Mrs. Evelina Miltenova participated in the Jubilee ceremony “Ring the Bell for Gender Equality”
The chairman of BADDPO, Mrs. Evelina Miltenova, opened the stock market session together with other ladies from the management team of the Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE) and the vice-chairmen of the Financial Supervision Commission, Mrs. Maria Filipova and Mrs. Diana YordanovaThe Bulgarian Stock Exchange conducted a survey among over 300 Bulgarian companies listed on the Exchange on the occasion of International Women’s Day, March 8th. Every year, the Exchange actively participates in the global initiative of the World Federation of Exchanges, Ring The Bell for Gender Equality.
The Jubilee ceremony “Ring the Bell for Gender Equality” is organized under the auspices of the World Federation of Exchanges, the United Nations Global Compact, and UN Women. Traditionally, we celebrate Women’s Day and support the global initiative of stock exchanges worldwide for gender equality in professional advancement in the financial sector. This year, we acknowledge the official UN message “Invest in women. Accelerate progress.”
In this context, the BSE team conducted an in-depth survey among companies to assess the representation of women in leadership positions in business. It was found that nearly 40% of companies are not led by women through their governing bodies, with only 2.6% being entirely led by women on their boards. In another 14% of companies, executive directors are only women.
The data show that in recent years, there has been no significant change in the representation of women in leadership positions. Unlike the structure in smaller and medium-sized firms traded on the growth market beam – where nearly half (46%) have women in their management bodies.
Today’s ceremony was opened by Manu Moravenov, Executive Director of the BSE, Vasil Golemanski, Deputy Chairman of the BSE Board of Directors, Maria Filipova, Deputy Chairman of the Financial Supervision Commission, Radoslava Maslarska, Chairman of the Bulgarian Association of Licensed Investment Intermediaries, and Hristina Pendicheva, Member of the BSE Board of Directors, who contributed with brief messages on the topic and symbolically rang the bell to start trading on the Exchange.