Zarine Azizyan joined Acba bank in 2012 as a Legal Counsel. From 2016 to 2022, she headed the Bank’s Legal Support of Business Processes Division, and from 2022 to 2025, she served as Head of the Legal Department. Since March 2025, she has served as Chief Legal & Compliance Officer of Acba bank.

Zarine holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law and a Master’s degree in International Business Law from Jean Moulin Lyon 3 University and the French University in Armenia. In 2018, she completed a training program at Paris II Panthéon-Assas University under the Civil Law Initiative. In 2024, she obtained a Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership from the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), UK, followed by a Certificate in Compliance from the International Compliance Association (ICA), UK, in 2025.

She is a member of both CMI and ICA, lectures at the Academy of Justice of the Republic of Armenia, and is the author of four academic articles in the field of law.