Tkachenko, Alexander Vladislavovich

In 1990 he graduated from the Journalism Department of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv .

In 2016, he received a Harvard Business School diploma in the Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports program.

In 2018, he completed his studies at INSEAD Business School in Singapore under the “Value Creation for Owners and Directors” program.

In 1994 - 1999 - President of the television company (production studio) “ Nova Mova ”, which produced the television programs “Afterword” and “Faces of the World” for the channels “ UT-1 ” and “ Inter ”.

In December 1996, together with the entire Afterword team, he transferred to the new television and radio company Studio 1 + 1 . The Television News Service ( TSN ), created by Tkachenko, was aired on January 1, 1997 with presenter Alla Mazur . At the same time, “Afterword” continued to appear on “ 1 + 1 ”, and Tkachenko also became deputy general producer of the channel.

In December 1997 left the “ 1 + 1 ”.

In April 1999, he headed the channel " New Channel " , where he came on order of the then owner of the Russian Alfa Bank. Alexander reformatted and made the Reporter news program competitive, inviting several of the Afterword team to it: Andrey Shevchenko, Ivanna Naid , Igor Kulyas. Under his leadership, already in 2000, the channel entered the top three market leaders.

From January 2000 to May 2001 , he was an adviser to the Prime Minister of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko (volunteer). In 2003, he became the informal leader of the so-called Pinchuk holding (the Novy Channel , ICTV , and STB television channels). In August 2004, resigned as head of the holding, and in January 2005 , left the New Channel .

In 2005 - became chairman of the board and one of the shareholders of Odessa Film Studio CJSC began to develop a network of cinemas and film distribution ^[3] .

From March to May 2008, he worked in Moscow as Deputy General Director of REN-TV channel as part of a consultation agreement. He was engaged in programming content and broadcasting grids ^[4] .

From August 2008 to August 29, 2019 he held the position of General Director of the 1 + 1 media group, which includes the 1 + 1 , 2 + 2 , TET , PlusPlus, Curlers, and Unian TV channels TV ”, “ 1 + 1 International ” and Ukraine Today , sales house Pluses and a television production company 1 + 1 production ^[5] .

In April 2014, against the backdrop of the annexation of Crimea to Russia and the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine, he called on Ukrainian television channels to abandon the broadcast of Russian TV shows about security officials. Subsequently, he supported the bill banning Russian films and TV shows propagandizing its armed and law enforcement forces ^[5] .

On November 1, 2018, Russian sanctions were imposed against 322 citizens of Ukraine, including Alexander Tkachenko ^[6] .

He acted as a producer of the movie "Song of Songs", " House with a Turret ", " Vysotsky. Thank you for being alive , " At the River ."

In addition, he was the producer of many popular television series, including “ Milkmaid from Khatsapetovka ”, “ Tomorrow will be tomorrow ”, “ Hope as a confirmation of life ”, “ Sky with polka dots ” and many others.

1988 - 1991 - editor and presenter of the weekly television program "Youth Studio" Gart "on the Ukrainian state television channel" UT-1 ".

1991 - 1994 - correspondent of the Ukrainian representative office of the British news agency Reuters in Kiev .

1994 - created the weekly information and analytical television program “Afterword” and became its host.

1998 - 1999, based on the Nova Mova shopping center, commissioned by the Inter TV channel, during one television season, created the author’s television program in the format of an interview with international celebrities under the name “Faces of the World” ^[7] . The guests of the Faces were the Dalai Lama , Pinochet , Jean Chretien , Jacques Chirac and others.

During the presidential election of 2004, he led a television debate between Viktor Yushchenko and Viktor Yanukovych .

Since May 23, 2011, for several years in a row, he broadcast the program “ Tkachenko.UA ” on the channel “ 1 + 1 ” ^[8] .

Since 2005, together with ex-colleague Andriy Shevchenko, he became one of the initiators of the creation of Public Television and Radio Broadcasting in Ukraine and one of the authors of the concept of Ukrainian Public Television (Public Broadcasting).

As one of the most influential CEOs of the Ukrainian media sector, Alexander is actively involved in reforming the industry. Under his leadership, the media holding “1 + 1 Media” always has a proactive position regarding events and changes that relate to the media industry. Also, Alexander, one of the first CEOs in the media industry, took a focus on the activities of the group as a socially responsible business. In particular, in 2017, 1 + 1 Media presented the first corporate social responsibility report among media companies. ^[9]

In November 2018, 1 + 1 Media, together with the Norwegian-American team, shot the pilot of the first international series Jonathan Fort. Filming was carried out by the Norwegian company Evil Doghouse Production together with the Ukrainian "1 + 1 Production". ^[ten]

In the early parliamentary elections of 2019 he took 9th place in the preliminary list of the party " Servant of the people " ^[11] . He oversaw the work of the Kiev majority from "Servants of the People ^[12] ".

• From 1989 to 2009 ^{[13] he} was married to producer and screenwriter Tatyana Gnedash ^[14] , and from 2018 she was a producer of Art Forms Priduction ^[15] .
  • The daughter of Alexander Tkachenko’s first marriage (born 1989 ) has been working on television ^[16] , has been an executive producer of the production company Front Cinema ^[17] (a member of the media group Media Group Ukraina ^[18] ), since the fall of 2018 - Creative producer of the New Channel ^[15] . On August 20, 2015, Alexandra Tkachenko married Front Cinema production colleague Sergei Ukhin ^[19] .
• In January 2015, he got married to the HR Director of “1 + 1” Anna Barannik. The ceremony was held in Jerusalem , in the presence of close relatives and friends ^[20] .
  • Son of Danil Tkachenko (born October 20, 2015) ^[21]

In 2010 ^[22] , 2011 ^[23] , 2012 ^[24] , Alexander entered the TOP-200 of the most influential Ukrainians according to the rating of the magazine Focus .

In 2015 ^[25] , 2016 ^[26] , 2017 ^[27] , 2018, Alexander entered the TOP-100 of the most influential Ukrainians according to the rating of the magazine Focus .

According to the rating of the best TOP-managers of Ukraine “TOP-100” delo.ua, it is constantly among the three best CEOs of the media industry.

According to the X-Ray Marketing Award , in 2017 it entered the TOP-3 marketing-oriented CEOs. ^[28]

Also in 2018, the 1 + 1 Media management team became one of the leaders in the “Business HReformation 2018. Best Employers of Ukraine” rating, which was formed by the “ Business ” magazine, where it took 2nd place in the category “Strong Top Management - Dream Team” ^{[29 ]}

• tkachenko.ua - official site of Alexander Tkachenko