Roman Romanov (born 12 November 1972, Potsdam, East Germany) serves as the General Director of Ukroboronprom, the Ukrainian Defense Industry. On 4 July 2014, he took charge of the state enterprise Ukroboronprom. The President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko entrusted him with a task of improving Ukroboronprom's profitability to provide the armed forces with high-quality weapons and demonstrate effective steps to fight corruption, as well as increase revenue to the state budget. Romanov assembled a team of highly skilled professionals with successful experience in leadership positions in crisis not only in Ukraine but also abroad.