Corporate Governance

51
LSEG ESG score out of 100
44 %
Change in price of SGH shares in 2024
100 %
Independent audit control
ISO
Four ISO certificates

Board of Directors

Sirma Group Holding JSC has a one-tier management system. Its Board of directors consists of nine members with Georgi Marinov acting as Chairman of the Board.

Policies and Guidelines

We follow rigorous policies and guidelines to ensure transparency, accountability, and sustainable growth. Explore our corporate governance framework to understand the principles and standards that guide our decision-making.

Committee Charters

To support the activity of the Board of Directors of Sirma Group Holding several Committees have been set up:

Name
Investments, Risk and Sustainability Committee
Remuneration Committee
Information Disclosure Committee
Yordan Nedev
Chairman
Georgi Marinov
Chairman
Tsvetan Alexiev
Chairman
Atanas Kiryakov
Chavdar Dimitrov
Martin Paev
Stanislav Tanushev
Audit Committee
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Shareholder Structure

Sirma Group is a public company since its successful IPO in 2015. Its 1000+ shareholders are predominantly individuals, with the majority shares being held by the founders of the Group.

Shareholder structure as at 31.12.2024
87.85%
Individuals
12.15%
Corporates
Free Float as at 31.12.2024
59.88%
Shareholders under 5% eq
40.12%
Shareholders above 5% eq
Major shareholders as at 31.12.2024
Georgi Marinov
9.20%
Tsvetan Alexiev
8.47%
Chavdar Dimitrov
8.12%
Veselin Kirov
8.03%
Ognyan Chernokozev
6.30%
Free Float
54.15%

Auditors

The General Meeting of Shareholders, held on 3 June 2025, elected an Audit Committee. The Committee is chaired by Mr. Angel Kraichev. Members of the Audit Committee are Mr. Alexander Kolev and Mr. Veselin Kirov. The Committee has a mandate of three years. The General Meeting of Shareholders, held on 3 June 2025, has appointed Grant Thornton Bulgaria as auditor of Sirma Group Holding for 2025.

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Master in accounting, Chartered Auditor and Chartered Accountant with over 30 years of experience in the financial sphere. Chairman of SD EFCO Group AD. Member of the Disciplinary Committee of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Founder and partner at FSK “Finex”. Chairman of the Board and Executive Member of Insurance Company and Life Insurance Company “Bulgarski Imoti” AD. Worked as economic expert with the Union of Private Economic Enterprise (UPEE) and the National Council of Tripartite Cooperation to the Council of Ministers. Subsequently Chairman of the Control Committee of UPEE and member of the Financial and Accounting Life Insurance Committee to the Association of Bulgarian Insurance Companies.

Member of the Supervisory Committee of the Bulgarian Association of Insurance Brokers and Member of the Disciplinary Committee of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Mr.Kolev is a Master of Finance from the SU “St. Climent Ohridski” and a Bachelor of Finance and Accounting from Hogeschool van Utrecht, the Netherlands.

He has over 16 years of hands on experience in management of multinational and Bulgarian companies in the IT sector.

Mr. Kolev’s career in the IT sector started at Hewlett-Packard, Bulgaria as Finance and Operations Director.

Employed in various management positions – Group Financial Officer in Sofia France Auto, COO and CFO at software company Chaos Group, CFO at Blizoo and Eurocom Cable working with the private investment funds Waburg Pincus and EQT.

Mr. Kirov holds a Master's degree in automation and electronics.

He has over 30 years of experience in the IT field, managing a wide array of projects.

Mr.Kirov has held various positions in Sirma Group over the years.

Key projects, which he has managed: ESP opsEnvironmental Suite, Х1 Search Engine, GE Medical Content Management System, EyeBill Billing System (EyeBill), SUPER (Semantics Utilised for Process management within and between EnteRprises), ESP opsEnvironmental Suite, Inofile, Panaton Conferencing, etc.