OUR TEAM
The GLOBAL ADVISERS PLC Team consists of the three main partners in the company and additional 28 specialists who work on specific projects assigned by clients of the company.
Main partners:
Lyudmil Spasov is a Chief Executive Officer of GLOBAL ADVISERS PLC. He is a lawyer and a certified internal auditor in the public sector (national certification). He has the “Certified Internal Auditor” (CIA) and “Certified Government Auditing Professional” (CGAP) certificates, issued by the Institute of Internal Auditors Inc., USA. He has more than ten years of experience in the field of legal consulting and auditing gained at the Public Internal Financial Control Agency, the Ministry of Economy and Energy and the Ministry of Finance. He has participated in the development of the management and control systems of a number of public sector organisations and has partaken in the conduct of series of audits in this field. In the last four years he has managed and overseen a number of audit teams performing various internal and external audit engagements. He has also been working as a lecturer at the Institute of Internal Auditors in Bulgaria. He has been a lecturer at the School of Public Finance at the Ministry of Finance and the Institute of Public Administration and European Integration. He is currently Chairman of the board of the Institute of Internal Auditors in Bulgaria. He is also the author of numerous articles in the specialized fields of auditing and law. His work is mainly related to the performance of assurance audit engagements, risk management, public procurement, internal control systems, treatment of fraud and irregularities, legal services in the field of corporate, contractual, property, administrative and financial law and the legislation related to projects in the area of energetics, infrastructure, ecology, etc.
Todor Yankulov is a Chairman of the Board of Directors of GLOBAL ADVISERS PLC. He is a lawyer and has an international “Certified Government Auditing Professional” (CGAP) certificate issued by the Institute of Internal Auditors Inc., USA. He is a certified internal auditor in the public sector (national certification). He has graduated the University of Nantes through the Sofia French Speaking Institute of Administration and Management, from where from he has obtained a DESS Certificate of Business Management (equivalent to an MBA). He has more than ten years of experience in various structures, gained at a multinational company operating in the field of voucher systems, and also in organizations in the public sector – The Public Internal Financial Control Agency and the Ministry of Finance. Todor Yankulov has a significant experience in providing legal advice, he has managed audit teams and in the last two years he has been consecutively a Head of Department at the “Audit of EU Funds” Directorate (Audit Authority under the EU Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund) at the Ministry of Finance and a Director of “Audit of EU Funds” Directorate. His work is mainly related to the implementation of external audit engagements, structuring of business, human resources management, internal control systems, legal services in the field of corporate, commercial, tax, financial and administrative law and the legislation related to projects in the field of infrastructure, protection of competition, etc.
Veselin Spasov is a Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of GLOBAL ADVISERS PLC. He is a lawyer and a certified internal auditor in the public sector (national certification). He has the international “Certified Government Auditing Professional” (CGAP) and “Certification in Control Self-Assessment” (CCSA) certificates, issued by the Institute of Internal Auditors Inc., USA. He has more than nine years of experience in the field of legal consulting and auditing gained at the Public Internal Financial Control Agency, the BNB Printing House and the Ministry of Finance. He has been a lecturer at the University of National and World Economy. He has participated in developing the management and control systems of a number of public sector organisations as well as in carrying out a series of audits in this area. His work is mainly related to the performance of assurance audit engagements, public procurement, internal control systems, legal services in the field of property, administrative and financial law, social and labour law, intellectual property law and legislation related to projects in the field of logistics, infrastructure, ecology, etc.
Elza Trenovska is a senior auditor at GLOBAL ADVISERS PLC. She is an economist and a certified internal auditor in the public sector (national certification). She has an international “Certified Government Auditing Professional” (CGAP) certificate issued by the Institute of Internal Auditors Inc., USA. She has more than nine years of experience in the field of audit, accounting, the elaboration of environmental strategies and programmes and the development of economic instruments for the implementation of government environmental policies and strategies, gained at the Public Internal Financial Control Agency, the AgroBioInstitute, the Ministry of Environment and Water and at the Ministry of Finance. She has participated in audit teams carrying out a series of audits on the management and control systems in public sector organizations. Her work is mainly related to the implementation of external audit engagements for assurance, assessment and development of management and control systems and risk management.
Todor Todorov is a senior auditor at GLOBAL ADVISERS PLC. He has a Master’s degree in Finance and a Master’s degree in Mining Engineering. He has an international “Certified Government Auditing Professional” (CGAP) certificate issued by the Institute of Internal Auditors Inc., USA. He has more than eight years of experience in the field of audit and financial control, gained at the Ministry of Finance, as well as during his employment as a junior auditor with the European Commission’s GD Regional policy, Unit 13 – “Control and audit of the ISPA and the Cohesion fund”. He has over 10 years of experience in the field of control, monitoring and management of EU financed projects and programmes. He has experience in examining and analyzing financial reports and summarizing the financial data provided by the ISPA implementing agencies/Managing Authorities for the Cohesion Fund, in monitoring the implementation of the projects financed through the ISPA/the Cohesion Fund, in expressing opinions on documents related to the ISPA programme, in preparing the annual financial statements and accounts of the National Fund, as well as other reports. He has experience in implementing engagements for the development of management and control systems, for risk management and for the development of methodologies and the preparation of working documents (checklists, questionnaires, etc.) in connection with the implementation of specific activities . He has participated in the conduct of a number of audits of the management and control systems in public sector organizations.
