OREANDA-NEWS. On 19 June 2014, the Board of Directors of Bank Petrocommerce put Ruben Aganbegyan, CEO and Chairman of the Managing Board of Otkritie Holding JSC, into the chair.

Ruben Aganbegyan graduated from Moscow State Law Academy in 1995. In the 1990s, he worked for such companies as PriceWaterhouse, Clifford Chance and Credit Suisse Financial Products (Moscow). In 1997-2002, he was Co-head of Credit Suisse First Boston in Russia. In 2002-2003, he served as Managing Director for Project Financing and Head of Investment Banking with Troika Dialog. In 2003-2010, Mr. Aganbegyan was in charge of Renaissance Capital's Russian business, where he was responsible for expanding and strengthening relationships with key customers and oversaw public relations and liaison with state authorities. Before Otkritie, Mr. Aganbegyan headed MICEX (from September 2010), leading it through the effort of merging with RTS in 2011. The merger resulted in the establishment of a new market institution that has become an international trading centre.