Speaker

MEP Tsvetelina Penkova

Tsvetelina PENKOVA is a Member of the European Parliament from the Group of Socialists and Democrats.

She is a Vice-Chair of the Industry, Energy and Research (ITRE), member of Regional Development (REGI), Internal Market (IMCO) and Monetary Affair (ECON) Committees.

Tsvetelina Penkova is a vice-chair of the group for support of nuclear energy in the European Parliament.  She is the President of the European Energy Forum.

She was previously a finance specialist at an investment fund in London, an investment banker at the Royal Bank of Scotland and an analyst at Egon Zehnder. Prior to this, she was a Consultant at ING and a financial analyst at Astra Zeneca.

She holds a Master's degree in Financial Economics from Oxford University, double Bachelor’s degree at Bocconi University in Milan and the Central European University in Budapest.