Team of reformers and international leaders to meet at 'Ukrainian Breakfast' in Davos on January 23

The Victor Pinchuk Foundation and the international investment advisory group EastOne will host the Ukrainian Breakfast, a traditional private event organized as part of the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos (Switzerland) on January 23.

"This year the interactive discussion of Ukrainian and international leaders will focus on what the new leadership, Ukrainian society, and Ukraine’s international partners expect from each other to address the tremendous challenges Ukraine faces," reads a statement made by the organizers on Tuesday.

According to the statement, the Ukrainian team will include Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko, Minister of Economic Development and Trade Aivaras Abromavicius, Head of the National Bank of Ukraine Valeriya Gontareva and Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine Dmitry Shymkiv.

The participants will also include Jose Manuel Barroso, the 11th President of the European Commission; Carl Bildt, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden (2006 - 2014); Lawrence Summers, former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury; George Soros, Chairman of Soros Fund Management and Founder of Open Society Foundations.

Thomas Friedman, foreign affairs Op-Ed columnist of the New York Times and Ukrainian MP Mustafa Nayyem will be the moderators at the event.

The Davos Ukrainian Lunch (Davos Ukrainian Breakfast in 2015) is an international gathering dedicated to Ukraine held annually in Davos during the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum