Since early 2006, Alex has been Investment Manager at Bulgarian Land Development plc, a real estate investment and development company, listed on the AIM segment of the London Stock Exchange, where he oversees investment projects with a gross development value exceeding Euro 250 mln. Before joining BLD, Alexander was Partner and Director of Corporate Finance and Research at a leading corporate finance advisory firm based in Sofia. There he has been a team leader in the execution of core M&A assignments in the region. Alex has paddled more than 20,000 km with his kayak on the rivers of Bulgaria and Europe, being one of the few people to have participated for 16 consecutive years in Tour International Danubien (TID) - the longest (2,500+ km) paddling tour in the world. He has a Master's degree in International Business, as well as additional qualifications in financial analysis and investment banking. Alexander Pazderski has published extensively in leading business newspapers and magazines in Bulgaria and abroad.

Alexander Varov is a business development consultant of Internet-based companies with over ten years experience in interactive advertising and online publishing. He has worked with companies such as Dir.bg, Mail.bg, Investor.bg, Darik Web, Atol Media, Imoti.net, AWSUM Interactive, EasyTrader.bg etc. He has developed long-standing partnerships with large-scale advertisers and advertising agencies.
Professional profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandervarov

Andrew Mihailov is a graduate of Sofia University Department of Law. He has participated in a number of training courses by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the German Bundeskartellamt. He has specialized in the field of competition law and has worked in the Antitrust Directorate of the Bulgarian Commission for the Protection of Competition (CPC). Currently, he is engaged with protection of competition issues on the market of fixed and mobile communications at a local private telecommunications company. Andrew Mihailov is directly involved with protection against infringements such as abuse of dominant position and fixed price market distortions. He is also qualified to tackle and investigate prohibited cartel arrangements and other collusion practices. He has several years experience lecturing on protection of competition and has published a number of articles and monographs on current developments in the area of competition law, administrative law, and international relations.

Apostol Mushmov has authored the book Reversed Marketing: CRM (published by ForKom) and several articles on CRM in the ENTERPRISE professional journal in 2009. Mushmov's contribution in the area of Applied Math has earned him international acclaim. He is an Associate Fellow of the Royal Institute of Applied Mathematics in the UK. He began his teaching career while completing his graduate studies at Sofia Technical University. Later, he joined a science research team and taught at Greenwich University London. Upon his return to Bulgaria, he worked for insurance company Allianz Bulgaria and Vivacom as Risk Manager, Pricing Manager, Marketing Manager and CRM Manager. He was involved in all major Vivacom projects from 2004 till 2009. He has been a managing partner at VBD Consult since 2008. He is providing advice to a number of companies from the retail, insurance and services sectors. He has additional qualifications and certificates in marketing, analysis, and the use of a number of business software applications.

Dr. Borisov is an associate professor at Svishtov Academy “D. A. Cenov”. He is a senior lecturer in strategic planning, business planning and budgeting, securities and stock exchange trading. He has authored over 60 publications and monographs on applied research topics. He has taught a number of courses in adult education through internationally sponsored projects including training in strategic planning and business valuation.

Dr. Naidenov has graduated law, history and philosophy from Sofia University and studied banking at the University of National and World Economy (UNWE), Sofia. He has done graduate studies in international politics, international trade law, and international finance management and banking at various universities in the US, Great Britain, Germany and China. He has completed doctoral studies in international economic relations at the College of International Politics at Beijing University, China. He is currently a Sofia Bar Association lawyer.

Dr. Naidenov has extensive international experience as expert and consultant with numerous projects IBRD, World Bank, EBRD, USAID and FLAG Consortium, the EU PHARE Program, UNFAO etc.

Dr. Naidenov has written and published 15 books and over 200 monographs and articles in the areas of banking, insurance, trade and finance law, trade finance, international relations and national security. He has taught law at Sofia University, the International Banking Institute, and the Bank Training and Development Center at UNWE, Sofia.

