Maryna Kuzmenko

Maryna Kuzmenko, Ph.D from Ukraine has a diverse and impressive work experience. Maryna started their career as the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Petiole in 2015. In 2023, Maryna joined Barclays as part of the Eagle Labs Agritech Bridge Cohort, participating in the Agritech Bridge Programme. Maryna also became part of GROW's Cohort 3 GBIP - Gateway to Asia, in partnership with Innovate UK. In the same year, Maryna took on the role of Director at ESG+H, a consulting firm specializing in Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) strategies. In 2020, they founded Agfluencers, a project that promotes and supports females' profiles in agriculture technologies. Maryna was also involved in the Future Forest Initiative's Idea Validation Cohort, which supports innovative ideas for forests and climate. Additionally, they co-founded Moo More in 2022 and worked as the Marketing and Public Relations Manager at NAFTA from 2021 to 2022. Maryna's work also extends to their role as Head of TLA Ukraine with Tech London Advocates & Global Tech Advocates, where they initiated the Ukraine Working Group and organized various events. Prior to all this, they served as the Marketing Manager at Alfatrener from 2018 to 2020.

Maryna Kuzmenko, Ph.D 🇺🇦, holds a Specialist (Diplom of High Education) degree in Law from the National Technical University of Ukraine 'Kyiv Polytechnic Institute'. Maryna further pursued an LL.M. in International Commercial Law from the London Metropolitan University. Maryna'sacademic journey continued with a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Business Law from the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Additionally, they obtained a Bachelor's degree in Finance, General from the International University of Finance.

Furthermore, Maryna Kuzmenko has obtained several certifications, including "Learn About Agile Project Management and Scrum" from OpenClassrooms, "ESG and Social Activism" and "ESG and Climate Change" from Wharton Online, "Global Environmental Management" from DTU - Technical University of Denmark, "Foundations of Project Management" from Google, "Knowledge management for emergency and resilience programming" from FAO, "Venture Deals Spring 2021" from Techstars, "Step-up Acceleration Program" from Virgin StartUp, "Super Sweet Android Time Course" from Code School, "Machine Learning," "Big Data Foundations - Level 1," "Data Science Foundations - Level 1," "A Crash Course in Data Science," and "Intro to Python for Data Science" from various educational institutions.