Oleksandr Zholud has a Bachelor’s degree from the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (1999) and Master’s degree in Economics from the Economics Education and Research Consortium (EERC), currently Kyiv School of Economics (KSE) (2001). He worked as a reporter for an international company and economic analyst at several Ukrainian think tanks, and currently works as a chief expert in the Monetary Policy and Economic Analysis Department at the National Bank of Ukraine. His main spheres of