Daniela Ivanova has a Masters in Organizational Psychology from Sofia University. She is a business development and change management consultant. She has fourteen years experience as a trainer in effective communications, team development, leadership skills, motivation, time and stress management, presentation and negotiation skills, train the trainer, mediation in problem solving. She has conducted in-house training for EVN Bulgaria, SKF, BELLA Bulgaria, ADDRESS, MONDY Packaging, ORAK Engineering and many other companies. She is an HR quality manager in ISO 9001:2000 (TUV NORD).

Diana Georgieva has a Master degree in the field of Marketing at Burgas Open University and a Master degree in International Economic Relations at the University of National and World Economy. She has worked for a marketing agency and some trade companies. For the last few years she is the Marketing manager of Orgachim J.S.Co. (www.orgachim.bg). Series of successful brands were designed there under her supervision - LEKO, BLAGO, PROTECTA, Mr. Zink, CHAMELECON and more. Diana Georgieva initiated the development of a franchising package for the shop chain CHAMELECON. At present she is at the position of Marketing manager of a grocery chain FAMILIA. Diana Georgieva is the winner of 2003 award "Brand Manager of the Year" (1st national competition of Bulgarian Marketing Association).

Dr. Tenchev has done graduate studies at a number of leading European Universities in the Netherlands, Denmark, Great Britain, and Germany. He has extensive consulting experience in Bulgaria, conducting firm level diagnostics, developing management strategies, systems for quality assurance and industry cost optimization, as well as in designing management and organizational structures. He has developed the prospectuses of three Bulgarian privatization funds for the voucher privatization and restructuring of municipal property. He has published a number of research studies in the areas of quality management, business logistics, company management, management and maintenance of industrial equipment, productivity management. He has written several quality management books. Dr. Tenchev is a member of the Association of Management and Entrepreneurship.

Dobrinka Chavdarova has been involved with marketing of FMCG: food-stuffs, coffee and tea. She has experience in the marketing of toys and leisure equipment. She has specialized in the trainee program of the world's largest tobacco group “British American Tobacco” in Malta. Mrs. Chavdarova has facilitated numerous conference group discussions and teambuilding events. She has a Masters in Marketing from UNWE, Sofia.

Dobrin Mirevski is currently Business Development Director at EOS Matrix. Prior to this he was Customer Service at Melexis, the leading international manufacturer of integrated circuits and sensors, Export Manager at ORT Inc., the largest Bulgarian furniture manufacturer, Regional Sales Manager for Europe and North America at Balkanpharma (Actavis Inc.). Earlier on he worked at Procter and Gamble Balkan Regional Office in Romania. Mr. Mirevski has been involved with sales and customer relations for over twelve years, climbing up the professional ladder in a number of key industries. He has sales experience both on the domestic and foreign export markets. He has been involved with firm level consulting and training on matters of personal sales, customer relations, and export markets penetration. He has a Masters in International Business from UNWE - Sofia. He has taken graduate level courses at the Dutch Employers' Confederation (VNO-NCW) and the Cyprus Management Institute in Nicosia.

Ekaterina Ignatova is a graduated Management Systems and has an MBA from the Prague Economics Institute, Czech Republic. She has specialized Data and Network Management at CEPIA, Paris, business law at AUBG and participated in Entrepreneurship Training at National Bank of Greece Training Center. Ms. Ignatova has worked in Ringier Bulgaria as Marketing Director and on an AUBG project, in charge of promoting investment opportunities via the Internet. She has served as Executive Director of the UNPD supported Blagoevgrad REDA. Ms. Ignatova has been and is currently the Executive Director of the Bulgarian Association of Management Consulting Organizations (BAMCO) since 1999.