Stefan Fournadjiev is Manager of international programs and projects in GLOBAL ADVISERS PLC. He is an engineer and has a Master’s degree in Electronics – “Systems for control and management”, obtained from the Politechnic University of Sofia. He has two years of work experience at the “Austrian center for supercomputers”, a research institute of the University of Vienna, where he worked in the field of implementation of new compilers for multiprocessor systems. He has worked as a consultant in the representation office of the German privatization agency in Bulgaria – “Treuhand Osteuropa Beratungsgesellschaft mbH”. He has taken part in the privatization process of some big enterprises in Bulgaria – BA “Balkan”, Mekom Silistra. He has been a City Counselor on the Sofia city council between 1999 and 2003 and the vice chairman of the standing committee for architecture and urban planning. He has been member of the supervisory board of Sofia municipal privatization agency. He has two years of experience as head of the “Coordination and control” Directorate of the Sofia municipality. The Directorate is responsible for the coordination of all divisions and departments of the administration in Sofia Municipality and the preparation of the draft decisions taken by Sofia city council. It is also responsible for the control of the execution of the decisions of the Sofia city council, as well as for the reporting on the implementation of the decisions and of the administrative acts of the Sofia municipality Mayor by the administration. He was responsible for the coordination, support and management of the international affairs and partnerships of Sofia Municipality. His work was connected with the preparation and summary of expert reports and information in the sphere of international relations and programs, connections with foreign embassies, the organization of international seminars and conferences.
GLOBAL ADVISERS PLC has a wide network of specialists in various fields who can be employed in order to implement short-term or long-term commitments. The company policy is to maintain a main core of expertise in its scope of activities and to provide additional expertise in a case of need to provide services on a project principle, ensuring effective and efficient solutions for their customers.
Main partners:
Lyudmil Spasov is a Chief Executive Officer of GLOBAL ADVISERS PLC. He is a lawyer and a certified internal auditor in the public sector (national certification). He has the “Certified Internal Auditor” (CIA) and “Certified Government Auditing Professional” (CGAP) certificates, issued by the Institute of Internal Auditors Inc., USA. He has more than ten years of experience in the field of legal consulting and auditing gained at the Public Internal Financial Control Agency, the Ministry of Economy and Energy and the Ministry of Finance. He has participated in the development of the management and control systems of a number of public sector organisations and has partaken in the conduct of series of audits in this field. In the last four years he has managed and overseen a number of audit teams performing various internal and external audit engagements. He has also been working as a lecturer at the Institute of Internal Auditors in Bulgaria. He has been a lecturer at the School of Public Finance at the Ministry of Finance and the Institute of Public Administration and European Integration. He is currently Chairman of the board of the Institute of Internal Auditors in Bulgaria. He is also the author of numerous articles in the specialized fields of auditing and law. His work is mainly related to the performance of assurance audit engagements, risk management, public procurement, internal control systems, treatment of fraud and irregularities, legal services in the field of corporate, contractual, property, administrative and financial law and the legislation related to projects in the area of energetics, infrastructure, ecology, etc.
Todor Yankulov is a Chairman of the Board of Directors of GLOBAL ADVISERS PLC. He is a lawyer and has an international “Certified Government Auditing Professional” (CGAP) certificate issued by the Institute of Internal Auditors Inc., USA. He is a certified internal auditor in the public sector (national certification). He has graduated the University of Nantes through the Sofia French Speaking Institute of Administration and Management, from where from he has obtained a DESS Certificate of Business Management (equivalent to an MBA). He has more than ten years of experience in various structures, gained at a multinational company operating in the field of voucher systems, and also in organizations in the public sector – The Public Internal Financial Control Agency and the Ministry of Finance. Todor Yankulov has a significant experience in providing legal advice, he has managed audit teams and in the last two years he has been consecutively a Head of Department at the “Audit of EU Funds” Directorate (Audit Authority under the EU Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund) at the Ministry of Finance and a Director of “Audit of EU Funds” Directorate. His work is mainly related to the implementation of external audit engagements, structuring of business, human resources management, internal control systems, legal services in the field of corporate, commercial, tax, financial and administrative law and the legislation related to projects in the field of infrastructure, protection of competition, etc.
