Our team Robert McNeil
General Director

Robert originally set up the Pulse operation in Ukraine in January 1993, after having held various positions working for multinational companies in both the USA & UK, in the fields of marketing, sales, distribution, and finally, finance.

From very humble beginnings, he quickly established Pulse as a "Turn Key" solution for multinationals, offering them not only a comprehensive range of marketing services, but often more importantly, assisting clients in building and executing a professional distribution and sales infrastructure.

"The people of Ukraine are wonderful, and their hospitality is often staggering! They are cultured, educated & their ladies are the most beautiful in the world. Sure, there are plenty of challenges, often seemingly impossible, but there is still no other place in the world that I would rather live or work."

Victoria McNeil
Commercial director

After graduating from Kiev University of Foreign Languages in 1993, Victoria began her career in a small trading company, which within a short number of years became one of the largest & most successful trading and distribution companies in Ukraine. As director of a young dynamic team of people, and together with the three years of experience she gained as President of AISEC (Association of International Students in Economics and Commerce), she was instrumental in the development of a warehousing and distribution infrastructure throughout 25 cities of Ukraine, including the recruitment and training of personnel for all regional offices.

In 1997 Victoria joined Pulse Ltd. as Commercial Director. Her present responsibilities include overall supervision of all of the commercial activities of Pulse.

"Pulse is a company with a highly talented and enthusiastic group of people, working together to achieve mutual goals and it is both a great pleasure and very rewarding to be a part of this team.

Stuart McKenzie
Managing Director

Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Stuart moved to Ukraine in 1994 where he joined Pulse and soon became a partner and Managing Director.

Over the years Stuart has gained unparalleled experience in Ukraine in the fields of sales, merchandising, research and marketing – assisting many of the world's largest companies to develop their products in this emerging market.

Stuart has been at the forefront of Pulse's development and understands the fundamentals and challenges of running a business in a developing marketplace such as Ukraine.

Stuart is a past president and founding member of the Kyiv Lions Club and is chairman of the "Burns Night" event held each year. Stuart has been organizing Burns Night in Ukraine for fourteen years.

Mark Wright
Operation Director
An expatriate New Zealander for the past fifteen years, Mark has built his experience from commercial challenges in five countries. After attending university in New Zealand, he spent seven years in general management roles in the wholesale grocery trade, then left New Zealand and spent some time in Papua New Guinea, part of which involved his own paper converting business, predominantly toilet tissue, and other paper consumables.

In 1990 he joined the Coca-Cola bottling operation. His path then included a series of regional and national sales and marketing management roles in Papua New Guinea, Australia, Ukraine, and the Philippines.Following his role at Coca-Cola he operated from Dubai on a consultancy basis, working in Jordan, Saudi Arabia, the UAE.

In 2002 he moved back to Ukraine with the Pulse organization and has brought a depth of experience ideally suited to the challenges facing Ukrainian businesses today. This is especially so when it comes to integrated marketing, supply chain management, and solution based management services. Boris Rashman
Chief Financial Officer
In 1995 the paths of Pulse and Boris Rashman crossed. At that point of time Boris was a co-owner and commercial director of a successful IT-company. But he soon saw his future in Pulse, a new and promising company. His successful career and professional growth has proved that to be true. Now Boris is the financial director (new strategies of investments) of one of the biggest national marketing agencies that provides BTL and ATL services. Leading different projects, he proved himself as a great tactician and strategist. The project of supplying British Telecom with telecommunication equipment serves as a good example of this.

In 1991 he graduated from The National University of Taras Shevchenko and received a technical degree. In 2003 Boris received two degrees: the first in economics, and an MBA (Switzerland and Belgium). His experience and his activities are directed to the successful development of Pulse. Igor Parkhomenko
Financial Director
Whilst still a student of economics at University, Igor commenced his employment in Pulse in January of 1995 and was quickly promoted to Finance Manager, with the primary responsibilities of Cash Flow & Management Accounts.

By 1998, Igor was appointed Finance Director, and since this time has been a key component in ensuring the financial strength, stability and success of Pulse through his extraordinary commitment and dedication.

"Pulse is a company with a big team of talented people, with a complex infrastructure, working in a very fast changing business environment, which requires us to find new solutions to new problems, almost daily! There are lots of challenges, but this is a great place to work and I'm sure that both the company and all of the staff of Pulse will continue to grow and prosper for another ten years." Clem Young
Marketing and Communications Director
Oleg Kot
Strategic Business Director
Oleg came to Pulse in 1998 as an account executive soon after graduating from Nezhyn State University. A linguistic education allowed him to quickly integrate into the agency. Throughout the years Oleg has dealt with many important clients, including giants such as Tetley, Nestle, Coca-Cola, PMI and many others.

Choosing the right strategies, analytical thinking, a practical approach to tasks, and hard-work, helped Oleg to rapidly climb the career ladder. Today he is the Strategic Business Director at Pulse.