Eleonora Stancheva has a Master's degree in Macroeconomics and a Bachelor's degree in Economics with Distinction from Sofia University "St. Kl. Ohridski", Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (FEBA). She specialized in international accounting, public sector accounting and utility companies' accounting. She is working as an Assistant Professor in Accounting for seven years at FEBA. Eleonora Stancheva has worked as an accounting expert and corporate analyst for several USAID projects. Eleonora Stancheva has designed and presented a number of training courses and seminars in International Accounting Standards (International Financial Reporting Standards) for chief accountants of public companies, auditors, members of Financial Supervision Commission, tax authorities etc. Eleonora Stancheva has published a number of articles and other papers in the field of accounting and financial reporting. She is currently writing her Ph. D. thesis in accounting.

Ms. Atanasova is HR Manager with Melexis, an international company for automotive integrated circuits. She has responsibility for the Bulgarian, Swiss and German operations of the company. Previously, she worked for Coca-Cola HBC for six years. She has grown within the HR department occupying positions such as National Training Manager and Strategic Staffing and Employee Relations Manager. Ms. Atanasova has gained the reputation of an effective trainer. She has provided coaching and train-the-trainer expertise. She has conducted trainings in situational leadership, general management, time management, presentation skills and train-the-trainer. She has effectively managed a team of ten people applying the principles of Situational Leadership.

Dr. Emil Kalchev has a Masters in international relations from UNWE and is a Doctor of economics and social sciences of the Vienna University of Economics. He has taken post-doctoral studies at Bamberg University, Germany within a project related to modeling of EC taxes and pension insurance. Dr. Kalchev has specialized in corporate finance and taxation at Tubingen University, Germany, as well as at Vienna University of Economics and the University of Vienna. He has worked as finance consultant in Vienna and at Vasov Institute - Sofia, and has consulted on finance issues the Economic Development Center in Sofia. He is currently teaching graduate level corporate finance and taxation at NBU and conducts review classes in corporate finance at the Finance Department of UNWE. He has published extensively in the field of finance and company management.

Georgi Spasov is managing partner in "Spasov & Bratanov" Lawyers' Partnership, Advocate, LL.B. (Sofia) LL.M. (London). He has been a lawyer since 1988 and a Member of the Bar since 1993. For seven years he was a name partner with another Sofia law firm. For two years he was advisor to the Board of Management of TSBank Sofia and his areas of specialist knowledge acquired during his overseas research studies include: Banking and Finance Law (London), Securities Exchange and Regulation in Japan; European Banking Law in London and The Hague. Mr. Spasov is also a University lecturer in Law at the 'St. Kliment Ohridski' Sofia University.

Iskra Dimitrova has a Master's degree in Economics from University of National and World Economy, concentration in Human Resources management. She has worked in different companies, such as: Orgachim, Nestle Sofia, Royal Foods, Division. In the month of April 2003, Ms. Dimitrova delivered a series of presentations on "Job Seeker Interview Skills" at several universities in Sofia. These presentations were part of the undergraduates' forum "Careers 2003" in conjunction with Job Tiger Ltd. and the Bulgaria Dream Area Program under aegis of the Ministry of Economy.

Ivan Ivanchev is an Internet Marketing specialist, whose academic expertise has been enhanced by his extensive experience in both Bulgaria and Germany.
Having worked for leading IT companies in Berlin, such as Jamba GmbH è Gedas GmbH, he was hired in 2005 as a senior web specialist with an ambitious web-based project for the Albena beach resort. The Albena.bg web site and online reservation system shortly scored impressive financial results and was awarded First Prize in its category at the 2006 International Web Festival.
Ivan Ivanchev is a co-founder of the advertising network EasyTrader.bg, which was launched in 2006. He has been involved in the development and marketing of this new service on the Bulgarian market. His professional experience and high performance projects rank him among the leading local specialists in the area of CPC and CPA advertising.
He is currently managing partner for Easy Trader Ltd., responsible for marketing, PR, and technology development.

