Ukrainian Credit Union develops business leaders of the future



Pictured left to right the 2011 crop of Management Development Program participants: Svitlana Mazepa, Maria Chlapak, Lina Rymar, Lesia Babiy, Taras Pidzamecky CEO, Svitlana Rundenko, Lyudmyla Petrunko, Margaryta Kulyk. Photo was taken at the orientation session for this program held on January 11 at UCU Head Office.


One of Ukrainian Credit Union Limited's major contributions to the community is the committment to help its employees develop management skills and to grow professionally. UCU has been doing this through the Management Development Program which has been active since 2003. The Management Development Program is designed to expose participants to various parts of the credit union’s operations, and to develop their leadership skills.

This year 7 new participants have been chosen from among our staff. This means that you will see some changes at a few of our branches in the next few weeks.

At Mississauga (Cawthra) branch Lesia Babiy (formerly based at our Bloor Branch) is assuming the position of Acting Branch Manager, and Svitlana Rudenko, is moving from Etobicoke to become the new Acting Loans Officer at Mississauga. Maria Chlapak, currently a Member Services Representative at Mississauga, will move into the role of Acting Member Services Officer. Svitlana Mazepa, formerly the Loans Officer at Mississauga (Cawthra), will now assume the position of Financial Services representative at the So-Use Division branch in Mississauga (Bristol)

At Bloor West Village (Armadale) Margaryta Kulyk will assume the role of Acting Member Services Officer and Lyudmyla Petrunko, formerly at Etobicoke branch, will take the position of Acting Loans Officer. Lina Rymar, who was formerly a Member Service Representative at Bloor will be moving to Etobicoke branch to assume the role of Acting Member Services Officer.

Since one of the goals of the program is to expose employees to various areas of the business, some of the above mentioned program participants will eventually move on to new roles either at the branch level or in corporate departments. We wish the participants all the best!