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Sasha Bezuhanova

Sasha Bezuhanova
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Born Bulgaria
Education

Technical University, Sofia

Graduate Institute in Geneva
Occupation Founder of MOVE.BG
Known for Internationally recognized business executive and philanthropist with a multi-dimensional track record of service to society.

Technical University, Sofia

Sasha Bezuhanova (Bulgarian: Саша Безуханова) is an internationally recognized business executive, activist and philanthropist with significant contribution to the development of Bulgaria's IT industry and a multi-dimensional track record of service to society.

She is the founder and board chairperson of MOVE.BG - civil platform for collaboration in finding sustainable solutions for the state, economy and society via innovation, participation and co-creation.

Before committing herself to that cause in 2013, Sasha had a 20-year business executive career in HP where she took on various management roles. Her last position was Director of Public Sector for the world Growth Markets at Hewlett-Packard. Previously she had managed the Central Eastern Europe Public sector business of the corporation. Before that Sasha was the General Manager of Hewlett-Packard Bulgaria for more than 10 years, positioning the company as the leader in the local ICT market and driving important investment in the country where HP employs today more than 5000 people.

Her long list of business achievements and social development engagements throughout the years involve positioning Bulgaria as an ICT center of global significance, boosting the entrepreneurial culture and women empowerment in her home country Bulgaria and at European level.

Sasha is Chair of the Boards of European Center of Women in Technologies, Bulgarian Center of Women in Technologies, Technical University in Sofia and Bulgarian School of Politics, co-founder and board member of the Initiative for Social Empowerment. She is the initiator of EDIT.BG – open network initiative for digital innovation.

Sasha Bezuhanova was named Digital woman of Europe for 2013 and one of the Top 100 Challengers in New Europe 100 for 2015 and holds many other national and European awards for her contribution to social development.

She founded her own annual Entrepregirl Award for supporting young women to develop their entrepreneurial ideas into business.

Sasha is married with one daughter.

Sasha Bezuhanova was born in Pernik, Bulgaria. She graduated German language high school in Sofia. Bezuhanova went on to study in Technical University in Sofia graduating with Masters in Electronics (1985). She holds also Executive master's degree in International Negotiations and Policy Making from the Graduate Institute in Geneva (2015) and has Executive qualifications from INSEAD and Stanford.


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