Karina Karaivanova

Black Sea Trade & Development Bank engages as a financial institution, which focuses on accelerating development and promoting cooperation among its shareholder countries. It operates through the Lending and Treasury segments. The Lending segment represents investments in projects such as loans, equity investments, and guarantees. Treasury segment includes raising debt finance, investing surplus liquidity, and managing the foreign exchange and interest rate risks of the bank. The company was founded on January 24, 1997 and is headquartered in Thessaloniki, Greece

European Investment Bank is a long term lending bank representing the interest of the European Union members. It raises substantial volumes of funds on the capital markets and provides finance and expertise for investment projects towards the integration, balanced development and economic and social cohesion among members. Its services include lending, blending and advising. The Lending service offers loans, guarantees, microfinance as well as equity investment. The Blending service includes unlock financing from other sources and blended together to form full financing package. The Advising service covers administrative and project management assistance with facilities investment implementation. The company was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in Luxembourg.