Renowned author and founder/president of the French organization "Yahad-In Unum", Roman Catholic priest Father Patrick Desbois will become Chief Strategy Officer and Chair of Scientific Council of the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center (BYHMC). Dr. Andrej Umansky will become Deputy Head of Academic Council. Fr. Patrick Debois will have assistance offices in Kyiv and Paris, and will work in close cooperation with the Supervisory Board of BYHMC.