13.01.2023
At the General Meeting of the shareholders of UniCredit Bulbank, a new chairman and deputy chairman of the Supervisory Board were elected – Emilia Palibachiiska and Teodora Petkova, as well as new members – Pasquale Pasquale Giamboi and the dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration of Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” Assoc. Prof. Dr. Atanas Georgiev.
Emilia Palibachiiska began her career in the banking sector in 1990. In 2002, she held the position of Executive Director and member of the Management Board of HVB Bank Biochem. From the end of 2007 to September 2017, Emilia Palibachiiska held the position of Chief Financial Officer and member of the Management Board of UniCredit Bulbank. Teodora Petkova is the director of UniCredit for Eastern Europe and is responsible for the group's business in the countries of the region. She started her career at UniCredit Bulbank in 2002 as a credit analyst. Pasquale Giamboi has over 40 years of experience in the banking industry, starting his career in 1977 at Credito Italiano. During his long career in the banking sector, he has held the role of a member of the Board of Directors or a member of the Supervisory Board of numerous banking and non-banking companies, within and outside the UniCredit Group, in Italy, Germany, Austria, Ukraine and Bulgaria.
Assoc. Porf. Dr. Atanas Georgiev is the dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration of Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” from 2019. Since 2005, he has been teaching part-time, and since 2007 – as a full-time lecturer in the Department of “Economics and Management by Sectors”, where for over 15 years he has been responsible for the development of the master's program “Energy Markets and Services”, and since 2018 he is also head of the department “Economics and management by industry”.
The new members of the Supervisory Board of UniCredit Bulbank will replace the previous Chairman of the Supervisory Board Alberto Devoto and members of the Supervisory Board Heinz Meidlinger and Dimitar Zhelev.