Associate Facilitator at The Business Institute. A professional with extensive experience in project management using waterflow, agile and hybrid approaches, as well as in analysis, process improvement and optimisation, process innovation, R&D, operational management and innovation management. She has an impressive portfolio as a trainer for both internal and external target groups. Currently, she is the Innovation Engagement Manager at a corporate level at Dundee Precious Metals, and has experience as a Senior Manager for Technology Projects at both local and corporate levels within the Aurubis group, where she also held positions as Process Improvement Manager and Research and Development Manager. She has also worked as a researcher at Nanofab in Italy. Vanya holds a PhD in Metallurgy from the University of Trento, an Executive MBA from the University of Sheffield and a Master’s degree from the Technical University of Sofia. She is a certified PRINCE2 Practitioner and McKinsey’s Operations Practice Fellow.