New management board of Bulgarian Welding Society

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On 17 May 2025 the general assembly of the Bulgarian Welding Society elected a new management board as follows:

Eng. Boyko Yordanov – Chairman of the board of BWS

PhD. Eng. Svetlana Boshnakova – Deputy chairwoman of BWS.

As members of the board continue: Prof. Theophil Yamboliev, Eng. Nikolay Stankov, Eng. Valentin Angelov, Eng. Silvia Stoyanova, Eng. Stoyanka Gancheva, Eng. Ivan Marianov and Eng. Pavel Popgeorgiev.

New members of the board of BWS encompass: Mr. Gueorgui Beloev and Mr. Rosen Osikovski.

The newly elected council of the chairman includes Dr. Eng. Svetlana Boshnakova and Eng. Pavel Popgeorgiev and will assist the chairman in his difficult work.

The new management, as well as the new rules of the organization, were successfully registered in the Commercial Register on 04 July 2025.

Eng. Boyko Yordanov is the manager of “Nexas” EOOD and “Nexas Academy” and has more than 20 years of experience in the field of metalworking and HVAC. He is an international welding engineer /IWE/ and an international welding inspector /IWI-C/.

Dr. Eng. Svetlana Boshnakova is mechanical project engineer at “LUKOIL Neftochim Burgas” AD. She is an international welding engineer /IWE/, international welding inspector /IWI-C/ and international metal additive manufacturing coordinator /I MAM-C/.

“BWS will continue to strengthen its fruitful cooperation with partner countries within the International Institute of Welding (IIW) and the European Welding Federation (EWF), ensuring the implementation of the international harmonised system for training and qualification of welding personnel in Bulgaria.” said Eng. Yordanov.

“Together with Eng. Yordanov will actively work to raise the reputation of our profession and to strengthen the role of the Bulgarian Welding Society as an irreplaceable partner of the business, government bodies and, of course, international organisations. The new management board is a combination of fresh strengths and succession, which is a great prerequisite for success“ – said PhD. Eng. Svetlana Boshnakova – deputy chairwoman of BWS.