Valerii Pekar is the president of the Euroindex company (founded in 1992), chairman of the supervisory board of the KyivExpoPlaza exhibition center, member of the Board of Directors of the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry (UFI). He is a lecturer at the Kyiv Mohyla Business School (kmbs), UCU Business School (LvBS), Open University of Maidan and the Ukrainian Leadership Academy, co-founder of the New Country Civic Platform, member of the National Council of Reforms (2014-2016), and adviser to the Minister of Economy (2014-2016). Author of more than 300 articles and 4 books.