In 2020, amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, the Municipality of Stara Zagora established a new Department for Investment Promotion ...

Stara Zagora in Bulgaria has become a hub of innovation in several key sectors, from automotive to renewable energy. Emerging ...

Grzegorz Zieliński is Regional Director for Poland and the Baltics at the European bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). He joined the EBRD in 1998 from Ernst&Young and became a banker in ...

Dr Vesselin Vassilev is the CEO of the independent industry-driven Bulgaria-based consortia Cluster for Aerospace Technologies, Research and Applications (CASTRA, castra.org).

Georgina Baker is Vice President for Latin American and the Caribbean, and Europe and Central Asia, for the International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group.

As Uzbekistan pivots towards western markets, the UK is taking its first small, but key steps towards positioning itself as a leading trade partner.

Vaiva Šečkutė is a senior economist at IHS Markit, responsible for macroeconomic analysis and forecasting for Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, and FYR Macedonia.

Peter Stracar is Chief Executive Officer, GE CEE. Prior to joining GE, he spent 18 years at Hilti Corporation, based in Hong Kong, completing his time with the firm as President of Asia Pacific. He ...

Matti Hyyrynen is Head of the Baltics at the European bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). He joined the Bank in 2001. Prior to that, he was Managing Director and a Member of the Board at ...

Igor Likhogrud is Chairman of the Board Moscow-Minsk Bank. He has been working in banking since 1995. Started career as fx-transactions officer in a branch of Belbusinessbank. Worked for the ...

Santiago Croci Downes is Acting Manager, Doing Business Unit, World Bank. He joined the Doing Business team in March 2008. Prior to that, he used to lead the Getting Credit - Legal Rights indicator.

Alfonso Velasco Tamames is an analyst at the Economist Intelligence Unit, carrying out economic and political analyses of regions in the south and south-east of Europe.