Brigadier General Danail Baev

Director of Intelligence Directorate European Union Military Staff (EUMS)

Brigadier General Danail Baev has assumed the duties of Director Intelligence of the European Union Military Staff as of 1 April 2024.

He has served in the Bulgarian Armed Forces since 1995. Following his graduation from the National Military School in 2000, Brigadier General Baev commenced his career within the 68th Special Forces Brigade. He later joined the Bulgarian Defence Intelligence Service. In 2008, he completed his studies at the Rakovski National Defence College.

Brigadier General Baev has also developed extensive experience in military diplomacy, having served in Moscow as Assistant Military Attaché (2012 - 2015) and Military, Air and Naval Attaché (2017 - 2020).

Appointments within the Bulgarian Defence Intelligence Service have further strengthened his operational and managerial expertise. Immediately prior to his current assignment, Brigadier General Danail Baev served there as Director of the Operations Directorate and was directly responsible for Bulgarian assets abroad.

He is married and has two daughters. In his free time, Brigadier General Baev enjoys travelling and is a fitness enthusiast. He is also an avid follower of both Formula 1 and Biathlon.

Day 3 | 25th February 2026

9:35 AM EUMS 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.

9:55 AM Interoperability Leadership Panel Discussion with Q&A and Live Polling – How Can You Collaborate on Generating and Sharing Trustworthy, Interoperable Geospatial Intelligence As the Threat Landscape Continues to Evolve?

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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