Vahagn Sahakyan is a distinguished financial professional with over two decades of leadership experience in audit, financial management, and international development. As Managing Partner of BDO in Armenia since 2016, he manages the firm's operations and specializes in financial reporting, auditing standards, and corporate governance practices.

With a professional experience of more than 25 years, Vahagn Sahakyan has experience in management of financial, tax and management accounts audits of commercial and non-commercial entities, assignments on design and introduction of accounting systems, consulting on financial, accounting and tax issues, and other similar activities.

Under his leadership at BDO Armenia, the firm has experienced significant growth and has become one of the largest and leading firms in the Armenian market in terms of revenue, staff, clients and services.

Mr. Sahakyan holds Fellow status with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA) and an MBA from the American University of Armenia. His leadership development includes completion of executive programs at Harvard Business School (BDO Global Executive Leadership Program) and University of Oxford (Oxford Executive Leadership Program). He has experience in supervision and coordination of engagements related to projects financed by international donor organizations, and audit of special purpose financial reports through his knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), IPSAS and International
Standards on Auditing (ISA).

His commitment to European governance standards is demonstrated through his completion of the European Board Diploma from ecoDa (The European Confederation of Directors' Associations) in 2023.