Brigadier General Danail Baev

Director of Intelligence Directorate European Union Military Staff (EUMS)

Brigadier General Danail BAEV has assumed the duties as Director of the Intelligence Directorate of the European Union Military Staff.

Brigadier General BAEV has served in the Bulgarian Armed Forces since 1995. After graduating from the National Military School in 2000, he fulfilled his initial appointments within the 68th Special Forces Brigade. Afterwards, he joined the Bulgarian Defence Intelligence Service. In 2008, he graduated from the Rakovski National Defence College. Most recently he has gained and developed experience in the area of military diplomacy, specifically serving as the Assistant Military Attaché (2012 - 2015) and Military, Air and Naval Attaché (2017-2020) in Moscow. Appointments within the Bulgarian Defence Intelligence Service have contributed to and enhanced his operational and management skillset.

Immediately prior to assuming his position in the EUMS, Brigadier General BAEV held the appointment of Director of the Operations Directorate within the Defence Intelligence Service. In this capacity, he was directly responsible for Bulgarian assets abroad.

He is married with two daughters. In his free time, Brigadier General BAEV enjoys traveling and is a fitness enthusiast. Additionally he is a keen follower of both Formula 1 and Biathlon.

Day 3 | 25th February 2026

9:20 AM Government Keynote –Leveraging Lessons Learnt from Modern Operations to Transform Intelligence Processes

Identify Operational Gaps: How to turn recent mission insights into improvements across the intelligence lifecycle.
Modernise Intelligence Workflows: How to redesign collection, fusion, and analysis processes for speed, precision, and adaptability.
Enable Agile Decision-Making: How to apply battlefield lessons to accelerate command responsiveness in complex environments.
Drive Continuous Improvement: How to institutionalise learning from real-world operations into future ISR planning and execution.

9:40 AM Leadership Fireside Chat – Collaboration on Interoperable Intelligence: How Can Alliances and Nations Work Together to Share Verifiable Intelligence and Counter Disinformation and Misinformation?

Strengthen Allied Trust: How to establish shared protocols that ensure secure, validated intelligence across NATO-EU partners.
Combat Information Threats: How to verify sources and counter adversary deception through transparent, multi-source intelligence fusion.
Build Interoperable Systems: How to align technical architectures to enable real-time data sharing without compromising sovereignty.
Support Unified Response: How to deliver credible, shared situational awareness that drives coordinated action across allied missions.

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Danail.

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