For the first time this year UBB and DZI joined one of the largest-scale and most awaited events – the Bulgaria Across Five Oceans forum, organized by the Bulgaria Wants You platform. The initiative targets Bulgarians, who live or work abroad, and it aims at connecting them with employers from different spheres, based in Bulgaria. On 14 June Inter Expo Centre gathered more than 4500 visitors and nearly 80 companies, among which the team of the Human Resources Management Directorate of UBB and DZI.

Silvia Markova, Chief Expert, and Aleksandrina Hadzhieva, Recruitment Expert in Business Partnership Department of HRM Directorate, greeted the numerous visitors of our branded stand and told them about the career opportunities at the entities, part of the КВС Group in Bulgaria.

The Global Companies in Bulgaria panel discussion, moderated by Andrey Arnaudov, involved Nadezhda Peneva, General Manager Branch Network and Private Banking.

She shared the following: „In KBC, our banking and insurance group in Bulgaria, there are many examples of colleagues, who have graduated or worked abroad, and then have returned to Bulgaria and have become part of our Team Blue. So, they are the best evidence that our company is a good place for career development and that it can compete with employers abroad.

Being part of an international company, we have the advantage of using the experience of our colleagues in Belgium, Czech Republic, Slovakia and we actively introduce innovations in processes, products and services, which make the work of both our colleagues and of our customers easier. Our employees are our most important asset, so their satisfaction is as important as that of our customers“.

Parallel to the exhibition part, where companies competed in attracting visitors through enticing stands and innovations, there were also interesting presentations and discussion panels.

The forum offered rich agenda, presented at two dedicated stages, constructed for the purpose – „Success and Lessons“, and „Leaders of Change“. The Republic of Bulgaria’s Prime Minister – Mr. Rosen Zhelyazkov, greeted the visitors, and the special guest lecturers involved some of the most successful and popular Bulgarians in this country and abroad – the actors Tsvetana Maneva, Samuel Fintsi, Yulian Vergov and Dimitar Marinov, the journalists Boyko Vasilev and Monika Evstatieva, the sportsmen Albert Popov and Kiril Despodov, the producers Magardich Halvadzhiyan, Denis Rizov and Dimitar Stanchev and others. Their discussions were moderated by the Bulgaria Wants You founders – Ivan Hristov and Andrey Arnaudov, as well as by Marina Tsekova – host of the Sabudi Se program on NOVA TV.