Oksana Ihnatenko

Oksana Ihnatenko is a Researcher on Ukraine’s financial integrity in RUSI’s Centre for Finance and Security. She is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist.

Oksana joined RUSI in 2023 as a Researcher for the Supervising and Monitoring Ukraine’s Reconstruction Funds (SMURF) project. Her work focuses on Ukraine's adherence to FATF standards, the fight against financial crime, anti-money laundering efforts, and broader issues related to post-war reconstruction.

Prior to joining RUSI, Oksana worked in the private sector in Ukraine, law firms in Poland, and the UK. She also had an internship with the Clooney Foundation for Justice working on the investigation of war crimes in Ukraine.

In 2024, with the support of CFS, Oksana established the Center for Financial Integrity (CFI) in Ukraine. CFI builds on the success of CFS’s SMURF project and continues to support the resilience and integrity of Ukraine's financial system. With over a decade of experience in studying financial crime and convening high-level stakeholders, CFS is now collaborating with CFI to advance anti-money laundering efforts in Ukraine.

In 2025, Oksana was recognised as an ACAMS 2025 Rising AFC Professional of the Year.

Oksana holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree from the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and a Master of Laws (LLM) in International Business Law from the London School of Economics. Her dissertation focused on the sanctions regime and legal ways to seize Russian frozen assets to fund Ukraine's reconstruction.