Oksana Markarova has served as Ukraine’s Ambassador to the U.S. since April 2021. She served in Ukraine’s Ministry of Finance in 2015-2020 as First deputy Minister and Government commissioner on investments and then since 2018 as a Minister of Finance. Prior to her career in public service, Mrs. Markarova spent 17 years working in private equity and financial advisory having leadership roles at ITT investment group, Western NIS Enterprise Fund, Chemonics, and the World Bank. Ambassador Markarova serves on the boards of the Ukraine House DC Foundation in Washington DC, the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, the Ukrainian Development Foundation.