Ihor Smilianskii became the Chief of Ukrpochta, Correspondent.net reports.
The manager of KPMG US Office Ihor Smilianskii is appointed by the Cabinet of Ministers as the chairman of the management board of state mail service company Ukrpochta. The relevant decision was passed during the session of government on Wednesday, April 20.
During the government session, Smilianskii expressed his opinion that Ukrpochta can become the platform, on which online trade will be able to grow.
“Globally postal institutions undergo a crisis period, because the volumes of mail correspondence decreased, except for dispatches in e-commerce segment. And Ukrpochta can become the platform, on which this business will develop”, Smilianskii said.
In addition, the new chief of the enterprise plans to extend financial services by creating the Mail Bank, using these funds for financing small and medium business on Ukrpochta’s platform.