Background
Hontaryeva was born 20 October 1964 in Dnipropetrovsk.
Hontaryeva was born 20 October 1964 in Dnipropetrovsk.
Hontaryeva graduated in 1987 from Kyiv Polytechnic Institute and in 1997 from Kyiv National Economic University with a masters degree in Economics.
After her 1987 degree she was for two years a junior research fellow at the Ukrainian Centre for Standardization and Metrology, and from 1989 to 1993 Hontaryeva worked as a design engineer in the institute "Hiprostrommashyna". In 1993 Hontaryeva started her career financial institutions and she has held top positions in the Kiev branches of International Netherlands Group Bank and Societe Generale. In 1996 she became director of resource management Societe Generale in Ukraine and in 2001 deputy chairman of International Netherlands Group Bank (in 2007 for six months first deputy).
During the 2007-2014 she served as s Chairwoman of then Investment Capital Ukraine (Intensive Care Unit now), Kyiv based financial group.
On 19 June 2014 Hontaryeva replaced Stepan Kubiv as Chairwoman of the National Bank of Ukraine. Hontaryeva is the first female to lead the bank.
Hontaryeva is married and has 2 sons. Anton born in 1988 and Nikita born in 2000.