BlackRock CEO and Ukraine’s Zelensky agree to coordinate Ukraine investment

BlackRock Financial Markets Advisory, and the Ukrainian Ministry of Economy, signed a memorandum of cooperation in November. Zelenskyy, Fink reached an agreement Wednesday “focus in the near term on coordinating the efforts of all potential investors and participants in the reconstruction of our country, channelling investment into the most relevant and impactful sectors of the Ukrainian economy.” Volodymyr Zilenskiy is the president of Ukraine. He meets Joe Biden, the US President, in the Oval Office of the White House Washington, DC, US on Wednesday, December 21, 2022. Getty Images| Bloomberg | Getty Images

Volodymyr Zelenskyy is the Ukrainian President BlackRock After a meeting between the men, CEO Larry Fink agreed that he would coordinate investments in Ukraine’s reconstruction.

A readout from the Ukrainian president’s official website Fink and Zelenskyy said so “agreed to focus in the near term on coordinating the efforts of all potential investors and participants in the reconstruction of our country, channelling investment into the most relevant and impactful sectors of the Ukrainian economy.”

BlackRock Financial Markets Advisory signed a memorandum of agreement with the Ukrainian Ministry of Economy in November. Fink and Zelenskyy met in September To discuss attracting private and public investments to Ukraine in order to rebuild the country. Russia’s highly destructive invasion.

BlackRock, the largest international investment manager, has been providing services for over a century. “advisory support for designing an investment framework, with a goal of creating opportunities for both public and private investors to participate in the future reconstruction and recovery of the Ukrainian economy,” The company stated this in a statement last month. BlackRock made no other statements at this time.

Zelenskyy visited Washington, D.C. last week to meet with U.S. officials