Veneta Ilieva is the Chief Financial Officer for the Trust for Social Achievement, a NGO promoting opportunities that help Bulgaria’s most disadvantaged citizens to achieve educational and economic success. Her areas of expertise include corporate governance, strategic planning, financial management, analysis and modeling, capital markets and entrepreneurship. Previously, Ms Ilieva was the executive director of ERG Capital-2 ADSIP; chief investment officer of the Rodina Pension Management Company and treasurer of the Bulgarian-American Credit Bank (BACB). In 2008, the Bulgarian investment community named her the Best Investor Relations Officer in the area of quality of communication in financial statements. Ms Ilieva has served as a member of the board of the Bulgarian Chartered Financial Analyst’s Society since 2007. She holds an MBA from the Haas School of Business, University of California, and a Master’s degree in Economics from Sofia University. Ms Ilieva is an alumna of the Bulgarian school of politics “Dimitry Panitza”.