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Oschadbank’s supervisory board has selected Yuriy Katsion as the bank’s new CEO, pending final approval by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), according to a Oschadbank press release on Tuesday, Nov. 4. Katsion, who currently serves as deputy CEO for the corporate business department, has 27 years of experience in the financial sector, including 24 years at Oschadbank. Oschadbank is Ukraine’s second-largest bank and second-largest state-owned lender, reporting $13 billion in net revenues over the first eight months of 2025, NBU statistics show. Katsion started as a senior economist and, in 2016, advanced to head of the corporate business department, later becoming the department’s deputy CEO in 2022. Katsion graduated from Kyiv National Economic University with a master’s degree in bank investment management. In the press release, Oscadbank praised his expertise in corporate business development, complex investment projects and deal structuring involving international financial institutions. According to the supervisory board, Katsion’s strengths include deep expertise across Ukraine’s key industries – agriculture, energy, oil refining, construction, metallurgy and retail – as well as active participation in drafting regulatory documents for Oschadbank and the NBU, and in national legislation to support strategic sectors during the full-scale war. Katsion earlier spoke with Kyiv Post about the launch of concession loans for the defense sector. Earlier, Oschadbank guaranteed €837 million ($967 million) in Dutch-funded drone contracts, creating a secure payment channel that accelerates funding for Ukrainian manufacturers and reduces corruption risks – a model Kyiv hopes to replicate in future defense-financing agreements. The supervisory board also expressed gratitude to outgoing CEO Serhiy Naumov for his “five years of leadership”, citing his “professionalism and dedication” as instrumental to Oschadbank’s success.
