Speakers
Levon Hampartzoumian
Levon Hampartzoumian is the CEO and Chairman of the MB of UniCredit Bulbank since 2001. He is also Chairman of the Management Board of the Association of banks in Bulgaria. Hampartzoumian was chosen Deputy Chairman of Confederation of Employers and Industrialists in Bulgaria (CEIBG) and Member of the Management Board of BORIKA (Card Processing JV).
Levon Hampartzoumian is a non-executive member of the Board of the Institute for Market Economy, the chairman of the Board of Trustees of Sofia University, a member of the Board of Trustees of Higher School of Insurance and Finance and a member of the Board of Trustees of City University of Seattle in Bulgaria.
Levon Hamparztoumian is awarded with the Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity (Ordine della Stella della Solidarietà Italiana) and is honoured with the title Commendatore of the Order at the beginning of May 2008 with a Decree of the President of the Italian Republic Giorgio Napolitano.
In 2012 Levon Hampartzoumian was presented by the President of Bulgaria Rosen Plevneliev with the award Manager of the Year in Bulgaria in the Manager Magazine competition.
In 2007 Mr. Hampartzoumian was awarded by "Atanas Bourov" Foundation for bank management; he is also announced "Banker of the year" twice – by Finance Central Europe magazine in 2005 and by Banker weekly in 2007. In 2006 Mr. Hampartzoumian is awarded for management by Manager Magazine.
Levon Hampartzoumian has a degree in Chemical Engineering and professional experience working for PriceWaterHouse Coopers and Earnst&Young.
During 1999-2001 he was consecutively Deputy Minister of Economy and Executive Director of Sofia’s Privatization Agency.
Peter Andronov
Peter Andronov was appointed as Executive Director of CIBANK in July 2007. In March 2008 hе became CEO and since March 2011 he has been Country Manager of KBC group for Bulgaria.
Since 2008 he has also been a member of the MB of the Association of Banks in Bulgaria and its representative in the Banking Supervisory Committee at the European Banking Association.
Before his appointment in CIBANK, Mr. Andronov took a number of positions in the private banking sector and in the Bulgarian National Bank. He served from 2002 to May 2007 as Chief Director of the Banking Supervision Department at BNB. From 2003 to May 2007 he was a member of the Management Board of the Reserve Guarantee Fund. Mr. Andronov has also been a member of the Investment Committee of BNB.
During the period 2005 – 2007 he was an observer and member of the European Banking Committee(EBC) and the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) at the European Commission. During the same period he was an observer and member of the Banking Supervision Committee(BSC) at the European Central Bank.
Mr. Andronov has participated in the working out of the present banking supervisory legislation framework in Bulgaria, incl. the Law on Credit Institutions, the Law on the Supplementary Supervision of Financial Conglomerates, supervisory ordinances of BNB, instructions etc.
Peter Andronov has a Master’s degree in Finance and Banking from the University of National and World Economy in Sofia(UNWE). Since 1995 he has lectured at the UNWE, at the Higher School of Insurance and Finance and at the New Bulgarian University /International Banking Institute – subjects taught - "Introduction to Finance", "Banking Regulation"/.
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Hubert Cottogni
Mr. Cottogni manages the regional business development team implementing the risk capital and debt products of the European Investment Fund. He acts as an Executive Director of JEREMIE Bulgaria, Istanbul Venture Capital Initiative, Portugal Ventura Capital Initiative and Green for Growth Fund.
Prior to joining the EIF, Mr. Cottogni worked as M&A Director and Head of Strategy at Telekom Austria and as senior banker at European Investment Bank and Credit Anstalt in Vienna, London, New York.
He has graduated with master degree in business from University of Innsbruck and from INSEAD.
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Emilia Tzareva
Emilia Tzareva was appointed as a Member of the bank’s Management Board in August 2004.
Before that she managed a project in the process of establishing of ProCredit Bank AG in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Between August 2006 and December 2007, Emilia Tzareva held the position of Executive Director in ProCredit S.A. in Chisinau, Moldova.
