New executive director appointed at Artsakhbank

YEREVAN, June 13. /ARKA/. On Monday, Artak Balayan was appointed as Artsakhbank executive director and board chairman.

According to the bank’s press office, earlier, on May 17, Arden Selefian was elected as chairman of the bank’s council.

Arden Selefian was born on Septmber 25, 1951 in Istanbul. He graduated from the Faculty of Business and Economics of the University of Lausanne (Switzerland). Chief adviser at Franck Muller Group (Switzerland) – from 2000 till now, and a member of the Artsakhbank board – from 2002 till now.

Artak Balayan was born on June 30, 1976 in Stepanakert, Artsakh. Graduated from Artsakh State University’s finance and lending department in 1998. He started building his career in 1998 at Artsakhbank, where held different positions, including administrative posts.

From 2007 to 2015 Balayan was the chief of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic’s tax agency, after which worked as adviser and chief of the economic division of the Nagorno-Karabakh president’s administration. –0—-

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