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Stefan Gugushev is a highly-qualified lawyer with many years of experience. He established Gugushev & Partners after he had gained experience in another Bulgarian law firm. He is experienced in a broad range of legal issues – merge and acquisition, corporate and trade law, funding, energetics, tax law and international tax planning. He is designated as a leading lawyer by IFLR 1000 and Chambers & Partners and the clients have outlined his “exceptional professional skills and high effectivity”. The Gugushev & Partners law firm has a team of more than 20 lawyers and jurists, experts in different fields.

Stefan Gugushev is an arbitrary judge in the International Court of Arbitration of Sofia. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Endeavor Bulgaria, a subsidiary company of Endeavor Global,, an entrepreneurial association, operating in more than 25 countries. Mr. Gugushev is a member of the Executive Committee of European Family Business – the only organization representing the family business’s interests at the institutions of the European Union.

For further information, visit the website www.gugushev.com

Petar Mandzhukov is one of the initiators of the establishment of Family Business Network-Bulgaria in 2007. With a resolution of the Management Board from April 5th 2009 he was elected as an Honorable Chairperson of the association. Mr. Mandzhukov is a member of the Management Board of the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria and a Chairperson of the advisory board of the Bulgarian-Chinese Chamber of Commerce.
Over the years Petar Mandzhukov and his family have executed a broad range of social activities and donations and supported the Bulgarian spirituality, culture and literature and socially disadvantaged families and people with disabilities. His help and contribution have been acknowledged numerous times. Petar Mandzhkov has been awarded the Stara Planina Order, 1st degree. He has been awarded the title Archon of the Holy Bishopric of Plovidv for his donations and cooperation with the Holy Eparchy of Plovdiv. As an award for his exceptional donations with an intransitive value and his contribution to the development of his hometown and municipality, Petar Mandzhukov has been declared honorary citizen of Plovdiv.
 
Petar Mandzhukov speaks French, English and Russian. He is married with three sons and has one grandson.

For further information, visit the website www.petarmandjoukov.info

Zhechko Kyurkchiev is the Executive Director of Ficosota Holding AD and the Managing Director of TESI OOD.
Fikosota is established in 1990 - initially as a trading and consulting company. Since 1994, he has re-directed his activities to the production of household appliances, detergents and cleaning products. In 2000 Ficosota is restructured as a holding company, which today brings together several companies. Leading among them are TESI and Fikosota.
Zhechko Kyurkchiev manages TESI, established in 1993, which is the largest and leading European manufacturer of electric boilers, indirect boiler systems and electric household heaters. The company currently sells its products in more than 50 countries on 4 continents. TESI continuously creates innovative products and proactively enters new markets.
The company has won a number of awards, among which is the consumer rating "Favorite brands", in which TESY is number 1 among the favorite Bulgarian brands. Among the prizes are the first places in the Business Development, Product Quality and Employee of the Year categories at the Forbes Bulgaria Business Awards.
Zhechko Kyurkchiev is a graduate of the Dimitar A. Tsenov Academy of Economics, where he graduated in Accounting and Control. He is fluent in English and Russian. Married, he has two daughters and two grandchildren.

Mr. Anton Radev is a graduate of the prestigious Cass Business School in London, UK. He has a BA and Master’s Degree in Banking and Finance and Management and Entrepreneurship. He has specialized in Corporate and Investment Finance at an international financial institution in London.

Upon his return to Bulgaria he becomes part of the audit team of PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC), a leading consulting and auditing company. In 2018, Mr. Radev is selected as a participant of PwC NextGen Leader Academy, New York. He graduates from the Academy with the absolute support of the participants for the most effective learner and the person with the highest social intelligence, which he proved in cooperation and activities.

Since 2011, together with his brother Georgi Radev, he is an active second generation owner and entrepreneur in the family business company "R & CO" JSC. The company has interests in finance, industrial equipment and construction equipment, real estate, energy and river cruise tourism. Anton Radev is a member of the Board of Directors and CFO of Euromarket Group AD - the largest Bulgarian company for mining, construction and industrial machinery.

In the continuity of family values, Anton Radev is committed to public and social causes. He is an active member of the FBN - Next Generation Youth Structure and part of the organizational committee of the FBN-I NextGen International Summit in 2020 that is to be held in Bulgaria. He is a lecturer at Leaders Academy - a project aimed at the professional development of young people in Bulgaria. He is an active supporter of the first mutual assistance network in our country - iHELP, supporting the idea that this will improve the quality of life of Bulgarians and help create a socially responsible and sustainable society.

For more information, visit www.uniongroup.bg and www.euromarket.bg

Victor Gugushev holds a Master's Degree in Law from Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski ". He completed all specializations in his Master's program. After his education in his homeland, he continued his professional development at Queen Mary University of London, where he specialized in Corporate Finance, Insolvency, Tax and Banking Law.
Victor Gugushev is currently a partner and part of the corporate division of Gugushev & Partners Law Office, the latter winning the Award for the Best Law Firm in Bulgaria for 2015 and 2017.
Victor is the winner of the Corporate Finance Leading Lawyer Award for 2015 from Global Law Experts, as well as the 2016 and 2018 Best Young Law Expert in Bulgaria Award winner. He holds a number of other additional qualifications and several published articles.
In his spare time, he enjoys reading books and skiing. He has been involved in a number of public causes and is the President of the FBN - Next Generation youth structure since 2017. During the first 6 months of his mandate, NextGen - Bulgaria won the honor to host the FBN-I NextGen World Summit in 2020. He has been invited several times as guest lecturer for students, including students at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski ".
For more information, visit www.gugushev.com

Ivan Staykov is a second generation participant in the family business and is currently a manager of GED EOOD. The company was established in 1992 as a small pre-press house and is nowadays a reliable partner offering a broad range of services, which could be verified from its many long-term partners. The main activities are design and professional pre-press, distribution of equipment, software and office materials, installation, warranty and post-warranty maintenance; solutions for the management of the flow of documents. The company is awarded the Merchant of the year 2012 award, it is a Drupa 2012 silver medalist, holds the Kodak Best Professional Partnership 2008 award and many others.

Ivan Staykov was a vice-president of the youth FBN structure – Next Generation since 2014 until October 2020. Winning the right to host the Global Summit of FBN-I NextGen in 2020 in a very competitive race with France is one of the greatest achievements of NextGen and of Mr. Staykov as its vice president

For more information, visit the site www.gedbg.com