Halyna Shevchuk is the Senior Advisor, Parliamentary Assistance of the Recovering Ukraine Democratically programme. Between October 2015 and May 2025 Halyna was WFD Country Representative in Ukraine. She had overall responsibility for delivery of Ukraine programme portfolio, strategic approach and ensuring effective leadership of the Ukrainian team. During her career she worked with different donors for international as well as national organizations engaged in governance and democratic development of Ukraine.
Prior to her role in WFD, Halyna led administrative work in a higher education institution, worked as a consultant in the Constitutional Court of Ukraine and was a part of the local CSO working in the commercial law area. Halyna has an experience of working with parliamentary and various Ukrainian stakeholders including judiciary, executive, local government and media having spent eighteen years in various roles in the parliamentary technical support area. Halyna holds a master’s degree in public administration and law.