Bulgarian lawyer Valentin Savov has been elected chair of the Supervisory Board of the International Fiscal Association (IFA), a global organisation of tax professionals. Savov was elected at IFA's 78th annual congress in Melbourne on 18 October, attended by tax specialists and representatives of businesses, governments, academic institutions and international organisations.
Valentin Savov is the first Bulgarian to head one of IFA's senior governing bodies since the association was founded in 1938. His responsibilities include overseeing and advising its Executive Board on governance and strategic development.
Founder and managing partner of Savov & Partners Law Firm, Savov has 20 years of legal experience, having worked at law firms in Amsterdam, Tokyo and Sofia. He has chaired IFA's Bulgarian branch since 2014 and also serves as an arbitrator at the arbitration courts of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and the German-Bulgarian Chamber of Industry and Commerce.
He holds a law degree from Sofia University and a postgraduate master's degree in international tax law from Leiden University in the Netherlands.
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