Farm Credit Armenia UCO CC Chief Executive Officer/President
Armen Gabrielyan
Mr. Gabrielyan has extensive experience in the agricultural credit investment market. He was among the founding staff of ACBA Agricole Bank (formerly Agricultural Cooperative Bank of Armenia) that started in 1995. Serving the needs of farmers for financial resources, Armen Gabrielyan managed and coordinated different regional branches of ACBA Bank until 2004.
In 1991 after Armenia became independent he was engaged in the land privatization process. From 1992 to 1995 Mr. Gabrielyan was the head of Yeghegnadzor regional office of the Ministry of Social Security and Migration of the Republic of Armenia.
In 2005, Armen Gabrieyan joined the Center for Agribusiness and Rural Development (CARD) NGOas head of its loan department. He had a key role in helping lay the groundwork in creating a financial institution based on internationally recognized cooperative principles and farm credit practices in Armenia.
Mr. Gabrielyan coordinated this project for CARD until September 18, 2007, when he was named chief executive officer/president of Farm Credit Armenia by its board of directors. Mr. Gabrielyan has an MA in Law, as well as a degree in French Language Philology and a college certificate in Political Science. He has completed extensive training programs in both banking and law in the United States, France and Japan.
Ani Sargsyan has Bachelor's degree in Economics from Yerevan State University (1999-2003) and MBA from American University of Armenia (2004-2005).
Before joining Farm Credit Armenia in March 2011, she worked at Armswissbank CJSC as head of risk management division (2006-2011), investment department specialist at the same bank (2005-2006). Ms. Sargsyan has had additional trainings in Risk Management both in Armenia and abroad.
Before joining Farm Credit Armenia, Mr. Petrosyan worked at ACBA Bank as а regional branch manager in Tavush marz (2004-2007), responsible for Tavush marz (2002-2004), senior loan officer in Vayots Dzor branch (1999-2002). Prior to that, Mr. Petrosyan was a senior specialist in the planning and forecasting department in the Vayots Dzor Regional Administration. He graduated with an MA in mathematics from Yerevan State University.
Hrant Yeghiazaryan graduated from the State Agrarian University of Armenia with an MA in Economics in 1998. Before joining Farm Credit Armenia, Mr. Yeghiazaryan worked at the Center for Agribusiness and Rural Development (CARD) NGO as a senior loan officer from 2005-07, and at ACBA Bank’s Shirak branch from 2001-04.
Hrant Yeghiazaryan was born on September 18, 1974.
Mr. Avagyan has over 10 years experience in the financial and banking industries in Armenia. He joined ACBA Bank in 1998, working in its branch offices in Vayots Dzor, Shirak and Syunik marzes. Before that, Avagyan was the chief accountant at Water Supply and Sewerage of Armenia CJSC, Vayots Dzor branch. He joined Farm Credit Armenia in 2008 as head of its internal audit department before being named the cooperative’s chief accountant in March 2010. At present time he occupies the position of head of Internal Audit Department.
Prior to joining FCA in January 2007 she worked for KPMG Armenia office, Caucasus Media Institute supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation. Ms. Abrahamyan graduated with honors from the Armenian State Teacher’s Training University in Russian Philology and Romance-Germanic Languages. She is responsible for developing, recommending and implementing policies and programs for all human resources functions for tFarm Credit Armenia. She also manages the administrative functions of the Organization, as well as coordinating activities related to the Central Bank of Armenia. She has had additional trainings in Human Recourse Management, HR Policies and Basics, Personnel Management, Board Governance and Cooperative Principles both in Armenia and in the US.
Ms. Kirakosyan graduated from Yerevan State University, Faculty of German language and literature in 1999. She has certifications of Credit Organizations qualified chief accountant from the RA Central Bank (2009) and a qualified accountant from AAAA (2010). Before joining “Farm Credit of Armenia” she worked at UMCOR “Aregak” program head office as a substituting accountant (2004-2006). Then she held the same position at “Aregak” UCO CJSC head office (2006-2007), worked at “Aregak” Yerevan N1 branch as an accountant (2007-2008), deputy chief accountant at Armenian ECLOF Foundation (2008-2009). In 2009 she was employed by “Avangard Invest” UCO CJSC as a chief accountant, and since August 2011 she simultaneously occupies this position and works at “Farm Credit Armenia” UCO CC as a deputy chief accountant.
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2011-03-25 16:23
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