Chief Asst. Yosif Yosifov, PhD

Biography:

Yosif Yosifov, PhD was born on March 10, 1987. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics and Management from the Otto von Guericke University in Magdeburg, Germany (2008) and a Master's degree in Business Administration from the International Business School (2010).

In January 2014, he defended his thesis on the topic: "Socio-economic factors influencing infant mortality in the Balkan countries" at the Medical University of Sofia and received a PhD in social medicine.

His professional career began at the Pension Insurance Company "Badeshte" in 2009, where he was engaged in analysis of the pension insurance market. In August 2010, he was appointed as an expert at the Ministry of Finance, where he again engaged in analysis of the pension, health and social spheres. In 2014, he became the head of a department at the Ministry of Finance, where he worked on analyses of tax policy in the country.

From November 2016 to August 2023, he worked as an actuary at the Financial Supervision Commission (FSC), where he consistently dealt with analyses of the insurance market (sufficiency of technical reserves of (re)insurance companies and analysis of the adequacy of insurance premiums) and the social security market, including analysis of the adequacy of specialized reserves of pension insurance companies.

Since November 2019, he has been a chief assistant at the Medical University of Sofia, where he teaches and leads exercises on drug policy, management of information and documentation activities, marketing and organization of health systems.

Since 15.08.2023, he has been an advisor at the Bulgarian National Bank in the office of the Deputy Governor, Head of the Banking Department, where he is responsible for the coordination of the directorates in the Department and the processes, related to the Euro changeover.

Publications and scientific interests:

He is the author of over 40 publications in the field of social medicine, industrial relations, economics and security, including the collective monograph "On Corporate Social Responsibility in the Field of Healthcare" (2019) and the monograph "Incentive remuneration for medical staff" (2022).

He is fluent in German, Spanish, English, Russian and Romanian.