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Mr Boyko Atanasov – Chair of the Swiss Financial Commission

Boyko Atanasov was elected Chair of the Financial Supervision Commission by the 44th National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria on 15th of March 2019 with a mandate until 28th of July 2022. Boyko Atanasov has more than 20 years of professional experience within the revenue administraion system in Bulgaria. He graduated the Economic University of Sofia, with a background in Planning and Forecasting of Economic Systems. He was subsequently a tax inspector, then a head of unit at the General Tax Administration Unit at the Ministry of Finance. He held the positions of Deputy Territorial Tax Director and Deputy Director, as well as Director of Territorial Directorate Sofia at the National Revenue Agency (NRA). He became Deputy Executive Director at NRA in 2009. From 2013 until 2017 he was Executive Director of the National Revenue Agency.

During this period Mr. Atanasov actively facilitated the process of improving the administrative services of the National Revenue Agency, he developed the Agency in the direction of integration of the e-government. Under his management the NRA became one of the leading revenue administrations in Europe. He managed to turn the NRA into an administration with over 80% of e-services and introduced the Personal Identification Code to make tax payments easier for the end user. During that period, the NRA achieved the strongest revenue collection performance with an annual increase of more than 11% in several consecutive years. One of the significant achievements during this period was also 80% voluntary fulfillment of the obligations in Bulgaria. As a result, the NRA has been identified by the Bulgarian Industrial Association as the administration with the highest rating of confidence in Bulgaria. During his leadership from a bureaucratic structure, the NRA has been transformed into an effective, business-oriented organisation. From May to October 2017, Mr. Atanasov was a Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Finance in charge of the coordination of the activities of the Tax Policy Directorate. On 11th of October 2017 he was elected by the National Assembly as Deputy Chair of the Financial Supervision Commission in charge of the Investment Activities Supervision Division.

Diana Yordanova – Deputy Chair in charge of the Social Insurance Supervision Division, and acting as Deputy Chairperson of SFC, leading “Insurance Activity Supervision” Division

Mrs. Diana Yordanova was elected Deputy Chair of the Financial Supervision Commission by the 44th National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria on October 11th, 2017 for a 6-years mandate. She holds a Master’s degree in Mathematics and Accounting and Control. Between 2004 and 2011 she was managing her own private company. From 2007 to 2011 she was a chairman of the Permanent Budget and Finance Committee of the Burgas Municipality. From 2011 to 2017 she was a member of Parliament from the parliamentay group of Political Party GERB. In the 44th National Assembly she served as Deputy Chair of the Budget and Finance Committee, Chair of the Public Sector Accountability Subcommittee to the Budget and Finance Committee, and a member of the Religious Denominations and Human Rights Committee. Mrs. Yordanova is fluent in English.

the National Revenue Agency. During this period Mr. Atanasov actively facilitated the process of improving the administrative services of the National Revenue Agency, he developed the Agency in the direction of integration of the e-government. Under his management the NRA became one of the leading revenue administrations in Europe. He managed to turn the NRA into an administration with over 80% of e-services and introduced the Personal Identification Code to make tax payments easier for the end user. During that period, the NRA achieved the strongest revenue collection performance with an annual increase of more than 11% in several consecutive years. One of the significant achievements during this period was also 80% voluntary fulfillment of the obligations in Bulgaria. As a result, the NRA has been identified by the Bulgarian Industrial Association as the administration with the highest rating of confidence in Bulgaria. During his leadership from a bureaucratic structure, the NRA has been transformed into an effective, business-oriented organisation. From May to October 2017, Mr. Atanasov was a Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Finance in charge of the coordination of the activities of the Tax Policy Directorate. On 11th of October 2017 he was elected by the National Assembly as Deputy Chair of the Financial Supervision Commission in charge of the Investment Activities Supervision Division.

Petar Dzhelepov – Member of the SFC, supporting the policy of analysis and assessment of risks in the financial markets, improvement of supervisory practice and protection of the interests of investors, insured and socially insured persons, and acting as Deputy Chairperson of SFC, leading “Investment Activity Supervision” Division

On July 23, 2020 Petar Dzhelepov was elected by the National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria as a Member of the FSC board for a 6-year term, supporting the policy of analysis and assessment of risks in the financial markets, improvement of supervisory practice and protection of the interests of investors, insured and socially insured persons. Mr. Dzhelepov’s economic education is in Accounting and Control, and his Master’s degree is in Business Administration, which he obtained at the University of National and World Economy. Mr. Dzhelepov’s professional career started in 2005 in the field of card activity and control of bank card transactions, in service of individual users at International Asset Bank. Subsequently, his expertise was enriched by the sales management process in Raiffeisenbank, with an emphasis on negotiating, attracting and expanding the bank’s customer base in the private banking sector. He also participates in the development of products and services for business clients as a regional manager of “Small Enterprises” in Cibank EAD.

In 2010 Petar Dzhelepov headed the activity of United Bulgarian Bank as a regional manager. For a period of six years he has consistently managed various regional centers of the bank, both in the city of Sofia and in the country, responsible for the implementation of business strategy and policies in the field of “Small and Medium Enterprises”, “Retail Banking”, and also manages the negotiations with corporate clients. In 2018 he held a managerial position in Municipal Bank AD as an executive director and a member of the Management Board of the bank. Mr. Petar Dzhelepov has excellent knowledge in the financial field. Petar Dzhelepov’s professional experience is over 15 years, and for ten of them he managed large teams of 150 people. In the management of people and processes, his focus is on the implementation of business strategies and segmentation policy, monitoring and control of the achieved results, planning of strategic goals and development of activities to protect consumers of financial services.