Artak Ananyan appointed as Chairman of Management Board of  Ardshinbank

ArmInfo.  On August 10, based on  the decision of the Board of Directors of Ardshinbank, Artak Kliment  Ananyan was appointed as the Chairman of the Management Board of  Ardshinbank, the press service of the bank informs.

Artak Ananyan has been working in financial-banking system since  1998. During his twenty years of experience, he worked at the Central  Bank of Armenia and held senior positions at "Hayagrobank" OJSC and  "Ardshinbank" CJSC. 2015-2017 acted as the CEO of  "Areximbank-Gazprombank Group" CJSC, and in 2017 rejoined Ardshinbank  as the Deputy Chairman of "Ardshinbank" CJSC. Artak Ananyan will  continue to fulfill the duties of Interim Chairman of the Bank's  Management Board until the day of registration to the Central Bank of  the Republic of Armenia. He is an economist-financier, a candidate of  physical and mathematical sciences. Married, has two children.

It should be noted that starting from May 12, 2018 the former  Chairman of the Board of Ardshinbank Mher Grigoryan was appointed  Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia. From that moment  on, Artak Ananyan was acting Chairman of the Board of Ardshinbank.

To recall, Ardshinbank was founded in 2003. The majority shareholders  of Ardshinbank as of January 1, 2018 are Arins Group LLC (renamed  Business Investment Center LLC) with a 67.97% interest in the capital  and the REGION Industrial and Financial Corporation CJSC-29.52%.  Ardshinbank retains the second position in coverage of the branch  network - 64 branches, of which 19 are located in Yerevan, 42 - in  the regions (the 2nd position), and 3 - in the NKR.