[4] However, his candidacy was withdrawn on 15 July due to largely negative reactions from the other parties and the wider society.
Expat manages hundreds of individual investment portfolios, three mutual funds with global focus, and a family of exchange-traded funds tracking the performance of stock indices from Central and Eastern Europe.
Previously, Vassilev was senior vice president at Lazard Capital Markets in London (2000–2001), and associate director at UBS's Dillon, Read & Co. in the Tokyo, New York, and London offices (1996–2000), working in the area of equities and emerging markets.
He speaks English, Hungarian and Russian, and has basic knowledge of French, German, and Japanese.
Vassilev is also a member of the board of the Bulgarian CFA Association and the author of Energy (2009), Menu for Reformers (2014), and Career or Not (2018).