Victoria Baghdasaryan Appointed Ambassador of Armenia to Italy

President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan signed a decree appointing Victoria Baghdasaryan as Ambassador of Armenia to Italy.

Date of birth: 22.09.1976
Nationality: Armenian and French 

CURRICULUM VITAE

QUALIFICATIONS

2002   Attorney-at-law diploma from the Versailles Bar School

2000   Post Graduate Degree in International Trade Law (DESS en Droit du Commerce International) at the Sorbonne University

1999  Master Degree in Business Law / International Law (Maîtrise en Droit des Affaires / Droit International) at the Sorbonne University

1996  Diploma of the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry

1994  High school diploma at the Moorat-Raphael school in Venise, Italy

1992 Russian High school diploma in Erevan, Armenia

LANGUAGES

• English fluent
• French fluent
• Italian fluent
• Russian fluent
• Armenian native language
  

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Since 2006  nternational Development Director at Accor Group (now EDENRED)

2000 – 2005 Attorney-at-law in DELOITTE & TOUCHE law firm (now TAJ)

1998 – 1999 Clerk at the French Supreme Court of Appeals

1997  Clerk at the French Auditors’ National Council

1996  Training at the French Accounting National Council  

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Victoria Bagdassarian developed expertise in partnerships and investments in Europe (Italy, Belgium, Austria…), in CIS countries (Russia, Kazakhstan…), in Balkans (Serbia, Croatia).

• Set up, follow-up and supervision of the project international development process
• Creation of the preliminary conditions to implement/develop the project in the countries
• Identification/follow-up of the local partners, negotiation of the agreements (Joint Venture agreements…)
• Set up and follow-up of the acquisitions
• Cooperation with other departments: legal, corporate finance, IT…
• Preparation and coordination of the file

▫ Legal and Tax analyses of the local environment

▫ European applicable regulations analyses (competition law…)

▫ Draft of the regulations

▫ Macro – Economical study

▫ Market study, business plan

• Identification and contacting the local public authorities

▫ Government: Ministry of Finance, Economy…

▫ Parliament: various committees

• Presentation of the file to the political decision-makers (Presidential Administration, Prime Minister…)
• Participation to the technical meetings
• Cooperation with the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Embassies, French Association of Employers
• Member of the official delegations in particular in Kazakhstan (with François Holland), in Serbia (with Manuel Valls).
  

MISCELLANEOUS

• Literature: winner of the « Errera Prize » in Italy in 1994 for the short story « On the Crossroad»
• Member of the French Association of the Armenian Lawyers in France (AFAJA)
• Theater, cinema
• Sport: tennis, jogging