Professor Evgeni Stanimirov PhD is the rector of the University of Economics – Varna (the oldest higher education school of commerce in Bulgaria). He is a member of the board of directors of: The Association of the economists in Bulgaria, Association of the specialists in corporate social responsibility, Varna digital innovation hub. He is the chairman of the control commission of the Council of the rectors of the High institutes in Bulgaria and a member of the control commission of the Bulgarian association for management and entrepreneurship development.
He has worked in tax administration. His academic career began in 1998, and in 2014 he became the youngest professor in Marketing in Bulgaria. From 2011 to 2019 prof. Evgeni Stanimirov PhD is a vice-rector for Academic Studies and Accreditation. While heading the Marketing department, he managed 7 learning projects, as well as the joint programme with Nottingham Trent University – United Kingdom. He coordinated on UE – Varna’s side the UIF programme for entrepreneurship, creativity and innovations of Stanford University, California, USA. Professor Stanimirov is a business consultant. As such, he has more than 60 successfully finished projects. As an expert in Marketing he has participated in more than 35 projects, financed by the EU and the World Bank. He participated in 6 editorial boards of Bulgarian and foreign scientific publications in Bulgaria and the United Kingdom. He has more than 140 publications in the field of Marketing.
Topic: Creating an Enterprise Culture in a University.