The EBRD’s First Vice President and Head of Client Services Group, Jürgen Rigterink, begins a week-long visit to the Caucasus today.

Starting in Armenia, the trip will continue in Georgia and finish in Azerbaijan.

First Vice President Rigterink, accompanied by Matteo Patrone, EBRD Managing Director for Eastern Europe and the Caucasus, will meet government officials, central bank governors, business leaders and representatives of international financial organisations in each country.

He will also mark the handover between the outgoing EBRD Regional Director for the Caucasus, Catarina Bjorlin Hansen, and her successor, Alkis Vryenios Drakinos.

EBRD said in a news release that in Armenia, “Jürgen Rigterink will sign a credit line with a local partner bank to further boost the development of the private sector.”

“The Caucasus is an important region for the Bank and we are committed to offering continuous support for the sustainable economic development in the region through our investments, advisory services and policy engagements,” Jürgen Rigterink said.