Extra Consulting Ltd

Extra Consulting Ltd is one of the leading banking consulting and training providers in Ukraine. The company’s mission is to advise Ukrainian banks on the world best practice of management and advanced information technologies to improve their efficiency. This shall be achieved through the combined expertise of a network of international and local consultants. Since its establishment in 2000 about 6,000 representatives of banks and other financial institutions have attended more than 500 of the company’s seminars. Since 2002 the company has conducted in Kiev, Ukraine, eigth banking conferences on Bank Profitability Management, five banking conferences on Retail Risk Management and conferences on Private Banking, Bond Markets and Business Process Reengineering. The company has successfully accomplished consulting projects for commercial banks as principal contractor as well as a participant of international teams in Ukraine and Russia teaming up with Booz Allen & Hamilton (USA) in 1999-2001, ING Institutional & Government Advisory Services (Netherlands) in 2004-2006, Financial Access (Netherlands) in 2007-2009, and PKF (UK) in 2010. In 2009, our CEO, Vlad Kartavtsev, was appointed as Co-Director of Regional Chapter of Global Association of Risk Professionals (garp.org), and together with recently established Steering Committee of the Chapter the FRM® Certification was launched in Ukraine. They provide their clients with: Advisory assistance and business consulting for banks in such areas as Risk Management, Rating and Scoring for SMEs and Retail, Assets and Liabilities Management, Credit Processes for Corporate, SMEs and Retail Clients, Bank Reorganization, Bank Strategy, Business Process Reengineering, Managerial Accounting.  Assisting banks in implementation of Information Technologies - Data Warehouses, BI and MIS systems, ABS: Preparation of business requirements and functional specifications, standardization of business processes and internal methodology for reporting, development of the IT project?s implementation plan and risk management  Internationally recognized Risk Certification Programs of Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP)  Trainings and workshops that aim at presenting the best international standards in the bank management and advising on their implementation in Ukraine  Professional banking conferences in Credit, Market and Operational Risks Management and Bank Profitability Management  Training in Financial and Legal Literacy, Entrepreneurship, Access to Finance and Leadership for SMEs.