Yerevan/Mediamax/. Ruben Aganbegyan will become the new President of “Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange” (MICEX) CJSC since June 21.

At present, Ruben Aganbegyan is the Deputy Chairman of “Renaissance” Investment Company Board. The currency Head of the Exchange will only preserve the position of General Director of MICEX Fund Exchange.

“Russian brokers had been waiting for changes in MICEX leadership for a long time, however Mr. Aganbegyan’s appointment was a complete surprise for them”, “Kommersant” reads today.

Ruben Aganbegyan stated in an interview to the newspaper that he considers this job “one of the most interesting jobs in the financial sphere now”.

“The exchange and the central depository are the heart of the financial system and taking into account the fact that International Financial Center is being established in Russia, this will have a special scale. For me to be in the center of this process is a challenge and a huge honor. The Russian market, Russian investors are quite developed and expect from MICEX a huge number of new financial tools, derivatives and I am also going to work over this. As a member of MICEX Board of Directors, I participated in the strategy of Exchange development and I imagine the scale of tasks, which I will have to solve. I am very happy for this appointment”, Ruben Aganbegyan stated.