#GEMBG16

H. E. Rosen Plevneliev

President of Republic of Bulgaria

Tomislav Donchev

Deputy Prime Minister for EU Funds and Economic Policies

Jonathan Levie

Professor at Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship at the University of Strathclyde, Scotland

Nihel Chabrak

Programs Director, UAEU Science & Innovation Park, UAE GEM Team Leader

Anna Tarnawa

Head of Research and Strategy Unit, Analysis and Strategy Department, Polish Agency for Enterprise Development

Niels Bosma

Assistant professor with Utrecht University School of Economics, Netherlands

Nikolay Denkov

Professor, Sofia University

Richard Clegg

Partner at Wolf Theiss

Vassil Terziev

Chief Innovation Officer, Progress

Anton Gerunov

Chief of Staff and E-Governance Lead to the Deputy Prime Minister

George Parvanov

Group managing director Cteam group

Evgeny Angelov

Economic Advisor to the President of Bulgaria

Anna-Marie Vilamovska

Secretary for Healthcare Policy Innovation and Policy to the President of the Republic of Bulgaria

Anna Rizova

Partner, Wolf Theiss

Boyan Benev

Founder, Gain.im

Kalin Manolov

Anchor "Visible and Invisible", Bulgaria on Air TV

Kiril Petkov

Founder of ProViotic

Boyan Ivantchev

Co Chair at The Millennium Project Bulgaria Node

Dea Markova

Nik Yanev

President Start it Smart
Decision-makers, experts and influencers

Iskren Krusteff

Chairman, GEM Bulgaria & Mentor

Veneta Andonova

Associate Professor of Business at the Universidad de los Andes School of Management, Director Research GEM Bulgaria

Mira Krusteff

Vice-Chairman & Executive Director GEM Bulgaria

George Sharkov

National Cybersecurity Coordinator at Government of Bulgaria, Director ESI CEE

Nusha Spirova

Driver behind 40 under 40, Darik radio

Tanya Hristova

Mayor of Gabrovo

Peter Sharkov

Board Member Start it Smart

Monika Panayotova

MEP 2012-2014

Filip Genov

VP Unicredit Bulbank

Claus Gladyszak

Strategic Advisor Business Model Innovation, Innovation Norway

Mariyana Hamanova

Founder and MD of Cleantech Bulgaria, Climate KIC Accelerator

Jordan Stoyanov

Special Projects, Unicredit Bulbank

Sasha Bezuhanova

Founder MoveBG

Georgi Stoeff

Founder of Industry Watch

Svetozar Georgiev

Senior Vice President Application Platforms , Progress

Krassimira Chemishanska

Country Director of Amgen

Kamen Kolchev

Founder and CEO, ELANA Financial Holding

Viktor Mizo

CEO at Free Zones Authority, Republic of Macedonia

Ivan Mihaylov

Manager Visteon Corporation

Genoveva Christova-Murray

Founder

Andrey Novakov

Member of European Parliament

Spartak Kabakchiev

Business Development Manager at Microsoft

Assen Vassilev

Director, Center for Economic Strategy and Competitiveness

Ivailo Gospodinov

Managing Partner, Blackpeak Capital

Rumyana Trencheva

Managing Director, SAP South East Europe

Andre Kalstad

Program Manager - Global Entrepreneurship, Innovation Norway

Lyuben Petrov

Deputy Minister of Economy

Filip Mutafis

Investor and Board member - Bulgarian Asociation of Software Companies

Boyan Zahariev

Programme Director, Open Society Institute

Tzvetana Ivanova

Director, District Information Centre - Vratza

Denitsa Sacheva

Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Policy

Yavor Popov

Endeavor Bulgaria

Ivaylo Gueorguiev

Program Manager at European Software Institute Center Eastern Europe

Theodora Ivanova-Valeva

Certified Trainer

Plamen Popov

Yassar Markos