Prior to establishing BlackPeak Capital, Rossen Ivanov co-founded Entrea Capital in 2007 and subsequently established it as the leading independent Bulgarian investment banking firm and exclusive affiliate of Rothschild for the country. He successfully executed multiple M&A, corporate finance, and strategy advisory projects with Bulgarian and global firms.
Prior to establishing Entrea Capital, Rossen worked at McKinsey & Co. in New Jersey/New York, where he focused on consumer goods, industrial, and private equity clients. He worked on multiple strategy, operations strategy and post-merger integration studies.
Prior to McKinsey, Rossen worked in London as an investment associate at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, where he was responsible for structuring debt and equity investments across Eastern Europe.
Rossen started his career at Procter & Gamble Balkan Markets in Bucharest, where he was responsible for evaluating new product launches across South-East Europe for the Company’s largest product category.
Rossen holds an MBA degree from the Harvard Business School and a BA degree in Economics from the American University in Bulgaria.