Education
He received education English and French language at the Faculty of Philology of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (1975-1980). Second Higher — Faculty of Finance and Cr Kyiv National Economic University (1993-1996), qualification — economist. In 1997, he studied in schools Foreign Service, Georgetown University (United States of America).
Career
Experience Senior Inspector of Customs of Kiev from 1980 until 1986. From 1986 to 1991 — Translation from English World Trade Organization "Zakordonnaftobud" in the Republic of India. 1992 — Head of Forex transactions Kiev stock commercial bank exchange "Kyyivbirzhbank".
From 1992 to 1999 — Head of External Relations, Head of International Banking Relations, Director of International Affairs of the National Bank of Ukraine.
In 1999-2001 — Head of the Service of Prime Minister of Ukraine, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. Years 2001-2002 — Vice-President of the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (Thessaloniki, Greece).
From April 2002 to March 2005 — Member of Parliament of the electoral bloc "Our Ukraine". 4 February — 7 September 2005 — Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine on European Integration.
7 September 2005 — 16 September 2006 — Secretary of State and head of Ukraine"s Presidential Secretariat of Ukraine.
Secretary of the Political Council under the President of Ukraine (May — October 2006). Advisor to the President of Ukraine in September 2006. Adviser to the President (out of state) by December 2007.
Fired from a counselor to 4 March 2008.
From March 2008 — Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Foundation "Community". Supervises projects for European and Euro-Atlantic integration.
Develop initiatives to promote and strengthen civil society in Ukraine.
Membership
Member of the National Security Council (October 2005 — September 2006). 27 March 2008 Yushchenko dismissed from his post as member of the Supervisory Board of Sberbank. In December 2008 he became a member of the supervisory board of "Arcelor Mittal Krivoy Rog".