Russell Bedford Names New Correspondent Firms in Ukraine

London, United Kingdom, November 13, 2014 –(PR.com)– Russell Bedford International, the global network of professional services firms, has announced the appointment of new correspondent firms in Kyiv (Kyiv) and Odessa, Ukraine.

The audit and business advisory firm Riqueza Capital Group LLC (RCG) is the network’s new representative in Kyiv. Established in 2007, RCG is headed by two partners, certified auditor Iryna Shtefano and ACCA-qualified Alexander Tkachuk. It specialises in providing audit and tax support for group audits of international corporations which have subsidiaries in Ukraine, and also assists Ukrainian businesses seeking access to international capital markets. The firm has clients in a broad range of sectors, such as agriculture and food production, oil, construction and development, retail, software, media and publishing. For more information, visit the website at http://www.riqueza.com.ua.

A grouping of three professional services practices now represents the network in Odessa. The practices are the audit and consulting firm Grantye, financial experts and forensic accountants LEI, and the audit firm Respect. Each of the firms is led by a certified auditor. Grantye (www.grantye.com) was founded in 1995 by Sergei A. Timofeienko and Respect (www.afr.org.ua) was set up 1994 by Olena A. Shvets. Both firms focus on the provision of audit, accounting and tax services, and their clients include a number of public joint-stock corporations. LEI (inst-expert.com.ua) was established in 2011 by Olga S. Parkhomenko to provide expert financial consulting and forensic accounting services to lawyers, banks and other organisations in relation to judicial processes.

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About Russell Bedford International

Established in 1983, Russell Bedford International is a global network of independent firms of accountants, auditors, tax advisers and business consultants. Ranked amongst the world’s leading accounting and audit networks, Russell Bedford is represented by some 600 partners, 5000 staff and 290 offices in more than 100 countries in Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific. Russell Bedford International is a member of the IFAC Forum of Firms and a member of EGIAN, the European Group of International Accounting Networks and Associations.

Contacts:

Dmytro Tkachenko
Riqueza Capital Group
T: +38 097 927 58 01 / 044 425 91 44 / 044 425 91 08
E: d.tkachenko@riqueza.com.ua
W: http://www.riqueza.com.ua

Sergei A. Timofeienko
ACF Grantye
T: +380 482 324 698
E: audit@grantye.com
W: http://www.grantye.com

Olga S. Parkhomenko
LEI
T: +380 482 324 698
E: institut.ekspertiz@yandex.ua
W: inst-expert.com.ua

Olena A. Shvets
Respect LLC
T: +380 487 269 759 / 288 216
E: info@afr.org.ua
W: http://www.afr.org.ua

Kempton Bedell-Harper
Russell Bedford International
T: +44 20 7410 0339
E: info@russellbedford.com
W: http://www.russellbedford.com