Dear Sirs, I am currently looking for a position in banking, asset management, brokerage or consulting in Moscow, Kiev or London. This year I am graduating from the School of Business and Public Administration, Old Dominion University, Virginia, USA majoring in Public Financial Administration. To get my two-years masters I was awarded a US Department of State fellowship named after former US Secretary of State Edmund Muskie. I have got my Bachelor Degree in Economics and Specialist Degree in Accounting and Audit from the State Technological University in Zhytomyr, Ukraine. Prior to coming to the United States, I worked in the Parliament of Ukraine, Cabinet of Ministers and Ministry of Finance and have got a solid expertise in public programs administration and policy-making. Most recently I headed a division in the State Department on Financial Monitoring (Financial Intelligence Unit) and was responsible for the cooperation with financial institutions. I was actively involved in the building of the Department’s organizational structure, anti-money laundering legislation drafting, preparation and implementation of the financial monitoring arrangements and compliance procedures for financial institutions as well as in suspicious transactions analysis. Prior to that I served as an assistant to the Members of Parliament and a consultant in the Committee on Fuel-Energy Complex and Committee on Finance and Banking as well as assisted to the Vice-Prime-Minister in economic affairs Mr. Vasyl Rogovyy in a couple of regulatory and energy-related projects. Currently I work as an assistant to a group of six brokers with more than $500 million under management at the UBS Financial Services Inc., US subsidiary of the world leading banking group UBS AG. My responsibilities include but not limited to the analysis of the debt and equity markets, portfolio management, business development and organizational support to the Global Investment Group. Moreover, I started my training on the operations management level and am planning to get my US professional brokerage certification this spring. Before joining UBS in April 2004 I was interning for the Merrill Lynch AG. I was responsible for the preparation of the asset allocation reports for corporate and individual clients, doing research on portfolio diversification, preparation of the estate planning seminars and researching on particular securities or financial products. Muskie Program has a two years home residence requirement. Thus, I am currently looking for the opportunity to apply my solid theoretical background in economics and finance as well as practical banking and brokerage expertise, which that I was able to get being working in US for the most reputable global financial institutions such as UBS and Merrill Lynch. I am also looking forward to the opportunity to apply my strong analytical and organizational skills. Attached is my resume. Please let me know if there is anything I can help you with during your review of my resume. Thank you for your time and attention to my letter. I am looking forward to hear from you soon. With kind regards, Kostyantyn Lisnychyy MA student from Ukraine (class of 2005) Old Dominion University Phone: (757) 576-2107 E-mail: lkmexpert@netscape.net