Maxim Behar,
CEO, M3 Communications Group, Inc.
President, WCFA
Maxim Behar is a leading global Public Relations expert, Founder, Chief Executive, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of M3 Communications Group, Inc. – a leading company in the field of Public and Media relations in Bulgaria.
In 2020 PRweek announced him Best PR Professional in Europe and his latest book The Global PR Revolution was listed by BookAuthority among 10 Best PR Books of All Time.
Maxim is currently President of the World Communications Forum Association in Davos, Switzerland, and was President of ICCO (International Communications Consultancy Organization) - the largest and most influential global organization of Public Relations professionals and practitioners.
He is a Harvard Kennedy School Graduate.
In 2016 Maxim was appointed to the Advisory Board of the first Museum of Public Relations in New York and became the first Bulgarian ever included in the prominent annual Global Power Book of the renowned British weekly PR Week. Same year African Public Relations Association appointed Mr. Behar as Ambassador for Europe and Honorary Fellow of the Association. Maxim serves since 2017 as an International Senior Consultant of the Chinese International Public Relations Association.
Maxim Behar uses his wide experience and strong presence in many countries all over the world in his daily PR and international business activities.
In 2017 he was officially inducted into the Global PR Hall of Fame in London.
Maxim Behar is also Honorary Consul General of Republic of Seychelles to Bulgaria.
M3 Communications Group, Inc. has won many awards and recognitions from all over the world – PR Agency of the Year (numerous times), “Best PR Agency in Europe’’, “Best corporate website” and recognition as the strongest PR Brand in the Bulgarian market.
Six years later, in 2005, he was once again the first Bulgarian to become full member of the American Public Relations Society. In 2001 he was elected President of the Bulgarian Business Leaders Forum and in 2004 he was officially announced Face of Bulgarian Tourism by a monthly tourism magazine.
Over the years he has received the award Communicator of the Decade of the Association of Business Communicators of India (ABCI), has been voted Bulgaria's Manager of the Year and has been chosen for Global Chairman of the Year - Stevie Awards, NYC.