OREANDA-NEWS. September 12, 2012. Brussels hosted a grand reception to mark 21st Independence Day of Ukraine.

Ambassador of Ukraine to the EU Konstantin Yeliseyev and Ambassador of Ukraine to Belgium and Head of Mission of Ukraine to NATO Igor Dolgov with spouses welcomed the guests at the event. The reception was attended by officials representing various organizations in Europe, Belgium and NATO, diplomats, businessmen, NGOs, media and Ukrainian diaspora members.

SCM was represented by Jock Mendoza-Wilson, Director of International and Investor Relations, who said: "Ukraine and its relationship with the European Union remains an important question for European institutions and for business. The reception was an excellent opportunity to discuss the latest developments and was very well attended by the business and diplomatic community".

System Capital Management (SCM) is a professional investor, the management company of the biggest Ukrainian financial and industrial group focusing on mining and metals, energy and finance. The company also operates in other sectors including telecommunications, media and real estate, grocery retail, clay production, petroleum products retail, agriculture, pharmaceuticals retail, heavy engineering and transportation.

SCM Group includes Metinvest Holding, DTEK, First Ukrainian International Bank, Renaissance Capital Bank, ASKA and ASKA-Life insurance companies, Vega Telecommunications Group, Ukraina Media Group, Segodnya Multimedia publishing holding, ESTA Holding (real estate), Ukrainskiy Retail (grocery retail), UMG (clay production), Parallel (petroleum products retail), HarvEast (agriculture), Ukrainian Pharmacy Holding, Mining Machines holding, Portinvest transportation holding and others.