Oleh Mykhaliuk joined the Basel Institute on Governance in January 2025 as Senior Specialist, Corruption Prevention in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Oleh is a Certified Fraud Examiner and a licensed Attorney. He started his career as a trial lawyer and later worked as a Senior Consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he supported high-level tax and commercial disputes and was involved in large due diligence projects and public sector initiatives.

From 2017 to 2021, Oleh worked as an investigator at the Business Ombudsman Council, an independent advisory body to the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. In this role, he successfully investigated dozens of complaints related to malpractice in areas such as taxation, customs, law enforcement abuses, state inspections, local governance and public procurement. He was also involved in systemic work aimed at improving the legislative framework and policies in areas such as administrative procedures, labour law and the enforcement of court decisions.

Additionally, Oleh held the position of Head of the Special Investigation Group and Head of the Anti-Corruption Programme at one of the largest oil and gas companies in Ukraine, where he managed high-level investigations and audits.

Oleh also worked as a key national expert on economic justice at the EU-funded Project Pravo-Justice, where he provided top-level expert advice on the reform agenda, covering topics such as property rights protection, enforcement of court decisions, insolvency, sanctions compliance and forensic expertise.

Before joining the Basel Institute, Oleh served as a Legal Advisor at the USAID Justice for All Activity, where he was responsible for activities related to judicial ethics, integrity and disciplinary procedures.

He graduated from Kyiv National Economic University, holding degrees in commercial law and international economics.