With nearly 30 years of experience, Adam Lamentowicz has played key roles in companies and projects spanning multiple industries. Since 2011, he has been deeply involved in the sports, iGaming, and lottery sectors, after previously working in the chemical and telecommunications industries for well over a decade. For the past five years, Adam has been…
Marco de Cesare
Marco de Cesare is a seasoned expert in regulatory affairs with over 15 years of experience in the iGaming industry. He has held key leadership roles at companies such as LeoVegas, The Stars Group, Betclic. His experience in regulatory compliance, product licensing, and sportsbook operations has shaped his expertise in managing complex compliance regulatory issues….
Irina Rusimova
Irina Rusimova is Chief Commercial Officer at Amusnet, where she leads the company’s commercial strategy and manages the Sales, Account Management, and Commercial Management departments. With over 15 years of experience at executive positions and over 9 years in the iGaming industry, she is responsible for developing and implementing revenue-driving initiatives that support global market…
Alexander Nikolov
Alex is a data science leader at EGT Digital. He has 14+ years of experience in building and scaling data-driven solutions. A graduate of the University of Nottingham, Alex has led financial inclusion projects in the fintech sector, where he has managed teams of varying scales and complexities. His current focus has shifted to the…
Alexandra Mechkova
Alexandra Mechkova is the CEO of the leading tech-ed company Telerik Academy. She has over 15 years of experience in the technology sector. In the last 6 years, as CEO of Telerik Academy, she transformed the organization into a profitable and growing company with global aspirations, and numerous recognitions as a Leading Company and Employer….
Stela Stoilova
Stela has 27 years of experience entirely dedicated to managing IT processes in the insurance industry. Currently she serves as the Leader of Front-End and Customer-Facing Solutions at Uniqa SEE region, where her focus is on overseeing the Agile-at-scale delivery model for regional initiatives….
Dr. Nikolay Lazarov
Dr. Nikolay Lazarov, EMBA, has over 20 years of professional experience in the financial sector, holding various management positions in leading commercial banks in Bulgaria. He has been а part of the Postbank team since 2015, responsible for managing cutting-edge areas such as Customer Intelligence & AI, Digital Marketing and Sales, Digital Assets, Innovations, Beyond…
Tatyana Ivanova
Tatyana Ivanova started her career 20 years ago in Société Generale and built since then a broad and international career in various subsidiaries of the Group. She was, amongst others, Retail Director in the Republic of Macedonia, worked several years as Head of Sales promotion in Russia, as Marketing manager in the HQs Paris, as…
Andrey Anastassov
Andrey is a radio and podcast host and community grower with passion for digital innovation and fintech. He has been part of Dreamix, IBM, VMware and SumUp. …
Alex Garmash
Alex Garmash is Merchant Ecosystem Leader at tbi bank. He manages key business activities, fostering collaboration with the bank’s merchant partners in its core markets of Bulgaria, Romania and Greece. Alex has over 23 years of professional experience in many industries. He has worked in countries across continents, from emerging markets such as Ukraine, Brazil, Thailand and…
Victor Botev
Victor, CTO and Co-Founder of Iris.ai, leads the research and development efforts behind a pioneering AI engine for scientific text understanding. Combining expertise in AI research, software development, and technology leadership, Victor has played a pivotal role in shaping Iris.ai into a global leader. He has been at the forefront of language models and AI…
Venera Alexandrova
Venera is an executive consultant with extensive experience in supporting the launch and growth of new ventures. Leveraging a broad network of advisors, domain experts, and VCs, she delivers personalized support to founders and CEOs. Ex-Telerik, Netage, and Dir.bg employee, she started her own ventures in the last seven years, one of which is axelerify…
Elena Marinova
Elena Marinova is a business person, philanthropist, speaker and media contributor. She is a leader in strategies and projects dedicated to growth and high achievements in technology, business, education, science, innovation, diversity and inspiration of young talents. Repeatedly recognised as one of the most influential leaders in Bulgaria by Forbes Magazine – Bulgaria. Elean has…
Eva Maydell
Eva Maydell is a Member of the European Parliament and one of the lead negotiators on the EU’s Chips Act and Artificial Intelligence Act. Maydell is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader. Her policy priorities include innovation and the use of new technologies to support European competitiveness and fostering cooperation among global likeminded partners…
Veroslav Tsenov
Veroslav Tsenov has joined Smart Innovative Technologies (Smart IT) in 2022 and since then he is the CEO of the company. A major focus of his work is the optimization of people workflows, business partnerships management, as well as the building of high-performing organizational culture. Veroslav holds a BA degree in Telecommunications from the Technical…
Svetoslava Georgieva
Svetoslava has extensive experience in finance, both in the public and the private sector. She is the Chair of the EIC Fund, the VC arm of Europe’s flagship innovation programme supporting breakthrough technologies and innovations with a EUR 10bn budget. She is a Member of the Investment Committee of InvestEU, the European Commission’s programme that…
Alex Welsby
Alex is accountable for the implementation of AVFC’s fan insight strategy, utilising data from multiple touch-points, supporting the Commercial, Partnerships, Marketing and wider operational teams….