Friday, October 21 2011 16:00
Mr. Konstantin Saroyan Appointed as CEO of NASDAQ OMX Armenia
ArmInfo. Starting from October 18, 2011 Mr. Konstantin Saroyan was appointed CEO of NASDAQ OMX Armenia. On October 3, 3011 NASDAQ OMX Armenia
Management Board approved Mr. Saroyan as Acting CEO pending registration by the Central Bank of Armenia, which was officialy received later on October 18, 2011.
The press service of NASDAQ OMX Armenia reports that Mr. Saroyan is a senior banking executive with solid experience of technologies implementation and development, strategic planning and management, gained from leading companies in Armenia. He started his career in 1999 in Armagrobank. In 2001-2002 Mr. Saroyan leaded Clearing and Settlement group in Central Depository of Armenia. Afterwards starting from 2002 he headed marketing, strategic planning in a number of Armenian banks.
In 2004-2011 Mr. Saroyan had senior executive positions in "Armswissbank" cjsc, including Head of Internal Audit, Member of the Management Board, as well as managed various departments of the bank, including marketing, PR, human resouces, strategic planning, business development.
Mr. Saroyan participated in Working groups of international organizations as an expert of capital market development.
Mr. Saroyan graduated from Yerevan State Univercity and holds PhD in Economics. Mr. Saroyan attended to various seminars and trainings, both local and abroad. He was also a lecturer in a number of Universities in Armenia, currently teaching in Frech University of Armenia Foundation.
The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. is the world's largest exchange company. It delivers trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents, and with over 3,900 companies, it is number one in worldwide listings among major markets. NASDAQ OMX technology supports the operations of over 70 exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories in more than 50 countries.
In January 2008, Nordic exchange operator OMX Group acquired 100% of shares of the Armenian Stock Exchange (Armex) and the Central Depository of Armenia (CDA). After the combination of NASDAQ and OMX in February 2008, Armex and CDA have become fully owned by the NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. For more information on the NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. visit www.nasdaqomx.com.
On January 27, 2009, "Armenian Stock Exchange" ojsc was officially renamed as "NASDAQ OMX Armenia" ojsc. On June 5, 2009, "NASDAQ OMX Armenia" ojsc became the owner of 100% of the shares of the "Central Depository of Armenia" ojsc.