A new management of National Company Industrial Zones EAD (NCIZ) has been appointed. The composition of the Board of Directors of NCIZ, which is already registered in the Commercial Register, includes Mladenka Mangezova, Yana Mladenova and Ognyana Yorgova.
At its meeting, the new Board of Directors elected Ms. Mladenka Mangezova as the company’s CEO.
The purpose of the changes is to accelerate the construction and development of the national industrial zones managed by NCIZ, in order to create conditions for attracting strategic investors in the country, with a high-tech profile, in line with the specificity and capabilities of the locations.
Mladenka Mangezova is a civil engineer, Master’s degree from the University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy. In the period October 2021 — November 2022 and from October 2023 until her election, she worked at the National Company of Industrial Zones EAD, where she carried out activities on the implementation of investor control and participation in the solution of infrastructure development of industrial parks owned by the company. Ms. Mangezova has been involved in the management of European projects and programs related to public support for the development of industrial areas and parks. She has been a senior expert in the Ministry of Environment and Water and the Ministry of Innovation and Growth. She has many years of experience in the field of implementation of governmental environmental policies and water management at national level.
Yana Mladenova holds a Master’s degree in International Economic Relations from the University of National and World Economy. Certified internal auditor in the public sector by the Ministry of Finance. Since April 2022, she has been the Director of Business Development and Projects of the National Company of Industrial Zones, where her work is related to attracting investors and maintaining partner relationships through proactive investment marketing. She has been involved in national and international projects and programmes for the positioning of NCIZ. She has also worked as an auditor at the Audit Chamber of the Republic of Bulgaria and has held expert positions at the Patent Office and the Commission for Protection of Competition.
Ognyana Yorgova is a Master Accountant from the UNWE. She has extensive experience as a chief accountant and CFO in Bulgarian and international companies. From October 2023 until now she has held the position of Chief Accountant of the Dobroslavtsi Economic Zone — a public company under the Ministry of Economy and Industry, a subsidiary of NKIZ. From December 2020 to September 2022, she was the Chief Accountant of NCIP. Over the years she has held the position of Chief Accountant in public companies at the Ministry of Agriculture and Food and the Ministry of Transport and Communications. She also worked at the Social Assistance Agency in 1999—2004.