Experience

PIC "DSK - Rodina" AD

• Investment Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Risk Officer

  • Oct 2015 - Present

  C-Suite executive in charge of compliance and risk with the main focus on: - Market, liquidity, counterparty, credit, operational, legal risk measurement and backtesting; - Performance attribution and tracking vs. benchmark; - Risk contribution analysis and portfolio risk budgeting; - Ensuring compliance on an on-going basis with acting regulations; C-Suite executive in charge of compliance and risk with the main focus on: - Market, liquidity, counterparty, credit, operational, legal risk measurement and backtesting; - Performance attribution and tracking vs. benchmark; - Risk contribution analysis and portfolio risk budgeting; - Ensuring compliance on an on-going basis with acting regulations;



National Guarantee Fund EAD

• Bulgaria
• Banking
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Risk Management

  • Aug 2013 - Sep 2015

  - Risk Management on a firm-wide basis, including credit, market and operational risk measurement and management and setting internal risk benchmarks, policies and procedures. - Structuring and performing portfolio guarantee schemes in favour of local SMEs applying for lending from the commercial banks. Performing external guarantee mandates on the part of European Structural Funds when support is provided via financial instruments. - Review and approval of individual guarantee applications and requests for restructuring of outstanding guarantee exposures. - Review and approval of guarantee claims or rejection thereof. Show less



JOBS Micro Financing Institution

• Risk Manager (Advisory Mandate)

  • Apr 2013 - Jul 2013

  - Analysing the inherent risks undertaken on an ongoing basis by JOBS MFI and consulting the Management Board regarding the strategic and organisational aspects of the risk management practices in the firm. - Advising the Management Board on possible improvements of internal rules, procedures, organisation and functional relations as well as on best banking practices for risk measurement and management. - Analysing the inherent risks undertaken on an ongoing basis by JOBS MFI and consulting the Management Board regarding the strategic and organisational aspects of the risk management practices in the firm. - Advising the Management Board on possible improvements of internal rules, procedures, organisation and functional relations as well as on best banking practices for risk measurement and management.



Bulgarian Development Bank

• Bulgaria
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Compliance and Risk Department

  • Mar 2009 - Mar 2013

  - Risk Management on a group-wide basis, including credit, market, liquidity, counterparty, concentration and operational risk measurement and management. - Compliance with acting regulation (international and domestic) on a group-wide basis. - Member of ALCO - Development and implementation of internal rating framework for risk-neutral counterparty risk management. - Ad-hoc and regular macroeconomic, industry and firm-level financial analyses and reporting. - Risk Management on a group-wide basis, including credit, market, liquidity, counterparty, concentration and operational risk measurement and management. - Compliance with acting regulation (international and domestic) on a group-wide basis. - Member of ALCO - Development and implementation of internal rating framework for risk-neutral counterparty risk management. - Ad-hoc and regular macroeconomic, industry and firm-level financial analyses and reporting.



ELANA

• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Risk Management

  • Apr 2007 - Feb 2009

  - Risk Management on a group-wide basis. Organisation and guidance of the daily risk management activities and reporting. - Secretary and ordinary member of ALCO. - Strategic development of the risk management system and adopting of new advanced risk management practices. Implementation of in-house developed web-based VaR-focused risk measurement system. - Risk Management on a group-wide basis. Organisation and guidance of the daily risk management activities and reporting. - Secretary and ordinary member of ALCO. - Strategic development of the risk management system and adopting of new advanced risk management practices. Implementation of in-house developed web-based VaR-focused risk measurement system.



BM Leasing AD

• • Jan 2007 - Mar 2007

  - Performance Analysis on a firm-wide basis, Organisation and Analysis of the funding activities, Liquidity Management and analysis etc.- Preparing and submitting of regulatory, management and ad-hoc financial reports.- Spearhead of the core IT system implementation project, including overall structuring and supervision of the project, business functions testing, reality checks etc.

• • Dec 2004 - Dec 2006

  - Financial Analysis of Investment Projects, including but not limited to analysis of the Financial Statements, Due-diligence, and Analysis of the Creditability etc.- Overall Organisation of the leasing deals, including but not limited to negotiations with customers, suppliers, insurers, creditors, legal and government bodies, and other parties.- Spearhead of the core IT system implementation project, including overall structuring and supervision of the project, business functions testing, reality checks etc. Show less



UniCredit Group

• Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern

  • May 2004 - Jul 2004

  - Daily Management of Capital Market Risks within the UCI Group - Introduction of the Basle II requirements to the intra-group capital market activities and implementation/testing of VaR calculator as per BIS rules. - Daily Management of Capital Market Risks within the UCI Group - Introduction of the Basle II requirements to the intra-group capital market activities and implementation/testing of VaR calculator as per BIS rules.



UniCredit Bulbank

• Bulgaria
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• • Oct 2000 - Sep 2003

  - Overall Monitoring and Management on a daily basis of the market and liquidity risks on a bank-wide level and ongoing upgrade of in-house developed risk measurement IT system.- Secretary and ordinary member of the ALCO of the bank.- In the period September – November 2004, Participation on the part of Bulbank in the preliminary talks aiming establishing the Bulgarian Association of Asset Management Companies.

• • Feb 1994 - Sep 2000

  - Monthly and ad-hoc reporting to the Board according to IFRS.- In the period November 1998 – July 2000, Participation on the part of Bulbank in the Privatisation Team engaged in the divesture of the stake of Bulgarian government in the equity of the bank, including involvement in the Due-Diligence process, supervision of the Data Room, drafting the Information Memorandum for the prospective investors etc.