Kaloyan Staykov – Chairman of the Board of the Energy Management Institute
Kaloyan Staykov has been appointed Chairman of the Board of the Energy Management Institute (EMI) with effect from 1 December 2024.
Kaloyan is a recognised economist with extensive expertise in public finance, economic policy and the energy sector. For the past two years, he held the position of Chief Economist at the EMI, developing analysis and strategies for sustainable energy and public policy. Prior to joining EMI, he worked at the Institute for Market Economics (IME) and the Center for Economic Development, focusing on fiscal policy, social security, energy, health care and public budgeting.
He is part of a group of experts and economists who have been pushing for years for increased competition in the energy sector towards its full liberalization. He is the author of a number of publications and analyzes in this direction, including: “Integration of electricity producers with long-term contracts on the market” and “Regulatory policy in the electricity sector in 2013 – contrary to regulations and common sense.”
He is part of the author’s team, which prepared the book Anatomy of the Crisis, published in 2015, with a focus on the development of the public finances during and after the economic crisis. In 2017, he was part of the team that prepared the book Flat Tax in Bulgaria: Background, Introduction and Results, with a focus on the policy in the field of corporate taxation. In recent years he has been involved in the preparation and presentation of IME’s annual “Alternative State Budget”.
He is a member, and the vise-chair of the board, of the Bulgarian Macroeconomic Association. He holds a Master’s degree in Economics and Management in Energy, Infrastructure and Utilities and holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Economics and Business with Finance Specialization from Amsterdam University, The Netherlands.
