Velitchka has a long track record in wealth management and private banking working with entrepreneurs and business owners in Central, Eastern and Southern Europe at a leading Austrian private bank. She previously gained experience in business development and fund-raising working for a major non- profit organization in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul in the USA.

Velitchka is a Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP), and holds Family Firm Institute’s (FFI) Advanced Certificates in Family Business and Family Wealth Advising.

Velitchka majored in History and Business Administration at the American University in Bulgaria (AUBG). She holds an MBA from INSEAD (France), Masters degree in General Psychology from Sofia University (Bulgaria) and a Masters degree in Central and Eastern European History from CEU (Hungary).

Velitchka speaks seven languages and loves to travel.