Andriy Taranov

Member of the Managing Board of Suspilne Ukraine, in charge of marketing, research and international relations

Andriy is a media expert with over 25 years of experience in media and marketing consultancy, working with top media companies and marketers across Eastern Europe and Central Asia. He has worked in advertising at Omnicom, in the Ukrainian TV industry at STB, and founded Kwendi Media & Marketing Consultancy in 2005. He also taught marketing communications and advertising at the Institute of International Relations.

As a Kyiv city councilor from 2015 to 2019, he was involved in cultural policy issues.

Under his leadership, the Marketing and Communications Directorate and the Research Directorate were established at Suspilne Ukraine.

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