 He served in Scandinavia, Finland, Italy and the Soviet Union, and became Canada's first consul general to Ukraine in 1991 ("Edmonton Journal", 29 December 1990).After Canada recognized Ukraine's independence from the Soviet Union, Gayowsky was named chargé d'affaires of the Canadian embassy ("Toronto Star", 27 January 1992).He later represented the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in Kiev ("Financial Post", 20 November 1993).