OGR Managing Partner David Vavra chairs panel discussion at a high-level central bank conference

 

June 30, 2025

David Vavra, Managing Partner of OGR, chaired a panel titled Financial Markets as Engines of Europe’s Development, Competitiveness, and Growth at a high-level conference organized by the central banks of Ukraine and Poland. The event was attended by prominent figures, including ECB President Christine Lagarde, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey, National Bank of Ukraine Governor Andriy Pyshnyy, and National Bank of Lithuania Governor Gediminas Šimkus.

David opened the panel discussion by addressing the new challenges facing Europe and the key barriers to the development of capital markets across the continent. The discussion covered topics such as Euro adoption, the role of private capital in the Ukrainian banking sector, and the outlook for the EU’s competitiveness.

Watch the sessions online: https://events.bank.gov.ua/ARConference/2025/en.html