Dobrin Staikov (’96)

Trustee, Group CFO & Head of Capital Markets at Lion’s Head

Dobrin Staikov (’96) is the Group CFO & Head of Capital Markets and board member at Lion’s Head. He has an extensive 25-year experience in private equity, capital markets, and structured finance with an industry focus on commercial real estate, non-performing loans and distressed real estate, and financial institutions, as well as equity and debt transactions in Europe, Asia, and Africa. Mr. Staikov served as non-executive director and observer on boards of investee companies and has held leadership roles in companies and financial institutions such as EBRD, UNIQA, Raiffeisen Bank International, Deutsche Bank and PwC.

Mr. Staikov holds an MBA degree from INSEAD and a B.A. from the American University in Bulgaria, where he also taught a course on international accounting. He completed the Real Estate Executive Management Program: Finance, Design and Leadership, Real Estate at the Harvard Business School and is a Financial Certified Chartered Accountant, ACCA