She has been with ProCredit Bank since 2001, initially in charge of the Payments Department. Prior to ProCredit Bank Emilia Tzareva worked consecutively in the Corporate Department of BNP Paribas and the International Relations Department of Mineralbank.
Emilia Tzareva graduated from the University of National and World Economy with a degree in International Economic Relations.
Nadia Andreeva
Nadia Andreeva is Director Large and International Corporate Clients at Raiffeisenbank (Bulgaria) EAD.
She has over 15 years experience in banking and corporate banking, and has been working at Raiffeisenbank for 13 years.
She has a master's degree in Business Administration from the Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", and has finished a number of international professional programs.
She is fluent in English and Italian.
Nikola Stoyanov heads the SME Lending Department at the Bulgarian Development Bank.
Mr. Stoyanov has been part of the bank since 2005. He is in charge of the portfolio related to financing of small and medium-sized enterprises.
He has also worked at Bulgarian-American Credit Bank and Postbank.
Mr. Stoyanov holds a BA in Economics from the University of National and World Economy in Sofia and Business Administration from the Thames Valley University London.
He also has an MBA degree from City University of Seattle.
Teodor Marinov
Teodor Marinov holds the position of Executive Manager Corporate Banking at UBB. He is also member of the Management Board.
Mr. Marinov was CEO of one of the largest leasing companies in Bulgaria, Interlease, in the period February 2001 - September 2010. He was also president of the association of leasing companies in the country and has served as chairman of the Board of Directors of the respective NBG leasing companies in Romania and Serbia.
Previously, he has been an investment manager at UBB and has also gained experience while working an investment bank.
He started his career on the Sofia Stock Exchange.
Teodor Marinov graduated from the Technical University in Sofia and also holds an MBA degree from the London Business School.
Slaveyko Slaveykov
Slaveyko Slaveykov holds the position of Chief Financial Officer at Societe Generale Expressbank since 2009.
Prior to joining Societe Generale Expressbank in 2003, Mr. Slaveykov has been working as a junior auditor at a consulting company.
He has a bachelor's degree in accounting and control and a bachelor's degree in Information Technology from the University of Economics in Varna. He has master's degree in finance from the D. A. Tsenov Academy of Economics in Svishtov.
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Iordan Souvandjiev
Mr. Iordan Souvandjiev is Chief Risk Officer, Head of the Risk Management Division and Member of the Management Board of Postbank. Additionally, he supervises the risk management operations of Eurobank EFG Property Services, IMO Central Office, IMO Rila and IMO Property Investments Sofia, all of them subsidiaries of Eurobank Group in Bulgaria. He joined the Postbank’s management in 2007.
In the period 1994-2007 he occupied consequently the following positions in Bulbank – Internal Auditor, Deputy Head of Credit Division and in UniCredit Bulbank - Head of Credit Policy & Risk Department, Head of Credit Risk Department, Head of Risk Division and Head of Credits & Risks Department. Mr. Souvandjiev also worked as Chief Expert Financial Analysis & Forecasts in Ministry of Economy (1992-1994). He served as Member of the Board of Directors of the Bulgarian Fur Industry AD and Internal Auditor in Mine Jabliano Ltd (1992-1994).
Mr. Souvandjiev holds a Master in Management and Planning from the University for National and World Economy in Sofia, and additionally holds numerous certificates from international professional trainings, including Personal Executive Coaching Program.
Elian Batinov
Elian Batinov is Head of the Large Corporate Clients Department is Head of the Large Corporate Clients Department at UBB.
Mr. Batinov graduated the University of National and World Economy in Sofia in 1993 with a master's degree in International Economic Relations and a major in International Business.
He started his career as a specialist Exports at Mashinoexport and since 1996 his professional development has been dedicated to working with financial institutions. He began as an expert in Trade Finance at First Private Bank, holding the same position later on at Eurobank and Roseximbank. His career path includes positions as Manager Customer Relations at D Bank, Manager Trade Finance at Citibank , a team leader in the " Large corporate customers' EFG Postbank Head " Trade Finance "At HVB Bank Biochim subsequently after the merger of Bulbank , director of " Multinational customers' UniCredit Bulbank and a member of the Board of Directors of UniCredit Factoring.
