Tsvetelina Penkova

Tsvetelina Marinova Penkova (Bulgarian: Цветелина Маринова Пенкова, born 19 February 1988) is a Bulgarian politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since the 2019 elections.

Biography Tsvetelina Penkova was born on 19 February 1988 in Sofia, Bulgaria where she grew up and completed her education at the American College. Penkova graduated with a double degree in International Business from the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary and Bocconi University, in Milan. She completed a semester abroad in Montreal, at McGill University. Penkova is also an alumna of the Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford where she obtained a MSc in Financial Economics.

From January 2017 until her election to the European Parliament in 2019, Penkova worked at Hayfin Capital Management in London serving as a Business Development and Investor Relations Associate. Prior to that, she held the position of Capital Markets Analyst at the Royal Bank of Scotland. At the same time, Penkova was a co-founder of Millenium Club Bulgaria, an international think tank for Bulgarians born after 1981 and working for the development of Bulgaria by creating a bridge between the Bulgarians at home and outside of the country.