Dmitry Eremeev
Board Chairman and Co-founder
Dmitry Eremeev has over thirty years experience in railway logistics in Eastern Europe and Central Asia in senior management positions and on boards of directors. He has been a leader in introducing key innovations in the operational leasing of railcars, and is a founding member and First Deputy Vice President of the Association of Railway Carriers of Ukraine. He has extensive experience working with international firms and organizations in rail-related projects, including Boston Consulting, Kearney, McKinsey, Citigroup, Deloitte, Raiffeisen, and the IFC. Dmitry’s experience also includes global fundraising and sector reform. He is currently a member of the Association of Independent Directors and a member of the Board of Directors of the Baltic Coal Terminal.
Guy Archer
President and Co-founder
Guy Archer has over 25 years experience in Central and Eastern Europe promoting reform and American foreign investment. He is the former Communications Director for the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia (2007-2014), where he assisted in organizing Capitol Hill delegations, conferences (with guest speakers and participants including the US President, the Vice President, cabinet members, and congressmen), roundtables, roadshows, and informational resources for member companies. He is a former journalist, editor, and publisher.
Sergiy Nenko
Board Member
Sergiy Nenko is a founding member and President of the Association of Railway Carriers of Ukraine, and Vice President of the National Committee of International Chamber of Commerce of Ukraine. He is also the founder and Director of Digyunsa LLC, a producer of cold asphalt. He has 25 years of experience working in Ukrainian infrastructure and international business relations and development. Sergiy is also a champion swimmer. With decades of experience initiating and organizing philanthropic projects, Sergiy has devoted his time since Russia’s full-scale invasion to personally arranging and providing logistical and volunteer support on the ground in order to get urgently needed supplies to Ukraine's civilians and soldiers.
Samuel S. Proctor
Board Member
Sam Proctor is the CEO of Froehling & Robertson, Inc., a Virginia-based firm providing geotechnical engineering, construction-materials testing, and environmental services, with offices throughout Virginia, North Carolina, and Maryland. In 2005, he and his team successfully launched F&R Worldwide, an environmental and engineering firm in Bucharest, Romania. Sam is a board member of the Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences Foundation and the Virginia Chamber of Commerce.
Michael Shukov
Board Member
Michael Shukov has over 30 years of experience in international business, leading the market entry of US industrial businesses and scaling their growth. He was Managing Director of Rohm and Haas in Russia (2006-2009) and Business Director of Dow Advanced Materials Central and Eastern Europe (2009-2012). In 2014, with PPG Industries, he established an operating company in Ukraine. Most recently he served as Managing Director of PPG Industrial Coatings EMEA in Switzerland, and was actively engaged in relief efforts for Ukrainian refugees in Poland. A graduate of the University of Oxford and the London Business School, Michael now resides in the UK and is a member of Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs.
Elizabeth Sullivan
Board Member
Elizabeth Sullivan is a graduate of the London Business School with a Master’s in Business Administration. Working with budding entrepreneurs in drafting business plans, in 1995, she joined the Financial Services Volunteer Corps, funded by the US Agency for International Development; here, she worked closely with Russia’s central bank and major banks in financial-sector reform and the start of the government treasury bill trading. After 16 years serving as Head of Operations and Chief Operating Officer at UBS Russia, Elizabeth and her family returned to the United States, settling in North Carolina. She completed her Master’s of Accounting in 2017 and now works as a tax professional in Florida.
Anne G. Waleski
Board Member
Anne G. Waleski has an extensive record as a financial expert and has held many executive and financial leadership roles. Her industry experience includes property and casualty insurance, manufacturing, and retail. She served as Treasurer, and then Chief Financial Officer, for the Markel Corporation, an American Fortune 500 global financial-services holding company that underwrites specialty insurance products. Anne is currently a member of the Board of Directors for Liberty Mutual Group and Enact Holdings, Inc., and is the Audit Committee Chair for both. She has also actively served on many philanthropic educational, environmental, and cultural boards.
