Valeriya Ionan is a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center. Ionan currently collaborates with governments and companies worldwide to design and scale innovation, digital transformation, and tech-driven public-private partnerships.

Alongside her independent advisory work, she serves as an advisor to the first vice prime minister—minister of digital transformation of Ukraine, Mykhailo Fedorov, focusing on innovation, digitalization, and global partnerships.

From 2019 to 2025, Ionan served as deputy minister of digital transformation of Ukraine on Fedorov’s team. During her tenure, she led the development of key products within the Diia ecosystem, spearheaded national initiatives such as Diia.Business and Diia.Education, and coordinated and represented Ukraine’s position in negotiations on the EU accession chapter on digital and media. She also oversaw international cooperation and regional digital transformation efforts.

Ionan has been recognized among Ukraine and Europe’s most promising future leaders by Mastercard Legacy, European Young Leaders, Vogue Leaders Ukraine, and UP100 Women. She was named to Sifted’s “100 Women in Tech in Europe 2025” and is an ISF fellow (2025) and Yale peace fellow (2026).