Olena is the Director and Investment Lead for CEE at Luminate, a spin-off of the Omidyar Network, founded by the founder of eBay, Pierre Omidyar. Luminate has supported 236 organizations, in 18 countries with over $314 million in funding with the goal of empowering people and institutions to work together to build just and fair societies. Olena shares her experience growing up during the Cold War and Perestroika to having the opportunity to study at Oxford and now supporting entrepreneurs in CEE. She is a strong believer in the flexibility of investing including grants. Moreover, she is not only passionate about chess but the author of a chess book for kids, which actually led a lot of mums to become chess players. 

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