, Membership Officer at YPO Kyiv Chapter, Founder of Women on Boards Ukraine and Women in Financial Circle Poland

Victoria Obozna-Petrova

Director of HR and Recruiting, SQUAD

Solveiga Grudienė

Director at PRIMUM ESSE, EAPM Board Member

Serhii Rud

SHRM-SCP, Director of Human Resources and Organisational Development, member of the board of the Winner Group of Companies, director of the Ginyansky Family Charitable Foundation.

Olga Kovalchuk

HRD, Head of People Advisory at Horizon Capital

Kristin LaRonca Parpel

Owner of KLP Coaching Executive Coach & Leadership Consultant, KLP Coaching

Marcin Dakowski

Business Consultant & Advisor | Founder, Akademia Dobrego Przywödztwa