YEREVAN, September 17. / ARKA /. Nerses Karamanukyan was appointed today Anelik Bank board chairman. The decision was made at the bank’s board meeting. Anelik Bank is owned fully by Lebanese CreditBank, one of the fastest growing Lebanese banks that received the prestigious awards for “BEST FINANCIAL GROWTH” and “FASTEST GROWTH” in 2010 and 2011 from Lebanon Opportunities.
The bank said these achievements are the result of the bank’s correct strategy, hard team work and increasing customer confidence in the bank.
“As a former Board member being well aware of how Anelik Bank works, I believe that we can work together to replicate CreditBank’s progress at Anelik Bank,’ Karamanukyan was quoted as saying in a press release.
Nerses Karamanukyan worked for many years as chief of financial and economic affairs of the Holy See of Echmiadzin , then as head of the International Finance Corporation office in Armenia. In 2009-2011 he served as chairman of Ardshininvestbank board. Then he worked as director of Lydian International in the Caucasus, and before receiving an invitation from Anelik Bank he worked as an adviser for the Asian Development Bank on Armenia’s private sector.
Previous chairman of board of Anelik Bank, Samvel Chzmachyan, resigned on September 2 after being elected president of the Union of Banks of Armenia. -0-
