Plamen Petkov is an associate professor in the Department of Statistics and Applied Mathematics at the D. A. Tsenov Academy of Economics in Svishtov, Bulgaria. He earned a Master's degree in Marketing and Planning from the Tsenov Academy of Economics in Svishtov in 1996 and a PhD in Statistics and Demography in 2007. He is currently Head of the Department of Statistics and Applied Mathematics at the Faculty of Economic Accounting. His work in the field of statistics and econometrics has resulted in over one hundred publications, presentations, lectures and courses, as well as memberships of the Union of Scientists in Bulgaria, the Faculty of Economics at Trakia University in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria, the National Planning and Forecasting Association and the Chamber of Higher Education Educators. His research interests include multivariate statistical methods and models, econometric modelling, and time series and panel analysis.