Maxim Behar was elected as the Chairman of the newly elected Board of Trustees of UNWE during its first meeting in the presence of the Rector, Prof. Dr. Dimitar Dimitrov, and the university’s administrative leadership.
He has been a member of the Board for the past four years, and in 2021, he was elected as a member of the first Advisory Board of the European university ENGAGE.EU, established by UNWE and six other leading universities in Europe.
“I am happy to work with such a wonderful team of trustees, who are not only exceptional professionals but also visionaries. I believe that together, we will be a strong support for Rector Prof. Dimitrov as well as the entire academic community, and most importantly, for our students. I look forward to actively participating in the Board’s work,” Maxim Behar shared.
The Board of Trustees is an important body composed of representatives from the business, academic, and civil communities, recognized for their achievements and authority in their respective fields. They contribute to the strategic management and development of the university by actively participating in the formulation of strategic plans, as well as in the mobilization of resources and funding to support various educational and research projects, in line with contemporary standards and needs.
Yovko Atanasov, Regional Manager for Lenovo in Bulgaria and North Macedonia, was elected as the organizational secretary of the Board of Trustees of UNWE. The members elected to the Board include Engineer Iliyan Terziev, Chairman of the Management Board of the Chamber of Builders in Bulgaria, Engineer Krasimir Pingelov, Executive Director of “Electron Progress” AD, Nikola Bakalov, CEO and Chairman of the Management Board of Fibank (First Investment Bank), Sonya Krastanova, Director of the “Finance” Directorate – Ministry of Education and Science, Ivan Vassilev, Deputy Mayor for Finance and Healthcare in the Sofia Municipality, and Angel Stoykov, Chairman of the National Representation of Student Councils in Bulgaria and former Chairman of the UNWE Student Council.
Maxim Behar is an internationally recognized communication expert with over 30 years of experience and numerous awards. He is the founder and CEO of the leading PR agency M3 Communications Group, Inc., a former president of the World PR Organization ICCO, and currently the president of the World Communication Forum Association in Davos, Switzerland. Behar is a graduate of UNWE but completed his education at the University of Economics in Prague. He graduated from Harvard Kennedy School in 2019, and has also attended training at the Yokohama Kenshu Centre in Japan and The Pacific Institute in Seattle, USA. He is also the first Eastern European to be inducted into the PR Hall of Fame in London.
