Natalie A. Jaresko 

Former Minister of Finance of Ukraine 

Natalie A. Jaresko is an international finance executive with over 30 years of successful transformational leadership experience in the private, public, and non-governmental sectors. 

She recently served five years (2017-2022) as the Executive Director of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico. She led the sustainable exit from the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history, while working to restore the Island’s fiscal health.

Natalie served as Minister of Finance of Ukraine (2014-16) at a critical time in Ukraine’s history during Russia's initial occupation and war. She led the successful negotiation and implementation of a critical IMF program, including reduction of budget deficits, improved SOE corporate governance, and a complex sovereign debt restructuring.

She spent two decades in private equity, as co-founder/CEO of Horizon Capital and CEO of Western NIS Enterprise Fund, fund managers with over $600 million under management. 

She also serves as Chairperson of Aspen Institute Kyiv.