Courtesy of Julia Kiryanova
- Julia Kiryanova is the CEO of Smart Holding, one of Ukraine's largest investment groups.
- She is hoping governments and big firms will funnel billions of dollars to help Ukraine rebuild.
- Kiryanova helped with some government aid packages, but private investors remain hard to persuade.
The as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Julia Kiryanova, the CEO of Smart Holding, one of Ukraine's largest investment groups. It's been edited for length and clarity.
I am the CEO of Smart Holding, one of Ukraine's largest production and investment groups. I've been traveling to Western capitals, trying to get business leaders and policymakers to invest in my country's reconstruction.