Vasil Golemanski – Chair of the Financial Supervision Commission
Vasil Golemanski is the Chair of the Financial Supervision Commission, elected by the National Assembly for a six-year term. He has served as the Executive Director of the Central Depository since 2012. His professional career includes key positions at the Bulgarian Stock Exchange.
Mr. Golemanski graduated from the Technical University – Plovdiv branch in 1991 with a degree in Electronics and Automation Engineering. In 2020, he earned a master’s degree in International Business from Southwestern University “Neofit Rilski” in Blagoevgrad.
Among Mr. Golemanski’s priorities are transparency, active dialogue with supervised entities, digitalization, strict supervision of the capital, insurance, and pension markets, as well as, last but not least, a smooth transition to the Eurozone and cybersecurity.
Diana Yordanova – Deputy Chair in charge of the Social Insurance Supervision Division, and acting as Deputy Chairperson of FSC, 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.
Petar Dzhelepov – Member of the FSC, 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 FSC, 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.