Prof. Daniela Feschiyan holds a PhD in Economics (2000). She has been a lecturer at UNWE since 1992. She graduated from UNWE in 1992 with a degree in "Accounting and Control" and on the day of her graduation was invited as an intern - assistant in the same department. She specialized at De Montfort University, UK - Management Accounting and International Accounting Standards in MBA (1994) and (1995); at Leicester University, UK - Accounting and Financial Management in Banks (1998), at London School of Economics and Political Science - Accounting and Public Finance (1999). She has been a guest lecturer at the Department of Economics, University of Leicester, UK (2000, 2001) and in France at the Faculty of Economics, University of Picardy Jules Verne (2022).

The research interests of prof. Feschiyan's research interests are in the field of accounting, analysis and financial accounting management in banks, European harmonization and standardization of public sector accounting. She has over 150 publications and is the author and co-author of ten monographs, five studies, fourteen textbooks. She participated in the development of seven e-textbooks for distance learning in the disciplines: "Fundamentals of Accounting", "Banking Accounting", "Specialized Course in Accounting in the Public Sector", "Budget Accounting", "Analysis of Financial Statements of Financial Enterprises", "Financial - accounting management in banks", "Accounting in the public sector". She is the author of more than 100 articles and has been cited over 200 times in scientific publications 2 referenced and indexed in global databases including Scopus and Web of Science. He has dozens of appearances as a keynote speaker and speaker with plenary reports before national and international conferences and world congresses.

In the period from 2005 to 2016, she was the scientific secretary of the "Accounting and Analysis" department, and from 2016 to 2024, she was the deputy head of the department. As of 2024, she is the chief of the "Accounting and Analysis" department. From 2007 to 2011, she was the deputy dean for academic activities of the Faculty of Finance and Accounting of UNWE. From 2011 to 2015, she was a member of the Control Board of the UNWE. From 2015 to 2019, she was the vice-chairman of the Control Council of the UNWE. In 2019, she was elected as the Chairman of the Control Board of the UNWE. Certified lecturer on International Accounting Standards at the US Agency for International Development (since 2001). Prof. Daniela Feschiyan is a member of the Consultative Group on Financial Accounting in the Public Sector at the Educational - Methodical Council of ICPA and is the scientific editor of the first legalized translation in Bulgaria of the Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting in the Public Sector of the International Federation of Accountants. She takes part in national and international projects, is the head of university and business projects, advisory and expert groups on accounting and analysis problems in banks and the public sector. She is also a member of international editorial boards, as well as the scientific supervisor of eight doctoral students, five of whom successfully defended their doctoral theses. She is a lecturer at the International Banking Institute. Prof. Daniela Feschiyan is one of the founders of the Association of Economic and Business high-schools in Bulgaria (AEBHS). From the moment of its establishment (2015) until 2020, she was vice-chairman. In 2020 was elected President of AEBHS. She leads undergraduate and graduate lecture courses in the disciplines "Accounting and Bank Analysis", "Specialized Course in Accounting in the Public Sector", "Standardization of Accounting in the Public Sector", "Financial and Accounting Management in Banks", "Analysis of Financial reports of public sector enterprises', etc. She is the head of the master's program "Accounting" with specialization "Standardization and accounting in the public sector" and the inter-university master's program "Standardization and financial-accounting analysis in the public sector".