Title: Business Decision Support and Marketing Director

Company: JT International

Location: Kyiv, Ukraine

Honing in on 17 years of business development expertise, Svetlana Ryzhik continues in her fourth year as a business decision support and marketing director at JT International, a global tobacco company. There, she provides promotion and support of the industry while drawing upon her expertise in analysis, team leadership, and departmental development. In the coming years, Ms. Ryzhik plans to continue to grow in her position.

Ms. Ryzhik works closely with marketing and product distribution, creating strategic insights into marketing research and executing it into applications within the business. She also serves as a strong team leader and certified management accountant. Ms. Ryzhik received a master’s degree in economics from the University of St. Petersburg and is a senior and well developed Certified Management Accountant.

Ms. Ryzhik attributes her success to her hard work and passion for what she does. She became involved in her profession because she began her career at Unilever as a young person. When the company decided to move out of her region, Ms. Ryzhik moved on to work at JT International. She spent 17 years in the company Startins as a financial analyst in Russia and later moved to area of sales planning and market modeling. She has worked her way up to her current position through the company.