Expertise for Our Clients
Meet Our Core Team
Evgeni Kanev, Ph.D.
Managing Partner
Professional skills
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Transaction support
- Business valuations
- Investment strategies
- Financial restructurings
- Financing
- Due Diligence
- PPPs
Experience
- Three decades of financial advisory experience;
- Over 300 M&A, valuation and financing mandates in South Eastern Europe and Ireland;
- Head of KPMG Corporate Finance, Bulgaria;
- KPMG CEE Support Services & Infrastructure Team Leader PriceWaterhouse Audit Group;
- MBA, Illinois State University, USA, concentration in Corporate Finance Certified Diploma in Accounting and Finance, ACCA, UK;
- Certified appraiser of commercial enterprises financial institutions, and intelectual property;
- Specialisations in M&A and transaction support at KPMG training centres in London, Brussels, Hamburg;
- PPP financing specialisation at KPMG Ireland.
Andrzej Schafernaker
Partner
Professional skills
- Restructuring
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Corporate finance
- Enterprise Development
- SME competitiveness
Experience
- Over 30 years of international experience in private sector development, including company restructuring and business performance improvement Advisory to government institutions and private companies;
- Extensive experience in manufacturing and service industries in South-East Europe and Central Asia;
- Advice on restructuring and industrial development of Polish enterprises shipyards;
- Advice to the Lithuanian State Property Fund on privatisation of state-owned enterprises;
- Leading role in a 30M USD Enterprise Development and SME Competitiveness Project- Directing over 100 staff in managing Central-Asia-wide network of regional advisors in 5 countries in delivering strategic business management and internationalisation support services to over 400 SMEs in various industries (Central Asia);
- Mid-Term Performance Evaluation of a 15M USD USAID Business Enabling Project (Serbia);
- MBA, Cranfield School of Management, England;
- IMP³rove innovation process management innovation tool trained.
Valeria Vidulova
Partner
Professional skills
- Due diligence
- Business valuations
- Strategy advice
- Business planning
- Project management
- M&A advice
Experience
- Over 20 years of experience in financial and commercial due diligence, business restructuring and risk analysis;
- Executive Director SOpharmacy, Sopharma Trading;
- Procurator and BoD member, Merck Group;
- Associate Director, Transaction Services, KPMG;
- MBA, University of National and World Economy, Bulgaria ACCA Fellow, Accounting and Finance;
- BBA, University of Lincolnshire & Humberside;
- UK Licensed business appraiser.
Svetlina Pencheva-Zhelyazkova
Manager
Professional skills
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Corporate finance
- Business valuations
- Financial modelling
- Transaction support
- Financial restructurings
Experience
- Over 10 years of financial advisory experience;
- Over 50 M&A, valuation and financing mandates in the healthcare, cosmetics, ICT, hi-tech, construction, agriculture, banking and insurance sector;
- Asset Quality Review of Bulgarian banks;
- Accounts receivable specialist, Ingram Micro;
- Finance Associate, Balkanstroy Ltd.;
- Certified appraiser of commercial enterprises;
- Certified appraiser of intellectual property;
- CFA Level I passed, CFA Institute, USA;
- Master’s degree in Financial Management, University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria;
- Master’s degree in Financial Management – exchange programme, Ghent University, Belgium;
- Bachelor’s degree in International Economic Relations, University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Denitsa Ivanova
Manager
Professional skills
- Business valuations
- Marketing strategy
- Business development
- Financial modelling
- Financial analyses
- Energy sector
Experience
- Over 10 years of professional and international experience;
- Over 25 M&A, valuation and financing mandates in the IT, ICT, pharma, agriculture, virtual reality and confectionery sector;
- Commercial Еxpert, Risk Engineering Ltd.;
- Sales Project Coordinator, DuPont, USA;
- MBA, National University of Singapore, Singapore;
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, concentrations in Finance and Marketing, University of Richmond, USA.