STEVE B. IGNATOV, BA (Hons) is a graduate from the University of Portsmouth in the United Kingdom. Mr. Ignatov special skills include accounting, audit, financial analysis, privatization and enterprise restructuring, human resources development and training. He has over 9 years experience in the areas of investment banking, financial auditing and management consulting. He has international experience in projects in Bulgaria, Latin America, Macedonia, New Zealand, Romania, Switzerland, and the United States. He has acted as team leader and financial analyst in Admiralty projects in Europe and New Zealand. He has been financial auditor with Ernst & Young in Europe and New Zealand. In this role, he has been team leader and project manager for several bank audit teams. He has been involved in numerous projects in the areas of privatization and enterprise reform, including projects in the banking, tourism, agriculture and manufacturing sectors.
Mr. Ignatov has established accounting and finance operations for the Auckland office of Grafton Recruitment Ltd., an Irish based recruitment consulting firm with over 35 offices around the world. Later, he managed the accounting and finance practices at Reed Consulting, then Farrow Jamieson, one of the leading Executive search & recruitment companies in New Zealand and most recently joined Sheffield Consulting to head up their accounting, banking and finance practice. Mr. Ignatov specializes in professional services, public sector, oil & gas, telecommunications, manufacturing, retail, entertainment, banking & finance, agriculture and others. He is fluent in English and Bulgarian and has conversational knowledge of several other European languages.