First Meeting of the UNWE Management Body with the New Trustees Council

Friday, 24 July 2020 13:25

It`s a great honour for me to greet you with “Welcome to the UNWE!” For most of you the UNWE is a home and Alma Mater. I am convinced that we will work for the prosperity of our university. These were the words the Rector Prof. Dimitar Dimitrov greeted the members of the newly elected Trustees Council during their first meeting with the UNWE Management Body.

The Rector pointed out that according to the amendments in the Higher Education Act the members of the Trustees Council would have the right to vote in the UNWE Academic Council so they would also participate in the process of decision making.

In the meeting took part the Vice Rectors Prof. Dr. Miroslava Rakovska, Prof. Dr. Diana Kopeva, Prof. Dr. Tsvetana Stoyanova, the Assistant Rector Prof. D.Sc. /Econ./ Kiril Stoychev, as well as Angel Stoykov, Chairman of the Student Council and Ilian Chabukliisky, Student Council Secretary.

Who are the members of the Trustees Council elected by the UNWE Academic Council on 10 June 2020?

Two of them – Mrs. Violina Marinova, DSK Bank’s Management Board Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer as well as Mr. Peter Andronov, Management Board Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of UBB, Management Board Chairman of the Association of Banks in Bulgaria /ABB/ - are current members of the Trustees Council.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lillyana Valcheva is representative of the Minister of Education and Science, Mrs. Velina Beleva-Vlahova is representative of the Mayor of Sofia Municipality and Mr. Martin Petkov, Ph.D. student at the International Economic Relations and Business Department is representative of the Student Council /according to Art. 35, para. 3 of Higher Education Art/.

The rest three of the eight members of Trustees Council are: Mr. Maxim Behar, founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors of МЗ Communications Group, Inc., Mr. Yovko Atanasov, Regional Manager of Lenovo for Bulgaria and Macedonia and Mr. Kiril Boshov, Chairman of the Management Board of EuroHold Bulgaria.

Here are their statements during the meeting with the UNWE Management Body:

Mr. Martin Petkov /in the picture below/: I will be glad to work in the name of our university and to help as much as I can.

Mr. Kiril Boshov, UNWE graduate /in the picture below/: I will be glad to contribute to the good interaction with the business. It`s an honour for me to be a member of the Trustees Council.

Mr. Yovko Atanasov, UNWE graduate /in the picture below/: I will work for the interaction of the university with the business.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lillyana Valcheva /in the picture below/: I am happy for being a member of the UNWE Trustees Council. It is a great challenge. I think we could raise the university at very high level.

Mr. Maxim Behar, UNWE graduate /in the picture below/: The UNWE is in my heart. I am glad I will be able to help. I am always at your disposal.

Mrs. Velina Beleva-Vlahova, UNWE graduate /in the picture below/: During the last three mandates I was Deputy Mayor of Student District. I am aware of the programmes and activities in the Student Town. I will help my favourite university with pleasure.

Mr. Peter Andronov, UNWE graduate /in the picture below/: The UNWE is my home. I am glad we will work together. My aim is to help the students find professional realization in specialities they have studied. It is a great honour for me that my university celebrates its 100th Anniversary.

Mrs. Violina Marinova /in the picture below/: DSK Bank has many initiatives for helping the students. 80% of its employees are UNWE graduates. I hope that I will be helpful to the UNWE with my work.

Assoc. Prof. Lilliyana Valcheva was elected unanimously as a Chairwoman of the Trustees Council and Mrs. Velina Beleva-Vlahova – as an Organizing Secretary of the Council.

The members of the UNWE Management Body with the members of the Trustees Council

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