Ph.D. in economics, Doctorate in economics (finance), Consultant of the World Bank, EBRD, UNDP on PPP issues, the Laureate of the State Prize in the Field of Science & Technics of Ukraine, the former Deputy-Minister of Housing and Communal Services of Ukraine (2007-2010), Deputy-director of Scientific Financial Institute under the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine (2005-2007).

Irina Zapatrina was the Project Leader in 7 PPP’s Proposals /Feasibility Studies in Ukraine, author of near 130 scientific publications on Finance, Infrastructure Development and PPPs. Her last monograph “Public-Private Partnership for Sustainable Development Goals” was published in 2017.