Martin Zaimov

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Martin Zaimov Biography

Martin Zaimov (born 16 April 1962) is a Bulgarian financier and politician, former deputy governor of the Bulgarian National Bank (97-03) and candidate for mayor of Sofia in 2007.

Martin Zaimov emigrated from Bulgaria in 1986 but came back after the collapse of the communist regime. He then worked for the French branch of Coopers & Lybrand and later for the international trader Louis Dreyfus.

He has been a member of the boards of trustees of the Institute for Market Economics (1993-15), the American University in Bulgaria (2000-10) and the Centre for Advanced Study in Sofia (2008–16).

In 1997, he became vice minister of Commerce in the interim government and introduced sweeping liberalisation to trade by scrapping price controls and customs tariffs. On 1 July 1997, Zaimov was elected Deputy Governor of the Bulgarian National Bank by Parliament and effectively became the person in charge of the Bulgarian currency board.

Since 2007, he has been board member of Société Générale-owned Expressbank. Since 2011 he has managed an urban regeneration fund, subsidiary of the bank, financed by the EU FESSICA Initiative.

In 2007, Martin Zaimov ran for Mayor of Sofia, supported by the right-wing Union of the Democratic Forces and Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria. Zaimov came second with 17.77% of votes, behind Boyko Borisov, the founder of GERB who gathered 53.43%. Zaimov then spent 4 years as Deputy Chair of Sofia’s Municipal Council. He was instrumental in the city administration’s shift in mobility, urban planning and nature preservation policies.

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