Ms. Simonova is an American-Certified Appraiser and Senior Member of the American Society of Appraisers (ASA) – the only Ukrainian citizen to be Certified as such. She serves as a Vice-President of the European Chapter of the ASA. She is also a Certified Ukrainian Appraiser and a founding member of the Ukrainian Society of Appraisers. Ms. Simonova was the lead author of Ukraine’s National Standards of Appraising. In 2020 was appointed to Tangible Assets board International Valuation Standards Committee IVSC.
Current position
1992-2025 Company 'Thomas and Simonova', partner
+38 050 312 36 52
22, Saporno-Slobidska 127, Kyiv, 03028
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22, Saporno-Slobidska 127, Kyiv, 03028
phone:+38 044-583-06-87
lns@ire.kyiv.ua
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Appraisal for litigation in the court of London, mortgage appraisal for the banks, appraisal for financial statements, real estate appraisal, intangible assets for Ukrainian and foreign companies, EBRD, banks and International clients.
Web-site hpps:// ire.kyiv.ua
Ms. Simonova has managed and participate in valuations for over 400 large companies, including the four largest banks in Ukraine and major firms in the industrial, energy and agribusiness sectors. The company website contains copies of all relevant corporate licenses, personal appraisal certifications and a list of representative clients.
Ms. Simonova is a Founding Member of the Ukrainian Society of Appraisers and since 1995 has served as Chair of the International relations Committee. Since 2002 she has served on the National Working Group to develop Ukrainian National Standards of Appraisal and was the lead author on all four National Standards approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine as well as other documents on appraisal methodology, including legal recommendations on how to value loans held by commercial banks.
Ms. Simonova is a Senior Accredited Member of the American Society of Appraisers (membership #069756), vice-president of European chapter of ASA. She developed advanced courses in international valuation including a course in valuation of assets for International Financial Reporting Standards for Appraisal Institute.
Ms. Simonova continues to publish methodological articles in national and international journals, including the Appraisal Journal of the United States Appraisal Institute.
Selected Publications:
“Market Prices and Capitalization Rates for Commercial Real Estate in Ukraine”, with P.R. Thomas, Appraisal Journal Spring 2009, in English
Chapter on Ukraine in Real Estate Valuation in Global Markets, 2nd Edition, the Appraisal Institute, in English
“How to Appraise Banking Real Estate in Ukraine”, the NewsLetter of the National Bank of Ukraine, October 2007, in Ukrainian
Ms. Simonova regularly teaches professional seminars, drafts methodological procedures and advises the Ukrainian Government on regulations and the development of the appraisal industry in Ukraine.
Co-developer of two advanced international appraisal courses developed for the United States Appraisal Institute: (1) Valuation in Challenging Markets and (2) International Financial Reporting Standards for the Real Property Appraiser.
She holds a Candidate of Technical Sciences (Ph.D.) degree in Civil Engineering. She specializes in market valuation of real estate, valuation of all forms of fixed assets for international audits according to IFRS, and business valuations of companies and investment projects. During the last twenty years she has personally worked on over 200 appraisal projects.
Ms. Simonva managed the appraisal of such banks:
Delta bank
Eximbank
Raiffasen-Bank Aval
Oschadbank
First Ukrainian International Bank
Also managed appraising of more than 300 big companies, such as
Krivorizzya TETS
Ukrnafta
Poltavaoblenergo
Zapizziyaoblenergo
Chernigivoblenergo
Sumioblenergo
Lvivoblenergo
Kirovogradoblenergo
Prikarpattiyaoblenergo
Khersonoblenegro
Ternopiloblenergo
Dniprospetsstal
Zapozziatransformer
Zaporizzya ferrow allow plant
Syakhaniv ferrow allow plant
Nockopol stell pipe factory
Otis Ukraine
Amako Ukraine
Terminals in Odessa and Saint-Petersburg
Kerch gas terminal
Responsibilities: developing methodology, managing data collection, checking calculations, reports writing, defending reports, quality control, etc
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
1992-2017 IRE, CFO and cheif appraiser
1980–1992 Research Institute for Building Engineering and Architecture
Senior Scientist
- Technical appraisal of buildings, engineering renovation
- Conducted research and published articles in building structure
1974–1980 Institute for Roads and Bridges "Soyusdorproyekt", Kyiv
Senior Engineer
- Designed bridges and roads throughout Ukraine
- Responsible for mathematical calculations underlying bridge design
EDUCATION
1980–1992 Scientific-reserch Institute of Engineering Construction, Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Candidate of Technical Science), Senior Research Fellow
- 1969-1974 University of Rail road Engineering, Dnipro, Ukraine, Graduated with Honors
- Master^s and Bachelor^s degrees (equivalent) in Engineering
- Specialization in building roads and bridges