Mr. Batinov, who was born in 1967, joined United Bulgarian Bank in 2011 as Head of the Large Corporate Clients Department.
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Valeri Marenski
Valeri Marenski is Manager Corporate Workout at UBB.
Mr. Marenski graduated the University of National and World Economy in 1997 with a master's degree in finance .
He began his career at the Bulgarian National Bank as an expert in Fiscal Services and then he became expert lending at the Corporate loans and Analysis department of Eurobank.
Mr. Marenski joined United Bulgarian Bank in 2002 as a specialist in the Corporate Banking management. In the next years he held the positions Senior Specialist and Head of Sector in the Large corporate clients department and Head of Corporate degraded loans and remedial action in the Problem Loan department.
Since the middle of 2013 he is heading the Corporate Workout department as part of the Corporate Banking unit.
Mr. Marenski was born in 1972.
Tsvetanka Mincheva
Tsvetanka Mincheva is Head of Retail Banking at UniCredit Bulbank since October 2013.
Prior to taking the post, she was Deputy Head of the group's Retail Banking Division. Alongside this duty, she was in charge of the development of the bank's alternative channels such as online banking, mobile banking, etc.
Mrs. Mincheva is an example of a person who has gradually built a career within one company, starting at UniCredit Bulbank as an intern. She has since held various positions at the bank such as seller, affluent clients relationship manager, branch manager, mass market manager, etc.
Mrs. Mincheva graduated in Accounting and Control from the University of National and World Economy in 2001. Two years later, she graduated with an MBA in International Business from the MIB School of Management in Trieste, Italy.
Angel Mateev
Angel Mateev is Head of the Small Business Banking Division at Postbank, where he has been working for nine years.
Mr. Mateev started his banking career 12 years ago at ProCredit Bank, where he held various management positions.
He has a master's degree in macroeconomics from the Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski".
Teodor Karaivanov
Teodor Karaivanov is head of the Business Department Medium Clients at ProCredit Bank.
Mr. Karaivanov joined the bank in November 2002. He has been managing the banking group's branches in Gabrovo, Pleven and Ruse. Later on he moved to work at ProCredit Bank's head office in Sofia. Teodor Karaivanov graduated the D. A. Tsenov Academy of Economics in Svishtov with a major in financial control.
Anna Atanasova
Anna Atanasova - Dimitrova is director Small and Medium-sized Enterprises at CIBANK.
She has more than 11 years experience in the banking sector and this experience is entirely focused on small and medium enterprises.
Mrs. Atanasova - Dimitrova has been working at CIBANK for eight years. She has a degree in macroeconomics from the University of National and World Economy (UNWE) in Sofia.
Reneta Petkova
Reneta Petkova is the Senior Partner of CMS Bulgaria and heads the Banking and International Finance practice.
Reneta has 22 years professional experience in the fields of banking and finance, having acted as Head of Legal at United Bulgarian Bank AD, Chief Legal Adviser of Bank Consolidation Company AD, Legal Adviser to the Management Board of the Bulgarian National Bank, and senior lawyer at Hayhurst Robinson Law Firm, prior to joining CMS Cameron McKenna. She is recognised by independent legal directories as "one of the world's leading lawyers in her field" and clients praise her as the most exceptional regulatory lawyer they have ever worked with.
Reneta graduated with an L.L.M from the Sofia University Faculty of Law in 1991. She is a member of the Sofia Bar. She has specialised in Georgetown University Law Center, Washington D.C., LL.M.-Visiting Researcher, 2001-2002 - Banking and Securities Regulation; International Banking Institute, Sofia and Chartered Institute of Bankers, London, 2000 - Banking and Finance Programme; Cambridge, UK, 2009 - International Financial Law: International Lending, Syndicated Loans, Project Finance, Derivatives, International Securities, Assets Securitisation.