Ivailo Avramov has over ten years experience as trainer and consultant in the field of statistics, quantitative methods, computational and statistical models for financial planning and reporting. He has passed successfully all three levels of the CFA program (Chartered Financial Analyst program, AIMR) and earned the right to use the CFA designation. He has worked on a number of projects for design and implementation in the field of linear programming, simulative software, and applied informatics. Ivailo Avramov has a Master's degree in Economics, diploma in International Business and an engineering degree from Sofia Technical University.

Ivaylo Borisov is Managing Director and co-founder of Ardency Consulting - marketing and PR communications consultancy. Prior to setting up Ardency Consulting, Ivaylo Borisov was senior IMC consultant with a leading international consulting company and worked on local and international projects. Earlier, he was marketing director of B2B and B2C companies. He has a BA in International Relations from UNWE and MBA in Marketing and e-Business from Germany and USA, Warrington School of Business, UFL.

Ivailo Nenov is an experienced finance professional with expertise in financial modeling, portfolio and risk management, and algorithmic trading. He has eight years experience as portfolio manager, finance and equity analyst and investment banking consultant.
Ivailo Nenov has a Masters in Finance from Svishtov Academy of Economics. He graduated with MSc in Financial Engineering from IIT, Stuart Graduate School of Business, Chicago IL in 2006, with emphasis on advanced statistics, financial modeling, object oriented programming, and quantitative trading strategies. He passed his CFA Level III in 2008.
At the beginning of his career Ivailo Nenov was involved with financial analysis, company valuation, financial modeling, project restructuring and investment proposals. In the last three years, he has worked at two Chicago-based hedge funds, developing and implementing quantitative investment strategies. Currently, he is responsible for portfolio and risk management at Standard Asset Management, Sofia.

Ivan Zangochev has a Masters in Macroeconomics from UNWE. He has completed a number of specialized certificate courses in internal audit, business planning and managerial accounting. He has been the project leader for several projects related to the introduction of new business and finance software. During his six years employment record he has been Financial Controller and Financial Planner at Siemens Information and Communications and Cabletel. He is pursuing AIMR's three level, CFA certification program.

John Stocker is an American instructor, PhD in Finance, with significant background in financial consulting. He has worked in Bulgaria for over six years in the field of financial and company analysis and valuation, business planning and finance facilitation, as well as on a significant number of investment and acquisition projects in the region. He has extensive experience in facilitating professional training seminars and courses in Bulgaria and abroad. He is actively involved in the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Program of AIMR.

Kalina Pelovska has a Master's degree in International Economics with Distinction from Varna Economics University and a Master's degree in International Relations and European Studies with Distinction from Central European University in Budapest, Hungary. She has a diploma in International Studies from the John Hopkins University in Bologna, Italy where she was also a teaching assistant in International Trade at the School of Advanced International Studies. Kalina Pelovska has worked as a business consultant for FLAG Consortium, assisting local SMEs in business planning, debt financing and due diligence. She is currently working as project manager for the EBRD Business Advisory Services Program. Kalina Pelovska has designed a number of training courses and seminars in financial statement analysis, business planning and statistics methods, managerial accounting and finance. She is actively involved in the CFA program (Chartered Financial Analyst program, AIMR) and successfully passed the Level I examination.

Krassimir Cholakov is an experienced banker and analyst working in a major Sofia commercial bank. He has extensive professional experience in the field of corporate finance, corporate and investment banking. He has been involved in bank financing of multiple projects including, analysis, evaluation, structuring, approval and monitoring of financial transactions. Mr. Cholakov has an M.A. in economics and a diploma in computer science and engineering. He has completed graduate studies in business administration, corporate finance, planning and analysis from Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austia.

Mr. Medigovich is a Certified Mortgage Consultant who has been in the banking and mortgage lending industry for over twenty nine years. He has held management positions in Banks, Savings and Loans and Mortgage Companies in Arizona. He has held positions of Loan Servicing Manager, Collections and Foreclosure Manager, Loan Officer, and Secondary Marketing Manager.

He is the President of a private mortgage and investment company and he is Chief Executive Officer of a private trustee company.

