Gagik Gyulbudaghyan

Mr. Gagik Gyulbudaghyan is the Managing Partner of Grant Thornton Armenia. Being one of the leading experts in management consulting and corporate finance in Armenia, he joined Grant Thornton in 1999 in the capacity of a Deputy Director and continued his career as a Partner since 2001.

Mr. Gyulbudaghyan has been managing Grant Thornton for more than 10 years, providing company’s strategy development and implementation as well as day-to-day management of the firm.

Mr. Gyulbudaghyan holds Masters Degree in Industrial Engineering and Management Systems from the American University of Armenia and has vast experience in corporate finance, business valuations, transaction support, lead advisory, recovery and reorganization, management consulting and company management. He has lead numerous missions in the spheres of management consulting, due diligence, fundraising, business appraisal, equity and assets valuations as well as financial planning.

Having long term work experience with International Organizations and Big Four companies, Mr. Gyulbudaghyan possesses profound knowledge of International Standards on Auditing (ISA) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), Armenian Accounting Standards, Financial Reporting and Tax regulations.

As a Partner, Mr. Gyulbudaghyan has led the Advisory Services division, having special knowledge of Grant Thornton International Transaction Advisory methodology as well as International Valuation Standards.

Throughout his career with Grant Thornton Mr. Gyulbudaghyan has managed a large number of audit and consulting 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.