Vladimir Antikarov is Principal at Verea Group LLC. With over 20 years of experience, Mr. Antikarov has served as a senior member of the corporate finance practice with the Monitor Group (1992-2005) now Monitor Deloitte, and as Senior Advisor to the CFO of Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (2005-2012).
Born in Sofia, Bulgaria, Mr. Antikarov holds an MBA in Finance from Boston University and was a Fulbright Scholar. A frequent professional panelist and invited speaker internationally, he is conversant in several languages and fluent in English, Spanish, Russian and Bulgarian.
Mr. Antikarov is the co-author, with Tom Copeland, of the bestselling book, Real Options, A Practitioner’s Guide, used by MIT, Harvard, the Wharton School and many other business schools. The book has been published in six languages and was the number one business book on Amazon UK. A member of numerous professional associations, most recently Mr. Antikarov has been elected by his professional colleagues as Regional Director of the 6,000+ member Washington DC chapter of PRMIA, the Professional Risk Manager International Association.