Maksym Kutsyi

Kutsyi was born on 21 December 1982 in Kyiv, which was then part of the Ukrainian SSR in the Soviet Union.^[8] From 1990 to 2000 he studied at the secondary school Lyceum of International Relations No. 51, which is located within the Pecherskyi District of Kyiv.^[8] From 2000 to 2004, he studied law at the National Academy of Internal Affairs.^[2]

After graduating, for a year he worked within the internal affairs bodies (MIA) of the Holosiivskyi District in Kyiv. He then worked for the international audit company Baker Tilly.^[2] From 2007 to 2008 he worked for Ernst & Young Global Limited. Kutsyi then held senior positions at BTA Bank and "Eurasia" from 2008 to 2014.^[9] Since 2015, he was the director of Service and Management LLC.^[9]

In 2019 he was on the shortlist of 5 candidates for the post of Governor of Odesa Oblast after he was recommended by Igor Novikov, the former advisor to President Volodymyr Zelensky, whom he knew well.^[10] He was chosen because of his managerial experience by Zelensky, and was ordered to primarily work on ensuring economic growth in Odesa and to raise the standard of living.^[10] He was, at the time, also called "Arsen Avakov's man", even though Kutsyi stated they never interacted and that all that connected them was Kutsyi worked in the internal affairs bodies after graduation.^[10]

Kutsyi is married and has a son.^[2]

• Maksym Kutsyi on Facebook
• "President introduced new Odesa RSA Head Maksym Kutsyi". Office of the President of Ukraine. October 11, 2019. Retrieved January 25, 2020.