Natalia Stelmakh

Natalia Stelmakh is an activist and a member of the Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform. During the Ukrainian revolution, by simply using Google and her 9-years of experience working in finance, she worked with the Anti-Corruption Center of Ukraine to trace public funds stolen and laundered by members of the former Ukrainian government. She spearheaded a number of initiatives aimed at encouraging western banks and financial institutions to screen and freeze assets of Ukrainian officials who violated human rights or gained those assets through corruption. Her team worked throughout the country and in Europe. In late January 2014, she left Ukraine for New York to continue her financial forensics initiatives, working with leading sanctions experts and law enforcement, and organized demonstrations. Stelmakh is a native of Luhansk, Ukraine and holds a Masters in Finance from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and is a member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors of the United Kingdom.