He has co-authored proposed legislation on both the state and national level for loan officer educational standards and registration. He is certified as an instructor by the Arizona Department of Real Estate, the Maricopa Community College District and the National Association of Mortgage Brokers.

Since 1999 Mr. Medigovich has worked as an international banking consultant and has traveled to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, assisting those countries in banking reform.

Mr. Kanaryan is PhD in Economics and assistant professor at the Finance and Credit Department at Tsenov Academy of Economics in Svishtov. He is teaching Bank Risk Management, Portfolio Management and Corporate Finance at the Academy. His research interests are in the field of risk and portfolio management and financial econometrics. He has published numerous papers on modeling of emerging stock markets. He is the winner of the 2002 Best Finance Paper Award of the Istanbul Stock Exchange. Mr. Kanaryan is a member of the Global Association of Risk Professionals - GARP.

Nikolay Petrov is Client Service Director at Zed Digital Cybermark. He has been involved with Internet Marketing since 1999. He has worked at TechnoLogica’s Internet Division as TL Mediator and then for Cybermark Agency, part of Publicis Mark Group. Prior to this he was Marketing and Advertisement Manager at Nemetschek AG, Infomed and Infomedia. He has specialized at the University of East London (UK) and Technische Universiteit Delft (the Netherlands). He has over 30 publications on Internet Marketing and Advertising in both print and online media, such as Dnevnik, Marketing Avenue, eMarker.biz, Internetreklama.com.

Peter Manovsky is a marketing consultant for FMCG. He has an MBA in marketing and finance from Cologne University, Germany. He has worked for the market research agency PMF, Cologne and as an Account Director for the Cologne WTC Advertising Agency. Later he continued his career as Account Director of Euro RSCG New Europe - Sofia and Crosspoint Advertising, and the Food Division of Avendi Ltd. He has a major contribution in the creation, development, and market success of a number of popular brands. He has served as Marketing Director for Allianz, Bulgaria. Currently, he is Director of Marketing and CRM for Bulstrad Vienna Insurance Group.

Ralitsa Dimitrova has a Master's degree in Economics from New Bulgarian University (NBU), concentration in Financial management. She has a certificate of firm level business evaluator. Her research interest are in the field of financial analysis, corporate finance, business valuation and capital management. She is lecturing on "Capital management" at NBU.

Rositsa Boncheva has an M.Sn. in Economics. She is a banking expert in international payments, document business, correspondent banking, payment systems (including RINGS), and S.W.I.F.T. communication. She has worked for Bulgarian Foreign Trade Bank, Central Cooperative Bank, BNP-Dresdner Bank (Bulgaria) AD, Encouragement Bank, Emporiki Bank – Bulgaria EAD. She has been involved in the implementation of a number of new banking business processes and projects. She is currently employed as Head of Payments Department at International Asset Bank AD and as Coordinator for SEPA and TARGET2 projects. She has been involved with bank training and has taught seminars in Trade Finance, Letters of Credit, Correspondent Banking and others for IBI and Consortium FLAG.

Dr. Brusarski has an MA in finance and a Ph.D. in Economics. He has been the Deputy Dean of the Finance Department at the College of Finance and Accounting of UNWE since 2001. He has specialized in the areas such as cost benefit analysis, public finance, etc. at Pierre Mendez University in Grenoble, France, the University of Maastricht, the Netherlands, the University of Leicester, England, BA - Ravensburg, Germany and other universities abroad. For the last three years he has been the Director of the National University Center in Public Finance. Dr. Brusarski is teaching public finance, cost benefit analysis, capital budgeting, credit and insurance, investment etc. at various universities and institutions. He has served as deputy executive director of the Agriculture State Fund, Head of Department at the Ministry of Economy, and worked as finance consultant. He has written and published several books on issues of finance and taxation as well as a number of different monographs and articles.

