Prof. Dr. Silvia Trifonova
University of National and World Economy
Bulgaria
Editorial Board Member
Journal of International Scientific Publications: Economy & Business
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University page
https://blogs.unwe.bg/strifonova/en/
ORCID
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5145-5986
Google Scholar
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=lDHG2poAAAAJ
Biography
Prof. Dr Silvia Trifonova has been a full-time faculty member in the Department of Finance at the University of National and World Economy (UNWE) since 2002. Since December 2019, she has been a member of the UNWE Supervisory Board and is currently serving her second term (2023–2027). She has served as Vice-Dean for Quality and International Cooperation at the Faculty of Finance and Accountancy (FFA) at UNWE since November 2019, currently in her second term (2023–2027). From 2011 to 2019, she was Chair of the FFA General Assembly, and from 2007 to 2011 she was Vice-Dean for International Cooperation at the Faculty. Since 2014, she has been Chair of the Supervisory Board of the NBS “Higher Education and Science” within the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB).
She has extensive practical experience in the financial sector, including work at the Sofia Stock Exchange AD, the bank Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (France), the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) within the Banking Policy Directorate, as well as in consulting firms, non-governmental organisations, and other institutions. She founded the Payment Systems Oversight Unit within the Banking Department of the Banking Policy Directorate at the Bulgarian National Bank. She has completed specialisations at institutions including École Polytechnique, Cambridge University, the University of Athens, the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, and others.
Prof. Trifonova is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Atanas Burov Foundation, a member of the Management Board of the Bulgarian Macroeconomic Association, and a member of the Union of Economists in Bulgaria, among others. She has participated in numerous international, national, and university research and applied projects. Her main teaching and research interests include international finance, banking, risk management, monetary theory and monetary policy, and European monetary and financial integration.