Yerevan /Mediamax/. Gagik Gyulbudaghyan has been appointed as the Managing Partner of Grant Thornton Amyot effective February 1, 2010.

As Mediamax was informed in the press service of the company, Gagik Gyulbudaghyan succeeds Armand Pinarbasi who will join Grant Thornton International in Network Development Group responsible for CIS region. Armand Pinarbasi will continue to be hosted at Grant Thornton Yerevan office.

Armand Pinarbasi has managed the Armenian member firm for 12 years, throughout which the company has become the leading professional service provider in Armenia and enhanced the geography of its operations to a number of countries across the CIS.  

“I am greatly honored and look forward to the opportunity to lead Grant Thornton Amyot,” said Mr. Gyulbudaghyan. “I will dedicate myself to continuing Grant Thornton Amyot tradition of strong leadership in the profession”, he noted. 

Armand Pinarbasi added, “I am delighted that Gagik has been appointed as my successor. I believe Gagik will do a great job in moving Grant Thornton Amyot forward.”

Gagik Gyulbudaghyan has joined Grant Thornton in 1999 in the capacity of a Deputy Director and continued his career as a Partner since 2001.

Grand Thornton Amyot is a leading audit and consulting company in Armenia and Georgia. The number of the Company’s employees makes 130 people.