Hasmik Ghahramanyan assumed the position of Member of the Board of Directors of Ardshinbank ՕJSC on June 8, 2026.

During the period from January to June 2026, she headed the Research and Strategic Analysis Centrе of the Union of Banks of Armenia.

Prior to that, she worked for more than 30 years at the Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia. She has extensive experience in the development and implementation of monetary policy, financial stability and research, sustainable finance development, corporate governance, and financial education.

From 2019 to 2025, she served as a Member of the Board of the Central Bank. From 2022 to 2023, she chaired the Board Audit Committee.

From 2017 to 2019, she served as Chief Advisor to the Governor of the Central Bank, coordinating the areas of price and financial stability, as well as relations with the National Assembly and the Government.

From 2012 to 2017, she headed the Monetary and Fiscal Policy Analysis Division.

From 1995 to 2012, she worked in the Monetary Policy Department and the Centrе for Macroeconomic and Banking Research as a macroeconomist and senior specialist.

From 1998 to 2000, she concurrently worked as an analyst in the European Union TACIS Programme.

In 1998, she also served as a consultant for the World Bank’s Enterprise Development Program.

Since 2011, she has been an Assistant Lecturer at the Department of Finance and Accounting of Yerevan State University.

From 2021 to 2025, she chaired the Interagency Committee for the Development and Implementation of the Financial Education Program in Armenia.

In 2025, she was elected a Member of the Board of the Armenian Institute of Directors.

Since 2023, she has been a member of the Women on Boards network.

Hasmik Ghahramanyan holds a PhD in Economics. She graduated from the Faculty of Economics with a specialization in International Economic Relations in 1996 and obtained her PhD degree in Economics in 2004.

In 2022, she completed the Advanced Management and Leadership Programme at the Saïd Business School of the University of Oxford. In 2023, she completed the EcoDa course (Brussels, Belgium) and obtained the European Board Member Diploma with a specialization in Corporate Governance.

She is a co-author of the textbook Banking: A Study Guide, published in 2013, and the author of numerous articles.

In 2023, by Decree of the President of the Republic of Armenia, she was awarded the Anania Shirakatsi Medal for her significant contribution to the development of the economy.