Vorushylyn, Poroshenko’s business partner, heads up fast-growing Deposit Guarantee Fund

Ukrainian media have branded Kostyantyn Vorushylin “the president’s personal banker” – and for good reason. The 46-year-old has part of President Petro Poroshenko’s financial and business interests for half of his life.

Vorushylin started his professional career in Aval Bank. But in 1994, he was hired as the first deputy CEO at joint stock commercial bank Mriya (Dream), which was founded by the Poroshenko family in 1992. In 1996, he was appointed as CEO of the institution. He left it only in 2007, when the bank was sold to Russia’s VTB bank.