Tomáš Fiala is the Founder of Dragon Capital, one of Ukraine’s leading investment groups. He initiated the creation of Dragon Capital in 2000 and has played a central role in building the company into a diversified investment and financial services group.
Tomáš began his career at Bayerische Vereinsbank in Prague, while continuing his studies at the Prague University of Economics. He later joined Wood & Co., a leading regional investment bank, and moved to Ukraine in 1996 to establish and head the firm’s local representative office.
Tomáš served as President of the European Business Association (EBA) from 2010 to 2015 and from 2016 to 2021. In 2015, he co-founded the Centre for Economic Strategy (CES), an independent economic policy think tank, and became Chairman of its Supervisory Board. From 2016 to 2020, he served on the Board of Transparency International Ukraine. In October 2020, Tomáš was elected to the Board of Directors of the Kyiv School of Economics.
A missile can destroy a factory in minutes. The business is left with loans, taxes, destroyed assets, and broken contracts. The right to compensation from Russia matters, but funding for recovery is needed now.
What should happen immediately after a strike: decisions on taxes, loans, and collateral; an insurance payout; financing for recovery? And which instruments available to state-owned companies could also be made available to private businesses under clear rules?
How can businesses be helped to recover now, how can risk be made understandable to investors, and how can the final bill be left to Russia? We will discuss this at KIEF 2026 during the panel discussion "Wartime Business Losses: Who Will Cover the Cost?".