Ruben Vardanian

Who is Ruben Vardanian?

Ruben Vardanian is Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of the Troika Dialog Group. He has worked at Troika Dialog since it was founded and has been head of the company since 1992. He is an active member of many business organizations, notably the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, where he sits on the Management Committee and is also Chairman of the organization’s Corporate Governance Committee and Arbitrator of its United Committee on Corporate Ethics.

Since 2006, Vardanian is a member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of Strategy Committee of AK Bars Bank, since 2005 - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sukhoi Civil Aircraft and a Member of Novatek’s Board of Directors. He was appointed CEO of Rosgosstrakh in 2002–2004 and was Chairman of the company’s Board of Directors over 2004–05.

He is a member of the Coordination Board of the Armenia 2020 project, a member of the Russian branch of the Young Presidents’ Organization, and member of the National Competitiveness Foundation of Armenia board of trustees. He is also a director of a fund established by the International Baccalaureate Organization to promote education worldwide, and a Member of the Supervisory Board of the Russian National Orchestra. Vardanian is considered one of the wealthiest individuals in the Russian Federation and enjoys the friendship and support of Vladimir Putin.