The Chief Executive Officer of UBB and Country Manager of KBC Group for Bulgaria will be one of the participants in the first discussion panel during this year’s edition of the Financial Forum Innovations event.

Hydrolia, InaEssentials and Top Rent-a-Car are this year’s winners of the special awards of UBB for green policies and sustainability.

In the opinion of the leader of the biggest banking and insurance group in this country, banks have the scale and trust which represent the foundation of their competitiveness.

The forum was held in Veliko Tarnovo town, and gathered representatives of businesses, institutions and the community of experts. Within its agenda there were discussions held on key topics, linked to sustainable development and the green transformation.

He was among the participants in the first panel of the event, held on 24 March in Inter Expo Centre Sofia. The topics, discussed by representatives of banking institutions, involved in it, were linked to the development of the banking market after the euro adoption in Bulgaria, the cyber risks and the prospects for potential consolidation in the sector.

On 28.01.2026 there was a ceremony held at Intercontinental Hotel in Sofia city, at which the German-Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry distinguished the companies with the largest contribution to the development of the bilateral economic relations between Bulgaria and Germany in 2025.