Armen Malkhasyan
Renaissance Capital, Vice – President, Regional Head of Financial Crimes – CIS
Area of expertise:
Analysis of strategic ML/FT risks on the regional, country, sectoral/organizational levels in accordance with devised methodologies;
Assessment of legal requirements on AML/CFT and their compliance to international standards;
Development and implementation of AML/CFT internal compliance procedures of financial institutions.
Having taken the roles of the Head of Legal Compliance unit in the Financial Monitoring Center (national FIU) of Armenia (2005-2011), Head of Armenian Delegation to the Council of Europe MONEYVAL Committee (2008-2011) and MONEYVAL Bureau Member (2009-2011), Undertook the following activities: managed the process of developing and implementing Armenian legislation on AML/CFT in accordance with international standards; coordinated Armenia’s cooperation with EAG, Egmont Group, IMF, World Bank, EBRD and other international organizations in charge of AML/CFT functions; - participated in discussions and decision-making over the AML/CFT mutual evaluation reports of the Council of Europe countries, was also the legal expert in the third-round mutual evaluation of Ukraine.
Have devised several initiatives raised on behalf of Armenia aimed at enhancing the international AML/CFT framework.
PhD from Yerevan State University, LLM from University College London
Contact information:
tel. +7(915)4523825
email: amalkhasyan@rencap.com
EAG Bulletin
EAG in the news
The Senate of the Parliament of Kazakhstan on Wednesday approved ratification the agreement on the Eurasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing."
The agreement has been adopted by Parliament and sent to the President in the form of the law.
The Senate of Oliy Majlis (the upper house of the Uzbek parliament) approved the law on "Agreement on the Eurasian group on combating money laundering and financing of terrorism" at the plenary session on Tuesday.