Since September 2024, she has served as Director of Analytics, Research and Investigations at the Economic Security Council of Ukraine. From 2022 to 2024, she served as Senior Adviser.
From 2020 to 2023, she was Senior Researcher and Editor at the ADASTRA think tank, specialising in strategic studies and the foreign policy of Central and Eastern European countries.
Olena holds a Master’s degree in Russian, Central and Eastern European and Eurasian Studies from the University of Glasgow, as well as a Master’s degree in International Relations from the University of Sarajevo.







