Gagik Gyulbudaghyan has been appointed as the Managing Partner of Grant Thornton Amyot effective February 1, 2010. He succeeds Armand Pinarbasi who will join Grant Thornton International in Network Development Group responsible for CIS region. Armand Pinarbasi will continue to be hosted at Grant Thornton Yerevan office, the company said in a press release.
Mr. Pinarbasi has managed the Armenian member firm for 12 years, throughout which the company has become the leading professional service provider in Armenia and enhanced the geography of its operations to a number of countries across the CIS.
“I am greatly honored and look forward to the opportunity to lead Grant Thornton Amyot,” said Mr. Gyulbudaghyan. “I will dedicate myself to continuing Grant Thornton Amyot tradition of strong leadership in the profession. I want the Grant Thornton brand to mean principled people providing superior service to highly satisfied clients around the world.”
Armand Pinarbasi added, "I am delighted that Gagik has been appointed as my successor. I believe Gagik will do a great job in moving Grant Thornton Amyot forward."
Being one of the leading experts in management consulting and corporate finance in Armenia, Mr. Gyulbudaghyan has joined Grant Thornton in 1999 in the capacity of a Deputy Director and continued his career as a Partner since 2001. Throughout his career with Grant Thornton Mr. Gyulbudaghyan has managed a large number of audit and advisory missions for top-level private and public entities, state organizations, projects financed by the World Bank, EC, EBRD, UN and other International Financial Institutions in Armenia, Georgia and other countries of CIS region.
Grant Thornton Amyot LLC, the Armenian Member of Grant Thornton International, is a multi-professional group of Public Accountants and Auditors, Financial Advisers, Business, Industry, Tax and Legal Consultants.
Grant Thornton Amyot (then Amyot Exco Armenia) was founded in 1991, and has since been providing audit missions, in-depth professional consulting services, expert advice to governmental organisations, top-level enterprises, national and commercial banks in CIS countries: Armenia, Georgia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
Grant Thornton Amyot has extensive experience of audit and consulting services for different sized enterprises, commercial and investment banks in CIS countries, projects financed by The World Bank Group, UN System, EBRD, EU/EC, USAID, Eurasia Foundation, GTZ, KfW and other International Finance/Lending Institutions and Organizations.
The experts provide assurances to management, corporate directors, investors and lenders. This includes assurance on the reliability and security of financial and non-financial information, business processes and controls, regulatory compliance and information.