Ross Abadjiev is a Certified Management Consultant with 15 years experience in executive training, business development, and project management, as well as 11 years experience in leadership roles with implementers of USAID-funded private sector competitiveness and economic development projects in Bulgaria and SEE region. He has extensive experience in M&E of large-scale projects and has headed an administrative unit dedicated to the design and reporting of KPIs and performance measurement of results oriented projects. In recent years he has trained marketing and sales professionals from a number of leading companies in Bulgaria in sales and presentation skills seminars.

Stella Ivanova has a BA in Public Administration and an MA in Finance. She holds additional qualifications in Accounting and Procurement Negotiations. She has worked as Administrative Manager in a food manufacturing company and has managed sales and organized supplied in the construction industry. She has joined the procurement team of a major telecom in 2005, subsequently to become Manager of Procurement. In 2008 Ms. Ivanova was promoted to Network Architecture and Operations Manager and provided oversight in the procurement of goods and services for company-wide strategic projects. Ms. Ivanova has led and facilitated a procurement strategy planning working group.

Stoyan Moutafov is the managing partner of TESS Partners Ltd. (www.tesspartners.com), a company dealing in software, IT services and business consulting. He has ten years professional experience managing sales forces, conducting negotiations, and coordinating client relations. He holds an MA in industrial management from UNWE - Sofia and has specialized in industry economics and management, as well as international business relations. He has completed additional graduate studies in Psychoanalysis at Sofia University. Mr. Moutafov is a licensed business valuator and has been involved in the development of a number of business plans, marketing studies and Stock Exchange prospectuses. He has conducted numerous hands-on seminars in sales skills, customer relations, business negotiations, and in team management and motivation.

Tatiana Konakchieva is a Certified Public Accountant, member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants. She is a licensed firm level Business Evaluator by the Agency of Privatization. She has taught numerous courses in accountancy, tax legislation, audit compliance for International Accounting Standards (IAS) and National Accounting Standards. Ms. Konakchieva is consulting in the field of accountancy, taxation and social security legislation. She performs audits of financial statements of industrial, construction and trading companies, investment institutions, project management and research companies, energy sector companies with Bulgarian and foreign participation in accordance with Bulgarian legislation, IAS and GAAP. She has published on the issues of auditing, accountancy and tax legislation.

Totyo Totev is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), registered auditor, and licensed firm level business evaluator. He has an MA in finance and Ph.D. in Economics. He is a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He is currently managing a specialized auditing firm. Dr. Totev has additional qualifications in the field of accounting and corporate financial reporting, financial planning and budgeting, and international trade management. He is consulting in the area of accounting, tax, and social insurance legislation. Dr. Totev has taught on accounting and tax legislation issues and has prepared CPA candidates in Bulgarian and International Accounting Standards (IAS). He has written and co-authored numerous articles and publications in the field of accounting and tax legislation.

Tsvetan Davidkov is a lecturer in the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration of Sofia University, trainer and corporate consultant in the field of general management, organizational behavior, business communications and organizational development. He has trained/consulted managers and teams of organizations in the private business sector, public administration and non-profit organizations, including Solvey Sodi - Devnia, Schneider Electric - Perushtica, Atridi Group, Fitingi - Montana, SMEs in Targovishte area, ministries and central government agencies, local administrations, Bulgarian Red Cross and others. He has over 20 years of academic and consultancy practice. Mr. Davidkov is the author of over 60 publications, incl. "From quality management towards perfect organization" (2004, co-author), "Management of the Organizations" (2003, textbook), "Business Communication" (2002, textbook), "Human Resource Management" (1999, textbook, co-author), "Measuring Organizational Culture" (2002), "The Entrepreneur" (2002) and more.

Tsvetan Kintisheff is founder and CEO of Kintisheff Research - equity research and analysis company, focusing on analysis of US public companies. He is actively involved in equity analysis, portfolio management, valuation of options and derivatives, and business planning. Tsvetan Kintisheff has worked as senior analyst with Stancioff, Sevlievski & Co. Tsvetan Kintisheff has been a trainer in the CFA Level I Candidates preparation training course, organized by eFLAG.