Veselin Spasov is a Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of GLOBAL ADVISERS PLC. He is a lawyer and a certified internal auditor in the public sector (national certification). He has the international “Certified Government Auditing Professional” (CGAP) and “Certification in Control Self-Assessment” (CCSA) certificates, issued by the Institute of Internal Auditors Inc., USA. He has more than nine years of experience in the field of legal consulting and auditing gained at the Public Internal Financial Control Agency, the BNB Printing House and the Ministry of Finance. He has been a lecturer at the University of National and World Economy. He has participated in developing the management and control systems of a number of public sector organisations as well as in carrying out a series of audits in this area. His work is mainly related to the performance of assurance audit engagements, public procurement, internal control systems, legal services in the field of property, administrative and financial law, social and labour law, intellectual property law and legislation related to projects in the field of logistics, infrastructure, ecology, etc.
Elza Trenovska is a senior auditor at GLOBAL ADVISERS PLC. She is an economist and a certified internal auditor in the public sector (national certification). She has an international “Certified Government Auditing Professional” (CGAP) certificate issued by the Institute of Internal Auditors Inc., USA. She has more than nine years of experience in the field of audit, accounting, the elaboration of environmental strategies and programmes and the development of economic instruments for the implementation of government environmental policies and strategies, gained at the Public Internal Financial Control Agency, the AgroBioInstitute, the Ministry of Environment and Water and at the Ministry of Finance. She has participated in audit teams carrying out a series of audits on the management and control systems in public sector organizations. Her work is mainly related to the implementation of external audit engagements for assurance, assessment and development of management and control systems and risk management.
Todor Todorov is a senior auditor at GLOBAL ADVISERS PLC. He has a Master’s degree in Finance and a Master’s degree in Mining Engineering. He has an international “Certified Government Auditing Professional” (CGAP) certificate issued by the Institute of Internal Auditors Inc., USA. He has more than eight years of experience in the field of audit and financial control, gained at the Ministry of Finance, as well as during his employment as a junior auditor with the European Commission’s GD Regional policy, Unit 13 – “Control and audit of the ISPA and the Cohesion fund”. He has over 10 years of experience in the field of control, monitoring and management of EU financed projects and programmes. He has experience in examining and analyzing financial reports and summarizing the financial data provided by the ISPA implementing agencies/Managing Authorities for the Cohesion Fund, in monitoring the implementation of the projects financed through the ISPA/the Cohesion Fund, in expressing opinions on documents related to the ISPA programme, in preparing the annual financial statements and accounts of the National Fund, as well as other reports. He has experience in implementing engagements for the development of management and control systems, for risk management and for the development of methodologies and the preparation of working documents (checklists, questionnaires, etc.) in connection with the implementation of specific activities . He has participated in the conduct of a number of audits of the management and control systems in public sector organizations.
Stefan Fournadjiev is Manager of international programs and projects in GLOBAL ADVISERS PLC. He is an engineer and has a Master’s degree in Electronics – “Systems for control and management”, obtained from the Politechnic University of Sofia. He has two years of work experience at the “Austrian center for supercomputers”, a research institute of the University of Vienna, where he worked in the field of implementation of new compilers for multiprocessor systems. He has worked as a consultant in the representation office of the German privatization agency in Bulgaria – “Treuhand Osteuropa Beratungsgesellschaft mbH”. He has taken part in the privatization process of some big enterprises in Bulgaria – BA “Balkan”, Mekom Silistra. He has been a City Counselor on the Sofia city council between 1999 and 2003 and the vice chairman of the standing committee for architecture and urban planning. He has been member of the supervisory board of Sofia municipal privatization agency. He has two years of experience as head of the “Coordination and control” Directorate of the Sofia municipality. The Directorate is responsible for the coordination of all divisions and departments of the administration in Sofia Municipality and the preparation of the draft decisions taken by Sofia city council. It is also responsible for the control of the execution of the decisions of the Sofia city council, as well as for the reporting on the implementation of the decisions and of the administrative acts of the Sofia municipality Mayor by the administration. He was responsible for the coordination, support and management of the international affairs and partnerships of Sofia Municipality. His work was connected with the preparation and summary of expert reports and information in the sphere of international relations and programs, connections with foreign embassies, the organization of international seminars and conferences.
GLOBAL ADVISERS PLC has a wide network of specialists in various fields who can be employed in order to implement short-term or long-term commitments. The company policy is to maintain a main core of expertise in its scope of activities and to provide additional expertise in a case of need to provide services on a project principle, ensuring effective and efficient solutions for their customers.
Our vision
Our vision is to become a professional, sound and correct company providing quality consulting and auditing services to our clients. We can also offer them the most reliable, effective and innovative solutions for their business. Our purpose is to create strong and competent company with ambitions for further expansion on national and global markets in segment on consulting and auditing services.
Our core values
When you have a business relationship with us, you work with people who care about you and your success. That’s because we keep our core values - the never-changing definition of who we are and what we stand for - and our core competencies - the ever-evolving definition of our capabilities - at the heart of everything we do.
