Advisory board & partners

ADVISORY BOARD

ADVISORY BOARD

Gianluca Meranda

Gianluca Meranda (admitted to the Italian Supreme Court, the Law Society of England and Wales and avocat à la Cour in Brussels). Over 25 years’ experience in International Law; honoured member of the Italian Society of International Law; President of SQ Law GEIE (Brussels); Executive Vice President of ELBA – the European Lawyers and Business Advisors (Brussels); Past member of the Steering Committee member at LNA – the Legal Netlink Alliance (London); General Counsel of Euro-IB – Investment Bank (London and Frankfurt); Visiting lecturer (EU Law) at the Högskolan i Örebro, Sweden

LEO

Expert in navigating the South East Asian market. Primary focus on investing in and overseeing the development of projects located in the Middle East.

Tigran Hovhannisyan

Tigran Hovhannisyan is our Yerevan based Financial Advisor. Dr. Hovhannisyan received an MBA in Finance and Information and Operational Management (Financial Engineering) from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He also earned his PhD in Theoretical and Plasma Physics from Yerevan State University in Armenia. Dr. Hovhannisyan has extensive experience analyzing companies and industries, including in the energy sector. Dr. Hovhannisyan has built a well-earned reputation as an analyst in the Eurasia region for more than two decades. He has worked in senior analytical roles for some of the leading banks and investment companies, including a number of top regional and global banks. These include HSBC, VTB, MDM, Troika Dialog/Sberbank, Bank of Moscow, and Uralsib Capital. He also served as an advisor to Ukrgas Group in Ukraine, where he negotiated with EU banks and developed strategies for optimizing cash flows connected with the import of gas and export of agricultural products. Dr. Hovhannisyan speaks fluent English and Russian, in addition to his native Armenian.

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