Vadym Syrota is an independent banking expert, a regular contributor to the specialized blog of the Kennan Institute (Woodrow Wilson Center, USA) and the Monetary Policy Institute Blog, the permanent author of Ukraine’s business publications on banking, as well as the guest of YouTube channels of leading Ukraine’s journalists on finance&banking issues. Previously he worked at the National Bank of Ukraine on banking supervision and financial stability issues. He holds a Ph.D. in economics with a focus on crisis management in banking. Vadym is also a member of Ukrainian Association of Sinologists, the author of Brussels Ukraїna Review (the European Media Outlet for a Dialogue about Ukraine) and The Economic Sociology and Political Economy Blog (a global academic media platform).