Program

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Chairman
Ivaylo Spasov, Managing Partner, Entrea Capital Partners 

Program

13:00 – 13:30 Welcome Coffee and Registration 

13:30 – 13:50 Opening speech: 
Regional Economic Outlook
Christoph Lindinger, Managing Partner, Schoenherr

13:50 – 14:10 Bulgarian Venture Capital Association Presentation
Evgeny Angelov, Chairman, Bulgarian Venture Capital Association, Economic Advisor to the President of the Republic of Bulgaria

14:10 - 14:30
M&A Trends in CSEE, Turkey and Russia - focus on frontier consumer market. Acquisition of Danube Food Group (Serbia) by MEP (Case Study)

Klaus Imhof, Managing Director, Head of Mergers & Acquisitions, Raiffeisen Bank International

14:30 – 15:30 First discussion panel:
M&A Deals and Dealmakers 2015

Panelists:
Todor Todorov, Director Financial Advisory, Deloitte
Dimitar Kostadinov, Managing Partner, Entrea Capital Partners
Ilko Stoyanov, Partner, Schoenherr Bulgaria
Julian Gikov, M&A Director SEE & Country Manager Bulgaria, Raiffeisen Bank International 
Diana Nikolaeva, Managing Partner, EY Bulgaria

Moderator: Valeri Petrov, Partner, Axxess Capital

15:30 – 16:00 – Networking Coffee break

16:00 – 16:20 Special guest:
Mark Crandall, Chairman, Continental Wind Partners LLC, Owner, Post Scriptum Ventures

16:20 – 17:30 Second discussion panel:
Private Equity Opportunities for Financing and Growth 

Panelists: 
Bill Fawkner–Corbett, Investment Director, CEE Equity Partners
Iliyan Grigorov, Co-Founder and Managing Director, City Clinic
Plamen Canev, Book Print
Ivailo Gospodinov, Managing Partner, BlackPeak
Elvin Guri, CEO, Empower Capital Advisors

Moderator: Todor Breshkov, Managing Partner, LAUNCHub 

17:30 – 18:00 What is next for the global economy
Gabor Orban, Senior Advisor, Rothschild 

18:00 Official Closing and Networking Cocktail with Чивас