Leadership Team

Alexander Dimitrov

Chairman of the Management Board and Chief Executive Officer

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Alexander Dimitrov has over 15 years of experience in telecommunications. He took his current position on October 1, 2015, when he joined A1 from Vivacom, where he held the position Chief Commercial Officer since 2008. Before that he was Commercial Director (2001-2006) and CEO (2006-2008) of Germanos Telecom Bulgaria.

Alexander Dimitrov is a member of the Confederation of Employers and Industrialists in Bulgaria's Management Board as of March 2017. In 2018 he was awarded as Manager of the Year in the most prestigious competition for leadership achievements in the country.

Alexander Dimitrov holds a Master’s degree in Electrical Machinery from the Technical University in Sofia and a Master’s degree in Management and Marketing from the University of National and World Economy in Sofia.

Mladen Markoski

Member of the Management Board and Chief Finance Officer

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Mladen Markoski starts his career as auditor in KPMG Macedonia and in 2002 switches focus to telecommunications at T-Mobile Macedonia. In 2007 he joins the team that created Vip Operator in Macedonia (now One.vip), part of Telekom Austria Group. Later he assumed the post of Controlling Director of Croatia & Macedonia cluster in TAG. As of October 2016 he took the role of Chief Finance Officer in A1.

Mladen graduated from the Faculty of Economics at the University "St. St. Cyril and Methodius" in Skopje and holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Cotrugli Business School.

Simeon Donev

Member of the Management Board and Senior Marketing Director

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Simeon Donev started his career in telecommunications 15 years ago in the stores of Germanos Telecom Bulgaria. Over the years he took various managerial positions in trade, marketing and product positioning, and from 2009 to 2015 he was Products and Services Director in Vivacom. In October 2015 he took the lead of Products and Services Division in A1, and in June 2016 became Senior Marketing Director, Management Board Member and Member of the Leadership Team of the company.

Simeon graduated Computer Systems and Technologies at the Technical University in Sofia.

Elitsa Shopova

Senior Customer Experience Director

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Elitsa Shopova is a manager with nearly 20 years of experience in customer service and marketing area. Over the years, she has held various expert and managerial positions related to products and services development, customer relationships management and market research and analysis. From 2008 to 2015 she was Customer Service Director in Vivacom. On March 1, 2016 she took the lead of A1’s Customer Service Division and as on June 1, 2016 she assumed her current position and became member of the Leadership Team of the company.

Elitsa holds a Master’s degree in Marketing from the University of National and World Economy in Sofia and graduated Economy at the Institute for Foreign Students of the Rhine University, Bonn.

Ivan Ivanov

Senior Corporate Sales Director

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Ivan Ivanov started his career in the telecommunications sector 16 years ago as a Sales Consultant in an A1 shop, and later became a Business Consultant for corporate clients. In 2004 he moved to Globul as a Key Account Manager and soon after became Head of Strategic Clients Department. From 2008 to 2010 he managed his own business, then returned to A1, where he held successively the positions Prospect Customers Manager, Senior Regional Manager and Senior Sales Manager. On June 27, 2016 he took over the role of Senior Corporate Sales Director.

Ivan graduated Law at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski".

Nikolay Ivanov

Senior Residential Sales Director

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Nikolay is responsible for a large team, the direct sales to private customers, our stores network, as well as the Video store of the company. He has more than 15 years experience in sales and management in the telecommunications and IT industries. For the last 6 years he has been part of the A1 team, managing stores. Nikolay has been through all levels of the corporate hierarchy, starting off as a sales representative and gradually getting promoted to senior manager. Over the last few years in A1, apart from managing people, he has been in charge of key corporate projects with a significant impact on the company as whole.

Nikolay holds a Bachleror’s degree in "Economics of Trade" from the University of National and World Economy (UNSS).

Miglena Ouzounova-Tsekova

Senior Human Resources Director

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Miglena Ouzounova-Tsekova has more than 15 years of experience in human resources management. She started her career in the banking sector, working on an international project with ABN AMRO Bank, and later - in the Human Resources Division at "Biochim Bank". In 2002 she joined the HR team of A1 as Head of Selection and Recruitment. In 2007 she took the role of Human Resources Director and since June 2016 became Senior Director and member of the Leadership Team of the company.

Miglena has a Master’s degree in English philology from Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski ", she specialized in Mass Communications and holds an MBA degree from Erasmus University, the Netherlands. She is certified in Strategic HR Management by Cornell University, USA.

Borislav Simeonov

Senior IT and Services Director

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Borislav Simeonov has more than 15 years of experience in telecommunications. He started his career in A1 in 2002 as part of the Information Technology team. In the next years, he held various management positions in the area of Finance and Information Technology. In April 2016 he took over the leadership of Information Technology and Services and in October 2016 he became Senior Director and Member of the Leadership Team of A1.

Borislav holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the American University in Bulgaria, as well as a Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy.

Todor Tashev

Senior Network and Services Director

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Todor Tashev started his career in A1 more than 15 years ago as an installations engineer. Over the years, he passed through several managerial positions related to the network development and maintenance. In February 2011 he assumed the post of Access and Transport Network Director and since October 2016 he is Senior Network and Services Director and member of the Leadership Team of A1.

Todor holds a Master’s degree in Radio Communication Equipment and Technology from the Technical University in Sofia and has completed various training programs in the field of telecommunication technology in international training centers in Germany, Italy and Portugal.

Hristina Burdasheva

Senior Legal and Regulatory Affairs Director

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Hristina Burdasheva has over 16 years of experience in the field of law, regulation, business continuity management, and data privacy. Her career began at KMG International (formerly Rompetrol Group) in 2005. From 2009 to 2019, she worked at Mondelēz International as Chief Legal Counsel for South Central Europe and Head of Legal Data Protection for Europe, as part of Mondelēz South Central Europe's leadership team. She became part of the A1 team in August 2019, and from September 1, 2020 she is a member of the A1 Leadership Team.

Hristina has graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Ruse "Angel Kanchev" and has gone through a number of additional certification programs.