Saturday, December 20 2014 17:26
Vigen Barseghyan appointed as Acting Director General of Areximbank-GPB Group
ArmInfo. Vigen Barseghyan has been appointed as Acting Director General of Areximbank-Gazprombank Group.
According to ArmInfo's reliable sources, the bank's managerial staff may undergo also other changes, particularly, new deputy directors will be appointed. The bank's staff will be finally approved in January, 2015.
Vigen Barseghyan - Acting Director General of "AREXIMBANK-GAZPROMBANK GROUP" CJSC. Previously - August 22, 1994 - November 24, 1995 - worked at "Ardshinbank" (Bank for industry and construction) as economist of FX transactions unit. From June 19, 1996 up to July 30, 1998, he worked at "Armeconombank" as senior economist of Credit department. On August 1, 1998 was appointed as "Areximbank-Gazprombank Group" CJSC (Yerevan) Deputy Director General.
Areximbank - Gazprombank Group" CJSC has been established in 1998 to support the business and manage financial flows between Russia and Armenia. In Nov 2007, one of the largest Russian banks - "Gazprombank" (Open Joint Stock Company) acquired 80% stake in the bank and increased it to 94.15% in July 2008. In Sept 2008, the bank acquired the remaining 5.85% stake from Raiffeisenbank.