Management

Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO
Troika Dialog

Ruben Vardanian is Troika Dialog's Board Chairman and CEO. An employee at Troika Dialog since the company's founding, Mr. Vardanian became head of the company in 1992. Since that time, Mr. Vardanian has solidified his role as a key figure in Russia's capital markets.

Mr. Vardanian belongs to the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, where he sits on the Management Committee. He also serves as Chairman of the organization's Corporate Governance Committee, as well as Arbitrator of its United Committee on Corporate Ethics.

Mr. Vardanian is Board Chairman of AmeriaBank. He is a Board member at several more: AvtoVAZ, KAMAZ, AK BARS Bank, NOVATEK and the New Economic School in Russia.

In his work as a Board member, Mr. Vardanian chairs several committees: the Board's Personnel and Remuneration Committee (AvtoVAZ), the Personnel and Remuneration Committee (AK BARS Bank), and the Corporate Governance and Compensation Committee (NOVATEK). He is also a Member of NOVATEK's BOD Audit Committee and a member of the Supervisory Board, Russia New Growth Fund, L.P.

Mr. Vardanian served as CEO at Rosgosstrakh from 2002–04; he then served as Chairman of the Board from 2004–05.

Mr. Vardanian is President of the SKOLKOVO Moscow School of Management; he is also a member of its Coordination Council.

Mr. Vardanian is a member of two international commerce organizations: the Russia-Kuwait Business Council under the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry – where he serves as Chairman – and the Council of the National Committee for Economic Affairs with Japan.