25+ years in banking, innovations and technology, Founder & MD of Sophia Lab, the leading digital transformation and acceleration think tank in Southeast Europe Founder & MD of the first banking & FinTech VC operation in the Southeast Europe Founder and Chairman of the Advisory Board of the FinTech and InsureTech Summit, the biggest industrial forum in the Southeast Europe Member of the Vienna Initiative, CEE&lead expert on financial instruments for innovative and fast growing companies Co-Founder of the Strategic Center for Artificial Intelligence for Southeast Europe, based in Sofia Served on the Executive Committee of the Factors Chain International and Strategy and R&D aide to the Executive Committee of CEDEC Created and managed three 500+ million euro financial businesses MBA from NYU Stern School of Business, the London School of Economics and Political Science and HEC Paris