Ruben Vardanyan

Biography

 Year of birth: 1968 1992: Graduated with honors from the Moscow State University with a degree in Economics 1992: Interned at Banca CRT in Italy, attended courses on emerging markets organized by Merrill Lynch in New York 2000: Completed executive management courses at INSEAD (Fontainebleau, France) 2001, 2005: Completed courses at the Harvard Business School (USA) 2012, 2013: Completed special programmes at Yale University and Stanford University Graduate School of Business Since 2005: Managing Director of ZAO Sberbank CIB (until 2012 - Troika Dialog Group) Since 2006: Founding Partner and member of Coordination Council of Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO Since 2007: Member of the Board of Directors of ZAO AmeriaBank Since 2009: Member of the Board of Directors of OAO KAMAZ Since 2010: Member of the Board of Directors of Joule Unlimited, Inc Since 2011: Member of the Board of Directors of OAO Rosgosstrakh Since 2012: Advisor to the Chairman of the Board and CEO of Sberbank of Russia Since 2013: Vice-Chairman of the International Advisory Board of Moscow School of Management Skolkovo Since 2014: Member of the Board of Directors of OAO United Grain Company Since 2014: Member of the Investment Council under the Chairman of the State Duma of Russia Since 2014: Member of the Strategic Council for Investments in New Industries under the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia Since 2014: Memberof the Economic Advisory Board at the International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group) Since 2014: Chairman of the Skolkovo Institute for Emerging Market Studies Since 2014: Chairman of the Expert Council of Wealth Transformation CenterSkolkovo Since 2014: Partner and Founder of LLC Vardanyan, Broitman & Partners Mr. Vardanyan was chairman of the Board of Directors of ZAO Sukhoi Civil Aircraft, ZAO Sberbank CIB, OAO Russian Venture Company, ZAO AMERIABANK, a member of the Board of Directors of OAO NOVATEK, OAO AK BARS Bank, OAO URSA bank, ZAO RusSpecSteel, OAO Insurance company ZHASO, IG SEISMIC SERVICES LIMITED, OAO Sheremetyevo International Airport, OAO United Automotive Technologies, OAO AvtoVAZ, Standard Bank Plc and also was President of the Moscow School of Management Skolkovo. Mr. Vardanyan is a member of the Russian Federation Presidential Council for the Implementation of Priority National Projects and Demographic Policy, and the President’s International Advisory Committee on Establishment of an International Financial Center in the Russian Federation.

Research Interest

 chemical engineering, petrochemicals, business management etc.