Iva Petrova

In the period 2000-2009 Iva Petrova worked at the Ministry of Energy, where in 2008 she reached the position of Director of Energy Markets and Restructuring. She has been responsible for managing and monitoring energy projects financed under bilateral and multilateral programmes, as well as for activities in the area of establishing efficiently functioning energy markets, among others. After that, from February 2009 until the end of June 2010, she was Director of Projects and Investments at Bulgarian Energy Holding. Petrova has also worked as an independent evaluator of project proposals. She is also a visiting assistant professor at the Faculty of Economics of Sofia University "Kliment Ohridski". She received her higher education with a Master's degree in Business Management at Sofia University. She also graduated from the University of Birmingham, UK. She has a number of specializations in Japan, Belgium, Great Britain. She was a partner in ZBI Advisors Ltd - a company specialized in management consulting in the energy sector. She is fluent in English and Italian.