Petya Nikolova
Executive Director
New York City Retirement System
Petya Nikolova is the Head of Infrastructure with the New York City Retirement System (NYCRS) where she developed the infrastructure program and is building the infrastructure portfolio of the $130Bn pension system. Ms. Nikolova joined NYCRS from WestLB, where she was a Director in the Infrastructure Americas team originating, structuring and executing transactions across a variety of assets in transportation, social infrastructure and utilities in the Americas. Prior to this, Ms. Nikolova spent nine years with Bank of Ireland and MBIA in infrastructure origination covering a variety of sectors and geographies.
Ms. Nikolova holds an MPA from Syracuse University and an MA/BA in Economics from the University of National and World Economy in Sofia, Bulgaria.