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RGE Monitor, NY
Feb 14 2008
Latin America EconoMonitor
Armen Kouyoumdjian
Armen Kouyoumdjian graduated in 1970 from the Sorbonne in Paris where
he read Applied Statistics. In 1971, he joined the European Research
Department of Vickers da Costa & Co. Ltd, a London brokerage firm
(subsequently absorbed into Citicorp), and was promoted to European
Research manager in 1974.
In November 1976 he moved to the International Mexican Bank, a
London-established institution owned at that time by a number of
Mexican and international banks (now totally absorbed into the
Banamex-Accival /Citicorp Group), carrying out merchant banking
operations in Central and South America. His responsibilities as
Resident Economist and Assistant Managing Director included advising
the bank on Country Risk and developing new business opportunities.
In February 1991, he moved to Chile. Since that time he has advised
financial institutions, business corporations, and diplomatic
missions on Chilean & Latin American Country Risk, the Business
Environment and Financial Markets. He also writes for specialist
business publications in several countries, and his first book,
Perspectives Chili, in French, was published in Paris by Le Monde in
June 2002.
>From 1982 onwards, Armen Kouyoumdjian was European Chairman of the
Washington-based Association of Political Risk Analysts (APRA), and
subsequently set-up its European successor in London (the Association
for Political Risk Management), which was merged into the Society of
Business Economists in 1991.
Mr. Kouyoumdjian, who is fluent in English, French and Spanish, also
has a good working knowledge of spoken and written Arabic, and spoken
Armenian. He is a member of London's International Institute for
Strategic Studies, Britain's Institute of Directors,
the International Consulting Economists' Association, and the Society
of Latin American Studies. He is Economic Adviser to the
Chilean-Mexican Integration Chamber in Santiago and has lectured on
Latin America at Chile's Catholic University and the Navy's Maritime
University.
E-mail address: [email protected]
http://www.rgemonitor.com/latam-monitor/bio/146 /armen_kouyoumdjian
Feb 14 2008
Latin America EconoMonitor
Armen Kouyoumdjian
Armen Kouyoumdjian graduated in 1970 from the Sorbonne in Paris where
he read Applied Statistics. In 1971, he joined the European Research
Department of Vickers da Costa & Co. Ltd, a London brokerage firm
(subsequently absorbed into Citicorp), and was promoted to European
Research manager in 1974.
In November 1976 he moved to the International Mexican Bank, a
London-established institution owned at that time by a number of
Mexican and international banks (now totally absorbed into the
Banamex-Accival /Citicorp Group), carrying out merchant banking
operations in Central and South America. His responsibilities as
Resident Economist and Assistant Managing Director included advising
the bank on Country Risk and developing new business opportunities.
In February 1991, he moved to Chile. Since that time he has advised
financial institutions, business corporations, and diplomatic
missions on Chilean & Latin American Country Risk, the Business
Environment and Financial Markets. He also writes for specialist
business publications in several countries, and his first book,
Perspectives Chili, in French, was published in Paris by Le Monde in
June 2002.
>From 1982 onwards, Armen Kouyoumdjian was European Chairman of the
Washington-based Association of Political Risk Analysts (APRA), and
subsequently set-up its European successor in London (the Association
for Political Risk Management), which was merged into the Society of
Business Economists in 1991.
Mr. Kouyoumdjian, who is fluent in English, French and Spanish, also
has a good working knowledge of spoken and written Arabic, and spoken
Armenian. He is a member of London's International Institute for
Strategic Studies, Britain's Institute of Directors,
the International Consulting Economists' Association, and the Society
of Latin American Studies. He is Economic Adviser to the
Chilean-Mexican Integration Chamber in Santiago and has lectured on
Latin America at Chile's Catholic University and the Navy's Maritime
University.
E-mail address: [email protected]
http://www.rgemonitor.com/latam-monitor/bio/146 /armen_kouyoumdjian