Curriculum Vitae – Miryana KALCHEVA

 Miryana KALCHEVA
Member of the Executive Council of the BCCI
(from 17 June 2014)

EDUCATION

HIGHER TECHNICAL, MSc in Engineering
1973 -1978, Higher Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering “Lenin” (Technical University), Sofia

SPECIALIZATIONS

Technical University - Essen, Germany
1986 – 1987; 1992

LANGUAGES

German, English

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • since 1995 – onwards
    Director and Co-owner, Extrans LTD, Sofia
  • since 2003 – onwards  Director and Co-owner, Air Links LTD, Sofia
  • since 2009 – onwards Director and Co-owner, Extrans Holding LTD
  • 1992 – 1995
    Head of Department, Scorpion Shipping LTD, Sofia
  • 1991 – 1992
    Head “Marketing and Automation, TEF, Gorna Malina
  • 1987 – 1991
    Senior Research Associate, Program Manager
  • 1983 – 1985
    Part-time lecturer, TU-Sofia, “ADP” Department
  • 1978 – 1987
    Research Associate, Coordinator CPU, CITIT, Sofia

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATION

  • International shipping
  • Customs agency
  • Commercial mediation, family mediation

EXTERNAL PARTICIPATIONS

  • NAVET – Expert Committee „Motor vehicles, ships and aircraft“ – Chair
  • Monitoring Committee under the OP „Transport 2007-2013“ – Member
  • Subsectorial Council for Tripartite Cooperation on Automobile Transport with the MTITC – Member
  • Monitoring Committee of OPTTI 2014-2020 - Member
  • Bulgarian Association of Freight Forwarders – President
  • National Organization of Customs Agents  – Member of the MB
  • Organization of Professional Mediators in Bulgaria – Vice-President
  • Unified register of the Mediators at the Ministry of Justice
  • Conciliation and Mediation Centre with the Sofia District Court and Sofia City Court

MISCELLANEOUS

  • Who's Who in the 21st Century, First edition 2002, International Biographical Centre Cambridge, England
  • International Who's Who of Professional and Business Women, Ninth edition 2003, American Biographical Institute, Inc