Mr. Apter was appointed as Non-Executive Chairman and a Director of the Company in May 2013. Mr. Apter joins Burisma after a 27 year career in investment banking, including spending time at Merrill Lynch, Renaissance Capital, Troika Dialog and Morgan Stanley. For much of his career Mr Apter has worked in Eastern Europe, including Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic and the Balkans. Prior to investment banking, Mr. Apter was a corporate lawyer at Sullivan & Cromwell. Mr. Apter has a J.D. from Columbia University School of Law (1982).