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As a Technical Project / Programme Manager with dual UK & EU citizenship, I have led large-scale transformation programmes across Tier-1 banks and financial services organisations. I specialise in enterprise infrastructure, cloud platforms, data, DevOps, and regulated environments, delivering measurable business value through governance, automation, and iterative delivery. I thrive working with engineering teams to balance speed and stability, driving automation and scalable change across complex environments.
I have a proven track record of accelerating cloud adoption, modernising databases, and delivering secure, compliant platforms at scale. I’m a confident senior stakeholder manager who remains resilient under pressure and focused on delivering sustainable technology change with clear business value.
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Bulgarian
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English
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Italian
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Russian
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German
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Work Experience
Technical Project Manager at Deutsche Bank
May 1, 2023 - December 1, 2025Managed infrastructure deployment in the largest enterprise database transformation programme, delivering Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer (ExaCC) across multiple data centres in a Tier-1 regulatory environment. Owned the full delivery lifecycle from demand signal to capacity planning, build, installation, commissioning, and handover, coordinating Oracle, network, security, third-party partners, and data centre teams. Established governance, delivery plans, and RAID management, ensuring deployments met security, regulatory, availability, and operational resilience standards. Coordinated engineering, operations and DBA teams to automate Exadata cluster deployment, enabling large-scale legacy database migration with zero-downtime cutovers while improving delivery timelines by ~30%, increasing stability, and successfully deploying ~500 database clusters. Directly contributed to the bank’s cloud adoption and database modernisation strategy delivering measurable outcomes: accelerated platfor
Technical Project Manager at HSBC
June 1, 2021 - May 1, 2023Led end-to-end delivery of cloud-native software initiatives for a financial risk and analytics platform, coordinating distributed engineering, data, and architecture teams. Delivered data and platform projects including APIs, data automation, reconciliation, visualisation, and ML model integration, meeting regulatory and security requirements. Managed multiple workstreams and cross-project dependencies across a complex change portfolio. Embedded Agile and DevOps practices, accelerating time-to-value while maintaining governance and architectural standards. Owned change control, governance, and IT impact assessment within a regulated financial services environment.
Technical Programme Manager at Refinitiv
April 1, 2020 - April 1, 2021Defined and led large, complex transformation portfolios, aligning delivery outcomes with strategic business objectives. Held accountability for portfolio governance and performance, controlling scope, schedule, budget, risk, quality, and business value. Established governance frameworks, tooling, and executive reporting to ensure effective decision-making and sustained sponsorship. Managed portfolio-level risks, dependencies, and vendor performance, driving mitigation and delivery predictability. Communicated complex delivery and technical challenges at executive level, enabling timely course correction.
Technical Project Manager at Lloyds Banking Group
April 1, 2018 - March 1, 2020Led DevOps delivery for a €20m Machine Intelligence programme, building and deploying an enterprise ML platform on an Azure Stack hybrid architecture. Coordinated internal teams and external vendors across Azure, Hadoop, Teradata, and Cyber Security, enabling secure platform adoption by data science teams. Governed operational readiness and handover of ML capabilities, ensuring compliance with enterprise standards and risk controls. Established automated infrastructure provisioning and deployment pipelines, embedding DevOps and SDLC best practices. Supported onboarding of business ML models and complex data ingestion from disparate sources.
Infrastructure/DevOps Lead at UBS AG
June 1, 2013 - December 1, 2017Acted as Infrastructure SME within an Investment Banking Infra & DevOps team, driving Agile and DevOps adoption (CI/CD, Docker, Puppet, Git). Delivered cloud, container, and low-latency trading infrastructure initiatives across Equities, FX, Rates, and Credit, meeting MiFID II regulatory requirements. Led feasibility studies and business cases for cloud adoption, presenting P&L impact, cost savings, and utilisation improvements to senior leadership. Delivered a complex data centre migration, achieving £1m+ cost savings, and oversaw storage migration to as-a-service models with 40% TCO reduction.
Project Delivery Manager at Credit Suisse AG
June 1, 2011 - June 1, 2013Led infrastructure delivery programmes supporting cloud adoption and network segmentation, ensuring compliance with security and operational standards. Coordinated distributed delivery teams and vendors across multiple geographies. Partnered with enterprise architects and engineering teams to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions. Governed security, financial, and architecture approval processes through formal review boards.
Education
BA Business Studies (First Class Honours) at University of Greenwich
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2009Diploma in Electronics at Technical High School, Kazanlak
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 1996Qualifications
PRINCE2 Foundations
January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2017Industry Experience
Financial Services, Software & Internet, Professional Services, Media & Entertainment, Other