Tzvetelina Teneva was the Marketing Manager of Orbitel AD and she was responsible for the public image and communications of Orbitel between 2000 and 2008. Ms Alexandrova has a Master's Degree in Public Relations from The Faculty of Journalism and Mass Communication of The Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski". Her first professional experience is at the Government Information Service in the fields of media monitoring, international media relations, covering Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Culture and state agencies. Since 2000, Tzvetelina Alexandrova is Marketing Communication Manager at Orbitel, Inc., dealing with integrated marketing communications management, good citizenship programs, strategic and tactical Public Relations, brand management, image positioning and re-positioning, advertising strategies, event management, product communication strategies, etc.

Valentin Yonchev has an M.S. in Finance from the Tsenov Academy of Economics - Svishtov, Bulgaria with a major in Corporate Finance. He has completed a number of postgraduate courses in finance management, including internal audit, business planning, financial modeling, and cost accounting. He has managed a number of projects concerned with the implementation of ERPs. He has provided business consulting to ? number of large Bulgarian companies in the field of business planning, financial analysis and management. As Vice CFO at STS Holding Group – Gabrovo, for two years, he has been in charge of the Finance Operations and Analysis Department. He has also worked as Budgeting & Planning Officer at Lukoil focusing on optimizing the budget and planning the reporting cycle. He has served as Lead Financial Consultant at Vidima AD / American Standard Europe, leading the Finance and Controlling reengineering and shared services team; and at Coca Cola, where he was responsible for optimizing the Business Consolidation System and supporting Business Planning and Simulation. Currently, he is working at Atos Consulting Belux in Brussels, as Director International Business Consulting. Formerly he has worked as Senior Business & Management Consultant and SAP Project Manager and Executive Business Consultant.

Viktor Manev, Managing Partner of MM Consult-Bulgaria, is a Certified Management Consultant and Chair of the Ethics Committee at the Bulgarian Association of Management Consulting Organizations (BAMCO). Mr. Manev has BS in Finance (1993) from WVWC, WV and has specialized in comparative studies at the University of Oxford, England in 1997. He started his carrier in 1993 in the State Insurance Institute (DZI), the largest insurance company in Bulgaria at the time and was responsible for the marketing strategy of the life insurance division in 1994 and the formation of a private pension fund in 1995. Prior to founding MM Consult Mr. Manev served as chief financier of the Center for Mass Privatization at the Council of Ministers from 1996 till 1998 where he was responsible for the institutional financing of the privatization process of over 1,000 Bulgarian enterprises.

Victor Vranski has eleven years management experience in major local and international companies. He has been Bulgaria Director of Sales and Marketing for Maersk Line, the Danish logistics company; Sales Manager with TNT, the global courier service; Head of Sales and Marketing with DSK Asset Management AD. Mr. Vranski has a Masters in Marketing Management and another degree in Engineering. He is a graduate of the business trainer course of Italian consultant Paolo Coniasco. Mr. Vranski has conducted in-house training for the sales teams of a number of companies. He has trained over 380 employees from DSK Bank in effective selling skills in 2005/6.

Dr. Zhivko Bonev is a senior research fellow and Certified Public Accountant (CPA), member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Managing Partner of Bonev Soft and Bonev Soft Expert. He has carried out over 190 company and bank audits of which 36 corporate audits of large enterprises. He was President of the CPA Association from 1992 to 1997 and Member of the Managing Board of the CPA Institute from 1996 to 1999. He was elected Vice Chair of the CPA Institute in 1999. He has co-authored and published 19 monographs, textbooks and other papers in Bulgaria and abroad. He has published over 180 articles, and conference papers, and has developed several accounting software packages implemented at over 10,000 companies in Bulgaria and abroad. He is a trainer in accounting and tax legislation, and has taught a number of courses in IAS.