About

Headquarted in Sofia, Fibank aspires to be one of the finest banks in Bulgaria and the Balkan region. Iliana Byanova has been at the bank, one of Bulgaria’s largest, since 2008. After impressing in her role as legal adviser, Byanova was subsequently promoted to head of the legal department in 2011. In 2017, she was promoted to the position of chief legal and compliance officer and in this new C-suite role, is responsible for four departments in addition to the company’s legal function: AML, Regulations and Standards, Customer Complaints and Control of Investment Services and Activities. Her time at Fibank has seen Byanova project manage key local and international transactions, M&As, note issues and Eurobonds. She also played a leading role in advising the bank on the successful acquisition and following merger of Hungarian bank, MKB Unionbank in 2013. Before Fibank, Byanova worked at Gugushev and Partners Law Office. She obtained her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of National and World Economy, Sofia in 2005 and 2006 respectively and also obtained an executive MBA from COTRUGLI Business School in 2016.