FBN - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Chairman of FBN Bulgaria Next Generation
• Commercial Director of Right Pack Ltd. - Part
• President of FBN NextGen

Dimitar Dimitrov is the commercial director of Right Pack Ltd. - part of the group of companies of the Dimitrovi family. By decision of the General Assembly from April 2023, Dimitar Dimitrov is the Chairman of FBN Bulgaria Next Generation.

Job Titles:

• Manager
• Member of the Management Board
• Partner
• Partner in East Ring LP LTD, Whose Main Activity Is the Development of the East Ring Logistics Park, As Well As in K & K Engineering LTD

Dr. Hristo Kusev is a manager and partner in several companies specializing in real estate investment, development and management.

Job Titles:

• Chairman of Now Generation Structure
• President of FBN NowGen

Ivan Staykov is a second generation participant in the family business and is currently a manager of GED EOOD. The company was established in 1992 as a small pre-press house and is nowadays a reliable partner offering a broad range of services, which could be verified from its many long-term partners. The main activities are design and professional pre-press, distribution of equipment, software and office materials, installation, warranty and post-warranty maintenance; solutions for the management of the flow of documents. The company is awarded the Merchant of the year 2012 award, it is a Drupa 2012 silver medalist, holds the Kodak Best Professional Partnership 2008 award and many others. Ivan Staykov was a vice-president of the youth FBN structure - Next Generation since 2014 until October 2020. Winning the right to host the Global Summit of FBN-I NextGen in 2020 in a very competitive race with France is one of the greatest achievements of NextGen and of Mr. Staykov as its vice president. By decision of the General Assembly from April 2023, Ivan Staykov is the Chairman of Now Generation structure of FBN Bulgaria.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Management Board
• Founder and Manager of the Family Company HMC JSC

Kiril Vasilev is the founder and manager of the family company HMC JSC. The beginning was made in 1990 with "Helios-Plovdiv - Vasilev & Co" - a company for trade in metals. In 2006, it was divided into two independent companies and one of them is "Helios Metal Center" (HMC) with an emphasis on production.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Management Board
• Member of the Board of Directors of FairPlay International JSC and Is Currently One
• Representative of the Second Generation of FairPlay International JSC

Milena Zaharieva is a representative of the second generation of FairPlay International JSC - one of the most respected companies and a recognized leader in construction and real estate investments in Bulgaria, with almost 30 years of history.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Management Board

Mr. Anton Radev is a graduate of the prestigious Cass Business School in London, UK. He has a BA and Master's Degree in Banking and Finance and Management and Entrepreneurship. He has specialized in Corporate and Investment Finance at an international financial institution in London. Upon his return to Bulgaria he becomes part of the audit team of PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC), a leading consulting and auditing company. In 2018, Mr. Radev is selected as a participant of PwC NextGen Leader Academy, New York. He graduates from the Academy with the absolute support of the participants for the most effective learner and the person with the highest social intelligence, which he proved in cooperation and activities. Since 2011, together with his brother Georgi Radev, he is an active second generation owner and entrepreneur in the family business company "R & CO" JSC. The company has interests in finance, industrial equipment and construction equipment, real estate, energy and river cruise tourism. Anton Radev is a member of the Board of Directors and CFO of Euromarket Group AD - the largest Bulgarian company for mining, construction and industrial machinery. In the continuity of family values, Anton Radev is committed to public and social causes. He is an active member of the FBN - Next Generation Youth Structure and part of the organizational committee of the FBN-I NextGen International Summit in 2020 that is to be held in Bulgaria. He is a lecturer at Leaders Academy - a project aimed at the professional development of young people in Bulgaria. He is an active supporter of the first mutual assistance network in our country - iHELP, supporting the idea that this will improve the quality of life of Bulgarians and help create a socially responsible and sustainable society.

Job Titles:

• Honorable Chairperson of the Management Board

Job Titles:

• Chairman of the Management Board / President of the Organization

Stefan Gugushev is a highly-qualified lawyer with many years of experience. He established Gugushev & Partners after he had gained experience in another Bulgarian law firm. He is experienced in a broad range of legal issues - merge and acquisition, corporate and trade law, funding, energetics, tax law and international tax planning. He is designated as a leading lawyer by IFLR 1000 and Chambers & Partners and the clients have outlined his "exceptional professional skills and high effectivity". The Gugushev & Partners law firm has a team of more than 20 lawyers and jurists, experts in different fields. Stefan Gugushev is an arbitrary judge in the International Court of Arbitration of Sofia. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Endeavor Bulgaria, a subsidiary company of Endeavor Global,, an entrepreneurial association, operating in more than 25 countries. Mr. Gugushev is a member of the Executive Committee of European Family Business - the only organization representing the family business's interests at the institutions of the European Union.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Management Board
• Date Trade
• Member of the Next Generation

Teodora Mladenova was born in 1981 and is the second generation owner of Teda Pack EAD, established as a family company for the production of packaging for the food industry, which is now part of an international group. She has been a managing partner of the company since 2006 and has extensive experience in building, acquiring and managing manufacturing companies. Teodora has a master's degree in economics from the Vienna University of Economics, majoring in "Production Management". Teodora Mladenova is also an entrepreneur, managing several other family businesses - Date Trade Ltd. (real estate management and trading), which is currently a member of FBN Bulgaria, and New European Wave Entertainment (production company for films and video materials). Teodora Mladenova has been an active member of the Next Generation youth community for many years. He is a member of the Program Committee of the FBN 16th Next Generation International Summit, which FBN Bulgaria hosted in June 2022.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Management Board

Engr. Valentin Valev was born in 1960 in Varna. He graduated from the "Lyuben Karavelov" Higher Military Construction School with a profile of "Industrial and Civil Construction". He is the owner and manager of "Express Garantion" and "Aquatec". The path of entrepreneurship for the founder of the business, engr. Valentin Valev, started with small construction sites in 1990 and since 1994, with the creation of Aquatec Ltd., he has gone through the construction of aqua parks and large spa centers throughout Bulgaria, to reach to the open doors of Europe, where Aquatec is more than once a preferred partner for the construction of complex water facilities.

Job Titles:

• President & Vice Presidents of NextGen

Job Titles:

• Executive Director
• Member of the Management Board

Zhechko Kyurkchiev is the Executive Director of Ficosota Holding AD and the Managing Director of TESI OOD. Fikosota is established in 1990 - initially as a trading and consulting company. Since 1994, he has re-directed his activities to the production of household appliances, detergents and cleaning products. In 2000 Ficosota is restructured as a holding company, which today brings together several companies. Leading among them are TESI and Fikosota. Zhechko Kyurkchiev manages TESI, established in 1993, which is the largest and leading European manufacturer of electric boilers, indirect boiler systems and electric household heaters. The company currently sells its products in more than 50 countries on 4 continents. TESI continuously creates innovative products and proactively enters new markets.