{"id":236675,"date":"2005-11-09T10:08:00","date_gmt":"2005-11-09T10:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.moldova.org\/2005\/11\/09\/ten-years-of-investment-in-ukraine-and-moldova-6381-eng\/"},"modified":"2005-11-09T10:08:00","modified_gmt":"2005-11-09T10:08:00","slug":"ten-years-of-investment-in-ukraine-and-moldova-6381-eng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/ten-years-of-investment-in-ukraine-and-moldova-6381-eng\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten years of investment in Ukraine and Moldova"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

The Western NIS Enterprise Fund (WNISEF) celebrated its 10 year anniversary with a dinner in Washington, D.C. at the J. W. Marriott Hotel. Over 90 guests attended the event hosted by Dennis A. Johnson, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Natalie A. Jaresko, President and CEO and Managing Partner, Horizon Capital. <\/p>\n

WNISEF was established in 1994 by the U.S. Congress with initial funding of $150 million from USAID. The privately managed fund invests capital and provide best business practices to small and medium sized business in Ukraine and Moldova. The Fund has leveraged its original capital by attracting additional investment from local and international investors. <\/p>\n

Ambassador Carlos Pascual, Coordinator, Office of Reconstruction and Stabilization, U.S. Department of State and former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine was the master of ceremonies. William Green Miller, Senior Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center, and also a former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine also participated in the program. <\/p>\n

WNISEF honored three persons who were with the fund in the early start-up years: Glenn H. Hutchins, first Chairman of the board of directors; Scott A. Carlson, the first President and Harold J.Schroeder, the first Chief Investment Officer. <\/p>\n

The keynote speaker was U.S. Senator Richard G. Lugar, Chairman, U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The Senator spoke about his long involvement in Ukraine as a result of the Nunn-Lugar legislation designed to eliminate weapons of mass destruction. Lugar went to Ukraine the first time in 1992 and has made many visits since that time. <\/p>\n

Lugar spoke about his trips during the period when Ukraine destroyed the third largest nuclear weapons stockpile in the world in the early 1990’s. The Senator said this was a great achievement by the Ukrainian government and by the people of Ukraine. <\/p>\n

Senator Lugar also spoke about his trips to Ukraine in 2004 for the presidential election and during the famous Orange Revolution. <\/p>\n

Senator Lugar was the official representative of the U.S. Government during round two of the presidential election and played a critical role in the U.S. government’s decision to declare that election as not being free and fair and not meeting international democratic election standards. <\/p>\n

Lugar said the democratic and private sector economic progress of Ukraine is tremendously important to the United States and that, "The U.S. will be watching closely the March 2006 parliamentary elections and the progress Ukraine makes regarding the implementation of needed economic, legal and political reforms. <\/p>\n

According to WNISEF it has invested $97.8 million in 26 companies, employing over 18,000 people. Western NIS Enterprise Fund’s management team has formed Horizon Capital to capitalize on its ten-year investment experience and attract substantial additional capital into the private equipment industry in Ukraine and Moldova.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>The Western NIS Enterprise Fund (WNISEF) celebrated its 10 year anniversary with a dinner in Washington, D.C. at the J. W. Marriott Hotel. Over 90 guests attended the event hosted by Dennis A. Johnson, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Natalie A. Jaresko, President and CEO and Managing Partner, Horizon Capital. WNISEF was established […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-236675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy"],"content_social_share":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

The Western NIS Enterprise Fund (WNISEF) celebrated its 10 year anniversary with a dinner in Washington, D.C. at the J. W. Marriott Hotel. Over 90 guests attended the event hosted by Dennis A. Johnson, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Natalie A. Jaresko, President and CEO and Managing Partner, Horizon Capital. <\/p>\n

WNISEF was established in 1994 by the U.S. Congress with initial funding of $150 million from USAID. The privately managed fund invests capital and provide best business practices to small and medium sized business in Ukraine and Moldova. The Fund has leveraged its original capital by attracting additional investment from local and international investors. <\/p>\n

Ambassador Carlos Pascual, Coordinator, Office of Reconstruction and Stabilization, U.S. Department of State and former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine was the master of ceremonies. William Green Miller, Senior Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center, and also a former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine also participated in the program. <\/p>\n

WNISEF honored three persons who were with the fund in the early start-up years: Glenn H. Hutchins, first Chairman of the board of directors; Scott A. Carlson, the first President and Harold J.Schroeder, the first Chief Investment Officer. <\/p>\n

The keynote speaker was U.S. Senator Richard G. Lugar, Chairman, U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The Senator spoke about his long involvement in Ukraine as a result of the Nunn-Lugar legislation designed to eliminate weapons of mass destruction. Lugar went to Ukraine the first time in 1992 and has made many visits since that time. <\/p>\n

Lugar spoke about his trips during the period when Ukraine destroyed the third largest nuclear weapons stockpile in the world in the early 1990’s. The Senator said this was a great achievement by the Ukrainian government and by the people of Ukraine. <\/p>\n

Senator Lugar also spoke about his trips to Ukraine in 2004 for the presidential election and during the famous Orange Revolution. <\/p>\n

Senator Lugar was the official representative of the U.S. Government during round two of the presidential election and played a critical role in the U.S. government’s decision to declare that election as not being free and fair and not meeting international democratic election standards. <\/p>\n

Lugar said the democratic and private sector economic progress of Ukraine is tremendously important to the United States and that, "The U.S. will be watching closely the March 2006 parliamentary elections and the progress Ukraine makes regarding the implementation of needed economic, legal and political reforms. <\/p>\n

According to WNISEF it has invested $97.8 million in 26 companies, employing over 18,000 people. Western NIS Enterprise Fund’s management team has formed Horizon Capital to capitalize on its ten-year investment experience and attract substantial additional capital into the private equipment industry in Ukraine and Moldova.<\/p>\n

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