Bulgarian Business Leaders Forum welcomed its newest members

17 successful companies from various sectors joined the responsible business community over the past 6 months

The Bulgarian Business Leaders Forum (BBLF) – the responsible business community – welcomed its newest members at an official ceremony on September 30. This prestigious event is held twice a year to provide an opportunity to share experience, best practice, innovation and build partnerships.

The second event for 2025 was held at the Mercure Sofia City in Sofia with the support of diamond partner Agile Pool, silver partners Alaric Securities, Post Bank, and bronze partner Viveta.

Seventeen successful Bulgarian and international companies from various sectors of the economy received their certificates of membership in the Forum, an association that has been promoting good governance, corporate social responsibility, and sustainable development since 1998.

At the opening ceremony, Levon Hampartzoumian, BBLF Vice President, welcomed the newest members and emphasised the role of responsible business in economic and social development and prosperity.

Bogoy Bogdanov and Nikola Bogdanov, co-founders of Agile Pool and kind hosts of the event, welcomed the guests and introduced them to the activities of the company, which on 9 October organises Business Agility Bulgaria 2025 – the largest event for business agility and modern management in Bulgaria.

The prestigious ceremony welcoming the new members of the BBLF attracted more than 80 owners, managers, and senior executives of organisations across BBLF’s community. The following companies were represented by their managers and senior executives:

• Allianz Bulgaria – Veselin Angelov, Member of the Management Board and Executive Director of Allianz Bulgaria Insurance Company
• BG Web Soft – Georgi Georgiev, Managing Partner
• Bulmarket Group – Momchil Boyadjiev, Executive Director
• Bulgarian Export Insurance Agency (BAEZ) – Stoyan Tsvetkov, Chair of the Management Board and Executive Director
• Viveta – Stanislav Atanasov, CEO
• GI Group Holding – Rodolfo Roseto, Managing Director for Bulgaria
• DMG Consult – Desislava Makulova, CEO
• Ewellix Bulgaria – Panayot Paskov, CEO
• SBS Trading – Stanimir Stoilov, CEO
• Institute of Certified Public Accountants (ICPA) – Ilia Iliev, Chair
• Inter Computer Bulgaria – Radoslav Kotsev, Business Development Director
• Konstruktive Bulgaria – Arch. Verzhiniya Nikolova, CEO
• Lider.BG Bulgaria – Bilyana Georgieva, CEO
• Oil Plus Bulgaria – Hristin Kodzhabashev, CEO
• UniMed Turkey – Ivan Markov, CEO
• ARTIS Private Secondary School of Arts and Languages – Plamen Natov, Manager, and Pravda Kitanova, Director
• Agile Pool – Bogoy Bogdanov, Nikola Bogdanov, Co-founders.

They introduced the audience to their companies' activities, focusing on ESG policies and innovation, and received a certificate of membership in the BBLF.  

The new members have the opportunity to meet their colleagues from the responsible business community, be active in BBLF’s activities and projects, and contribute with their responsible business practices to BBLF's vision of making Bulgaria an even better place to invest, work, and live in.

The event was hosted by Ganiela Angelova, a presenter on Bulgaria ON AIR television.

Following  the official part, a raffle was held with more than 30 attractive prizes, provided pro bono by member companies and partners: Alliance Print, Ecopharm, Intercontinental Sofia, Nestle, Hyatt Regency Pravets Resort, Hilton Sofia, Foodcard, Lider.BG, National Network for Children,  Gugushev and Partners, Baristo Coffee, GI Group Holding, Fantastico Group, Lidl, Prosveta Publishing Group, Enterprise magazine, Italian restaurant Villa Bellucci, Stanimira Chocolate House, Asian restaurant MIZU.