Five-Oh. Following in her husband's footsteps, PBN's President Susan Thurman turned 50 in May. Combined, Peter and Sue are 100 years old — oh my!
Email Sue: susan.thurman@pbnco.com
Five-Oh, Again. Sergey Konovalenko, Director of Government Affairs for PBN•Moscow, also turned 50 in May. Happy Birthday, Sergey!
Email Sergey: sergey.konovalenko@pbnco.com
Four-Oh. Right behind them is Peter Svensson, PBN's CFO. He turned 40 in May. Congratulations Peter!
Email Peter: peter.necarsulmer@pbnco.com
Three-Oh. And last but certainly not least is Sam Vanderlip, who just turned 30! Sam is a Senior Account Manager in Moscow.
Email Sam: sam.vanderlip@pbnco.com
Bells are Ringing. PBN•DC Associate Account Manager Anna Balishina was married in April. Oh what a beautiful bride!
Email Anna: anna.balishina@pbnco.com
Center Stage. PBN had an active role in the recent Russian Economic Forum in London. Two clients — Russia's Rolf Group and Norway's Telenor — were on the platform at the Forum. PBN•London also organized a very successful Breakfast Briefing, at which Rolf Group CEO Matt Donnelly addressed a City of London audience on the company's impressive expansion over the last few years and its future plans.
Email Trevor: trevor.barton@pbnco.com
Smooth as Silk. Romans Baumanis, head of the PBN•Baltics operation, made a presentation at the US-Baltics Trade Mission, in cooperation with the Latvian Road Union and the Customs Brokers Association, on the Silk Road, a proposed land transport corridor connecting Northern China and Latvia via Kazakhstan and Russia. The new route will facilitate the growing trade flows between Northern China and the West.
Email Romans: romans.baumanis@pbnco.com
Taking Stock. PBN•Kyiv Senior Vice President Myron Wasylyk presented advice on planning for an IPO and the outlook for future issuers at the 2nd Annual Ukrainian Investment Summit, organised by the Adam Smith Institute in London recently. The summit was well attended, both by Ukrainian companies looking to attract investment for abroad and by the UK business and financial community.
Email Myron: myron.wasylyk@pbnco.com
Fundraising. PBN•London Vice President and Managing Director Trevor Barton will chair a seminar on investment opportunities in Bulgaria, and opportunities for Bulgarian companies to raise capital on the London financial markets, in London on 15 June. If you are interested in attending, Trevor would be pleased to put you in touch with the organizers.
Email Trevor: trevor.barton@pbnco.com
Promo. Galina Bliznyuk, formerly PBN•Moscow's receptionist, was recently promoted to our Media and Issues Monitoring Department. Congrats Gala!
Email Galina: galina.bliznyuk@pbnco.com
