Our Founders

 

Martin Potter ACA

 

Martin is a Price Waterhouse trained chartered accountant, with over 20 years' experience in financial and commercial management in industry, and 7 years in general management. Having worked for Perkins Engines and Caterpillar in a number of different areas, Martin moved to Switzerland in 2000, then worked in the Netherlands.  First coming to Ukraine in 2o06, he has supported a number of investors in Ukraine, both large and small, though also spent several years helping to develop smaller international (mainly tech) businesses in the US and UK.  Martin currently holds several non-executive Directorships and is a registered small business advisor with EBRD.

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Kyle Gallagher BLandArch

 

Company director with over 15 years experience of product launches and international trade in over 30 countries.  Since coming to Ukraine in 2014, Kyle has been involved in the set-up and running of a number of diverse businesses, including landscape design, architectural outsourcing, furniture production, web stores and sports merchandise.  He is also involved in initiatives to promote the city of L'viv.

 

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BlueBirch currently has clients in the agriculture, furniture manufacturing, IT, fashion, property and retail sectors. 

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BlueBirch attended Ukrainian Week in London in October 2018.  Here, Liam           At a recent innovation conference in Lviv, Martin Potter meets Dmitro 

Fox (Secretary of State of International Trade) delivers his keynote speech.            Bielikov of Simply Study, a company arranging higher education for                                                                                                                                         Urkainians in UK. 

 

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