The best people of Odessa, included in the hundred representatives of the National ranking of influence "Elite of Ukraine", founded by the International Expert Club and rating agency "ElitExpert", will determine the future of the country at the National Forum of Strategic Development, which will be held in Kyiv in March 2021. Laureates of regional and national ratings will be able to participate in it, and world leaders, major businessmen and senior government officials of Ukraine will be invited as speakers. The expected number of guests will be 2 thousand people - and they will be able to lay a new vector for the development of Ukrainian society and create a new national elite.
Let us remind you that among the hundreds of influential Odessans there was a place for both politicians and honored athletes, people of the creative profession, and representatives of government and business. Among them are businessman and philanthropist Adnan Kivan, former Odesa governor Sergey Hrynevetskyi, Odessa mayor Gennady Trukhanov, general director of the Odeskabel plant, laureate of the State Prize in the field of science and technology Dmitry Iorgachev, head of the Association of Judges of Economic Courts of Ukraine Natalya Bogatskayana, People's Artists of Ukraine Georgy Deliev . Also in the TOP-100 influential Odessans are world-famous athletes Elina Svitolina, Vasyl Lomachenko, Yuri Cheban, musicians Alexey Botvynov and Hobart Earl, writer Mikhail Zhvanetsky, sculptor Mikhail Reva, as well as politicians, artists and representatives of science.
The full list can be found on the official website of the rating https://www.elitukraine.com/
As Elena Ovchinnikova, head of the Organizing Committee of the National Ranking of Influence "Elite of Ukraine" reported, the list of the most influential people in each region was determined by an expert group, which includes experienced journalists, well-known political scientists, sociologists, public figures, and businessmen.
"Each expert had a subjective assessment, but due to averaging according to a unique method, an objective picture was obtained - therefore, in our rating, those who are really the best were chosen," she noted.
To assess the level of influence, a 100-point measuring scale was developed in which experts assessed the importance and influence of specific persons, as well as 10 criteria on which experts' assessments were based. The criteria are unusual - only positive qualities are present in them - such as the candidate's intelligence, trust in him in society, patriotism, competence, honesty, etc.
