The COVID-19 pandemic is changing the whole banking ecosystem which is adapting quickly to respond to the serious challenges businesses are facing. In this webinar BBBA member UBB will highlight solutions available for strengthening the liquidity of companies and helping them with crisis management and back to a stable growth path. 

On 14 May 2020, 2:00 – 3:00 pm, BBBA will host a free United Bulgarian Bank webinar: 

Financing Your Way Out of the Crisis – Impact and Financial Instruments to Support Your Business

The webinar will be followed by a QA session. A panel comprising experienced professionals from UBB will tackle the following topics:

  • “The COVID-19 impact from the perspective of UBB and what will change in future?” – Diana Dimitrova-Kamenova, Head of Corporate Banking at UBB, part of KBC Group
  • “Supporting the business through dedicated Covid19 European and National Financial instruments” – Dr. Kiril Velitchkov, Director “European Projects and Financial Institutions” at UBB, part of KBC Group

* Please send your questions in advance using the registration form bellow.

THE PANEL MEMBERS:

Diana Dimitrova- Kamenova

Head of Corporate Banking UBB part of KBC Group

Diana Dimitrova-Kamenova, Head of Corporate Banking at UBB, part of KBC Group; Member of Corporate banking community of KBC Group; Representative of UBB in the Fund for sustainable urban development.

Diana is managing the Corporate Banking Directorate at UBB which includes the segments large corporate companies, mid.sized companies, international companies, financial institutions and institutional clients. Under her management the Corporate Banking business line has achieved a remarkable and sustainable growth over the last 8-10 years.

She has more than 20 years experience in banking out of which 13 years in Corporate banking. She has profound expertise in managing and motivating sales teams. Diana has successfully managed several projects at local and group level. Her fields of interest are – corporate governance, strategy, transformation, financial analyses, people management, coaching,

Diana graduated Inter Alpha Banking Program at INSEAD, France in 2019. She has attended KBC University, Belgium in 2016-2018. Diana has also a Master Degree in two majors: International Economic Relations and Accounting and Control from University of World and National Economy, Sofia. She has special interest in coaching and has attended several programs for business and personal development coaching.

Dr. Kiril Velitchkov

Director of European Projects and Financial Institutions, UBB part of KBC Group

Dr. Kiril Velitchkov, Director of European Projects and Financial Institutions, UBB, Member of KBC Group; Manager of KBC Group European Financial Instruments Competence Center.

Kiril is managing the KBC Group European Financial Instruments Competence Center as well as the EU related activities at UBB. He leads the KBC European Financial Instruments Community. He (KBC) has presented the large baking groups in respect to the Financial Instruments at the Vienna Initiative; he represemts the Association of Banks in Bulgaria in the programming of EU Funds. Kiril represents UBB at KRIB European programmes WG; he is member of KBC Bulgaria Sustainability committee.

He has more than 22 years of experience in EU programmes. He has worked at Phare and Socrates EU programmes; the Center for Study of Democracy (largest think tank in Bulgaria), the Goethe Institute where he was responsible for the EU programmes within SEE. He was long-term strategic consultant for the establishment of the first European projects unit at a bank in Bulgaria (HVB, 2004). Kiril has consulted Bulgarian and foreign ministries and was an independent expert at the EC. He is a university lecturer.

Kiril completed a PhD in European Structural and Pre-Accession Funds in 2003 and has over 40 publications; many articles and interviews. He speaks English, German, Russian and Bulgarian.