Arkadi Sharkov

Arkadi Sharkov is a macroeconomist with extensive experience in health systems analysis and administration. His main areas of focus are health budgeting, tax policies, and incentives for making healthcare more affordable, as well as optimizing public budgets. He has significant expertise in conducting cost-benefit analyses of medicinal product market penetration and in assessing clinical pathways in hospitals. Arkadi holds a Master's degree in Public Policy from Maastricht University and the United Nations University. He is currently an assistant professor and a PhD candidate at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" and the University of Insurance and Finance, where he teaches courses on social and health insurance. Additionally, he is a member of the Advisory Board of the Bulgarian Medical Union and has served as an economic advisor to the Ministers of Health in three consecutive governments.