Cryptocurrency and Block Chain, Revolution or Illusion
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Agenda
16:00
Opening of venue doors
16:30
Forum’s Official opening by the Host
Alexander Plato Hakobyan
16:35
Introduction
Jean Mazedjian
CEO, Amundi-Acba Asset Management
E-welcome
Vincent Mortier
Chief Investment Officer, Amundi
16:45
Macroeconomic perspectives
Tristan Perrier
Strategist, Amundi Institute
17:05
Strategic Asset Allocation
Frederic Pascal
Head of Tactical Asset Allocation and Fiduciary Management, OCIO Solutions Division, Amundi
17:15
Monetary policy developments in Armenia
Armen Nurbenkyan
Deputy Governor, the Central Bank of Armenia
17:25
Q&A
17:35
Coffee & Snacks
18:10
Panel Discussion
How ESG can improve development of the country?
Moderator
Konstantin Saroyan
Secretary General of FEAS
Panelists
Frederic Pascal
Head of Tactical Asset Allocation and Fiduciary Management, OCIO Solutions Division, Amundi
Hrayr Aslanyan
Deputy CEO, Fund Manager, Amundi-Acba Asset Management
Hasmik Ghahramanyan
Board Member, Central Bank of Armenia
Boris Janjalia
Corporate Governance Officer, IFC/Regional Coordinator in Europe, SBFN
18:45
Q&A
19:10
Panel Discussion
Crypto and Blockchain, Revolution or Illusion?
Moderator
Konstantin Saroyan
Secretary General of FEAS
Panelists
Tristan Perrier
Strategist, Amundi Institute
Garegin Gevorgyan
Director, Financial stability and regulation directorate, Central Bank of Armenia
Aram Jivanyan
Independent expert
19:35
Q&A
19:45
Cocktail Reception
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Speakers
Jean Mazedjian
Chief Executive Officer of Amundi-ACBA Asset Management
Frederic Pascal
Panelist
Head of Tactical Asset Allocation & Fiduciary Management and OCIO
Tristan Perrier, CFA
Panelist
Macroeconomist and Investment Insight Specialist
Hasmik Ghahramanyan, Ph.D
Panelist
CBA Board Member
Konstantin Saroyan, Ph.D
Moderator
Secretary General of the Federation of Euro-Asian Stock Exchanges
Boris Janjalia
Panelist
Corporate Governance Officer IFC, Regional Coordinator in Europe, SBFN
Aram Jivanyan
Panelist
Cryptographer and Entrepreneur
Armen Nurbekyan, Ph.D
Deputy Governor of CBA
Garegin Gevorgyan, CFA, Ph.D, MBA
Panelist
Director of Financial Stability Directorate at the Central Bank of Armenia
Hrayr Aslanyan, CFA, Ph.D
Panelist
Deputy CEO, Fund Manager, Amundi-Acba Asset Management
Alexander Plato Hakobyan
Host
Communications Expert
Jean Mazedjian
Since 2016 Jean Mazedjian is the Executive Officer of Amundi-ACBA. At the same time, he oversees joint ventures established by Amundi Group in different countries around the world. From 2010 to 2016 he was working for Amundi, the European leader company in Asset Management. He holds the role of managing the portfolios of Corporate and major French institutions' clients at Société Générale, then at LCL Bank. Jean Mazedjian holds two master degrees in economics and energy policy one from the National Institute of Nuclear Sciences and Techniques of Saclay, the other from Paris Nanterre University.
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Frederic Pascal
Panelist
Frederic Pascal is a portfolio manager and the head of tactical asset allocation & fiduciary management at Amundi. Frederic joined Amundi as a portfolio manager for institutional portfolios in 2006, before acting as an investment expert for various Pension Funds (Fedéris Gestion d’Actifs and Caisse de Prévoyance et de Retraites du Personnel des Organismes de Mutualité) and Insurance Companies (GAN). Frederic Pascal is a Chartered Actuary. He holds a master’s degree in financial & actuarial science and a bachelor’s degree in applied mathematics from University Claude Bernard in Lyon.
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Tristan Perrier, CFA
Panelist
Tristan Perrier is a Macroeconomist and Investment Insight Specialist at Amundi Institute, with a focus on long-term macroeconomic and investment themes. He joined SGAM (that later became Amundi) in 2004, working successively for the product development and research departments. Tristan holds an masters in science in finance from the ESSEC business school, as well as obtained another masters in science degree in international relations from the University of Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne.
