Maxim Behar

CEO & Chairman of the Board at M3 Communications Group, Inc.

Sofia, Bulgaria

Maxim Behar is a leading global Public Relations ?xpert, diplomat, businessman and visioner with wide experience and strong presence in many countries all over the world. He travels a lot, often speaks in front of world leaders audiences, practitioners, students, and opinion makers on the modern Public Relations, Governmental Affairs, Leadership and Social Media topics.

Maxim is a past President of ICCO, the largest and most influential global organization of Public Relations professionals and practitioners and now is a President of the World Communications Forum Association, registered in Davos, Switzerland.

?e is inducted in the Global PR Hall of Fame for his entire work supporting and leading thousands of international PR projects and for his remarkable mandate as ICCO (World PR Organization) President.

In 2020 the global edition of the prominent International Media PRWeek announced Maxim Behar as "The Best PR Professional in Europe (outside UK)".

Maxim's latest book The Global PR Revolution is among the best publications about Public Relations sold now internationally and was ranked by BookAuthority among top 5 new books on PR in the world.

Maxim is a Harvard Kennedy School Executive Program graduate, also graduated universities in Prague, Seattle and Yokohama.

He is also a member of Board of Trustees of the University of National and World Economy (UNWE) in Sofia, Bulgaria.

He is a dreamer and hard worker for a better, more dynamic and more ethical world. Maxim is also a practitioner - he likes chatting, networking, serious business projects, social media, rock music, gadgets and traveling, meeting new people and facing new challenges, reading and writing. Also he is a committed fan of golf, cycling and parachute jumping.

One of his favorite rules in life is: If your dreams don't scare you, they aren't big enough!

In 1994 Maxim founded M3 Communication Group, Inc., a leader in the field of public and media relations in Bulgaria. Since then he has been the company's Chief Executive and Chairman of the Board of Directors. The company is also an exclusive associate of Hill+Knowlton Strategies in Bulgaria.

In 2004 M3 Communications Group, Inc. founded M3 College - the only private fully licences college on PR & Marketing in Bulgaria and Maxim has been Chairman of the Board since then.

Maxim is a Chairman of the International Board of Trustees of Sir James Mancham International Centre for Peace Studies and Diplomacy in Seychelles as well as Honorary Consul General of Republic of Seychelles to Bulgaria.

Currently, Maxim Behar is Vice-President of The Atlantic Club in Bulgaria, Board member (former long years Chairman) of Bulgarian Business Leaders Forum and tens other local and international organizations. Maxim served as Chairman of the Board of the Bulgarian Association of PR Agencies (BAPRA). He is also Global Ambassador of APRA, the African Public Relations Association and International Senior Consultant of CIPRA, The Chinese International Public Relations Association. In 2019 he was appointed Chairman of PR & Media Committee of FICAC (World Federation of Consuls). From 2018 Maxim is Vice President of Malta-Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce. Maxim is also appointed in the Advisor Board of the World's PR Museum in New York.

Available For: Speaking
Travels From: Sofia, Bulgaria
Speaking Topics: PR Strategies, Leadership, Social Media