Mr. Bonin was born in 1949, in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
After graduating from the French Language School, Varna, Mr Bonin attended the Naval Academy, Varna, where he gained the qualifications of Watchkeeping Officer and Navigation Equipment Engineer. After 17 years at Navigation Maritime Bulgare, including 4 years as their representative in Italy, he founded Bon Marine S.A. in 1990.

Mr. Bonin is 2 time nominee for the prestigious award “Mr. Economy”, respectively in 2005 in the category “Contribution to development of Bulgarian industry” and in 2006 for “Overall contribution to development of Bulgarian economy”.
In 2011, Mr. Bonin was awarded “St. Nikola” diploma by Bulgarian Maritime Chamber for his personal contribution to the development of the Bulgarian maritime economy.