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Hasmik Ghahramanyan, Ph.D
Panelist
Hasmik Ghahramanyan is the Board Member at the Central Bank of Armenia. Previously, she hold a position of the Chief Advisor of the CBA’s Governor, as well as had been assigned as the Head of the Monetary and Fiscal Policy Analysis Division at the CBA.Hasmik Ghahramanyan holds a doctorate degree in economics. She is the professor of the Faculty of Economics and Management, at Yerevan State University.
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Konstantin Saroyan, Ph.D
Moderator
Konstantin Saroyan is a Secretary General of the Federation of Euro-Asian Stock Exchanges, where he manages the multi-cultural environment of a variety of member stock exchanges and central securities depositories covering Europe, Asia and Mediterranean Basin. He is also a Board Member of Armenian Institute of Directors. In the same time, Konstantin is a co-founder of Investment Bankers Club in Armenia and Board Member of the Fund for Rural Economic Development of Armenia.Konstantin holds a doctorate degree in economics. He is a professor at French University of Armenia.
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Boris Janjalia
Panelist
Boris Janjalia is responsible for the activities of IFC’s integrated ESG advisory program in the South Caucasus and Kosovo. Since 2018, Boris has been also acting as SBFN Regional Coordinator in Europe.Boris Janjalia has been working with IFC since 2007. Before joining IFC, from 2004 to 2006, Boris worked as Head of the Legal Department at Financial Monitoring Service of the National Bank of Georgia. During his career, he led the program activities in Moldova and Ukraine, with also the experience of working in such other countries as Afghanistan, India, Kenya and Sri Lanka.Boris has obtained LL.M in International Commercial Law from University of Aberdeen and LL.B from Tbilisi State University. He also holds an International Certificate in Risk Management from the Institute of Risk Management and completed an executive education course on Governance of Family Enterprises at Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.
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Aram Jivanyan
Panelist
Aram Jivanyan is a cryptographer and entrepreneur building blockchain protocols and products since 2018. His cryptographic algorithms enabling private financial transactions on open ledgers are used now by different international cryptocurrency companies with an overall market capitalization of a hundred million dollars.
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Armen Nurbekyan, Ph.D
Armen Nurbekyan has been assigned as a Deputy Governor at the Central Bank of Armenia starting December 2022. Previously he was holding the position of the Director at the Macroeconomic Department of the CBA. From 2018 to 2019, he was the Head of Dilijan Educational and Research Center of CBA. Armen Nurbekyan holds a doctorate degree in physics and mathematics.
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Garegin Gevorgyan, CFA, Ph.D, MBA
Panelist
Garegin Gevorgyan is the Director of Financial Stability and Regulation Directorate at the Central Bank of Armenia. Garegin Gevorgyan holds a Doctorate degree from Yerevan State University, an MBA from Hofstra University, and is a CFA charter holder. He is the professor of MBA program at the American University of Armenia.
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Hrayr Aslanyan, CFA, Ph.D
Panelist
Hrayr Aslanyan has been assigned as the Deputy CEO at Amundi-Acba starting 2018, alongside to his role of the fund manager. From 2015 to 2018 Hrayr Aslanyan was the Member of ACBA Leasing’s Board of Directors. Previously he was holding the position of the Head of ACBA’s Trading. Earlier he was assigned as a specialist in Strategic planning, analysis, assets and liabilities management department at ACBA-Credit Agricole Bank.Since 2017 Hrayr Aslanyan is the member of the Board of Trustees of "Stepan Gishyan" Charitable Foundation. He holds a doctorate degree in economics. He is a CFA charter holder and is a member of the Institute.
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Alexander Plato Hakobyan
Host
Alexander Plato Hakobyan is an Adviser on Strategic Initiatives of the "Teach Armenia" foundation. Previously, he was the Head of Communications of Breavis consulting, held the position of Public and External Relations Director of the Public Television Company of Armenia, and then the role of General Producer. Alexander has involved in a broad coverage of activities: science, pedagogy, music, producing and literature. In the same time, he is serving as a host, brilliantly performing on academic, television and radio platforms.
Alexander Plato Hakobyan is a communications expert. He studied philosophy and psychology at Yerevan State University and Charles University in Prague.