Our senior leadership team is a diverse group of experienced professionals responsible for leading teams and delivering British Council’s work across Bulgaria.

Lyubov Kostova
Country Director
Lyubov was born to a Bulgarian father and a Russian mother, grew up in Nigeria, has a Master’s degree in Indology, and has translated over 60 plays. Before the British Council she worked for 9 years at the Theatre Academy. Experienced in communications, she has led the international expansion of FameLab and co-founded the Sofia Science Festival. She has 3 children, loves the beach, parties and cooking, has over 200 fridge magnets and passionately believes that human efforts make sense.