Ukraine’s business council overhaul removes Iryna Mudra

By Nathan Brooks

President Volodymyr Zelensky signed Decree No. 1068/2026, removing Iryna Mudra from the Entrepreneurship Support Council and relieving her of her duties as Deputy Chairperson.

SUD.UA reported that the decree amended Decree No. 421/2025, “On the Entrepreneurship Support Council.” It added business and government figures to the body and changed its leadership, according to the report.

The expanded roster

SUD.UA listed six people in the council’s updated membership and three more approved by Zelensky. Of those nine names, six represent businesses or corporate entities, while three hold government posts. Five business appointments come from LLCs, and one comes from a PJSC.

• Volodymyr Vorobey — director of LLC "PPV NETWORKS OF KNOWLEDGE."
• Iryna Danilevska — co-founder of LLC "FASHION WEEK."
• Dmytro Kovalchuk — owner of LLC "ALTERRA GROUP."
• Oleksandr Kravchenko — Minister of Economy and Environment of Ukraine.
• Mauro Longobardo — General Director of PJSC "ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih."
• Maryana Savka — co-founder of LLC "Old Lion Publishing House."
• Yaroslav Smakota — founder of LLC "FINTECH PRO."
• Oleksiy Sobolev — Deputy Head of the Presidential Office and Deputy Chairperson of the council.
• Larysa Yaremchuk — General Director of the Directorate for Socio-Economic Policy of the Presidential Office and Secretary of the council.

The roster now combines owner, founder, co-founder, director and general-director titles with three public-sector roles. It gives the council representation from multiple named companies, according to SUD.UA. The report did not attach an industry mandate, voting formula or meeting schedule to the appointments.

New leadership roles

Under the decree, Zelensky approved Oleksiy Sobolev as Deputy Chairperson and Larysa Yaremchuk as Secretary. Sobolev also serves as Deputy Head of the Presidential Office. Yaremchuk serves as General Director of the Directorate for Socio-Economic Policy of the Presidential Office.

The decree therefore changes both membership and two formal leadership functions. SUD.UA’s account did not identify a new chairperson. Mudra’s departure also ends the deputy-chair arrangement she previously held.

Operationally, the decree places two Presidential Office officials in formal council leadership posts. One is deputy chair; the other is secretary. The reshuffle gives the Presidential Office an administrative presence in the council’s leadership rather than relying only on the participation of individual members.

What changes for businesses?

For entrepreneurs, the decree changes who leads and serves on the council; it does not announce new benefits. On the information SUD.UA provided, it discloses no new funding pool, tax provision, eligibility rule, application process or timetable.

For businesses, the immediate change is representation, not a new benefit package. Six company executives now sit alongside three government officials in the expanded roster, according to SUD.UA. Companies should not read their executives’ appointments as a commercial award or entitlement.

The report identifies no contract, subsidy or regulatory preference tied to any appointee. Until the council issues an agenda or decision, entrepreneurs have no new support terms to plan around.

The next signal

The decree supplies the new roster. The next signal will come from what that roster does.

The report gave no date for the council’s first meeting under the reconstituted membership. Companies with a stake in entrepreneurship policy should watch for the first agenda, communiqués and decisions, especially any move to formalize the business-government mix.

For founders and executives, the membership change will matter most if it produces clearer support terms, faster decisions or a visible shift in priorities. The first policy output under the new roster will show whether the reshuffle changes access to support or only the people in the room.