Advisory Board

Mr. Artashes NikolyanArtashes
Shirak region brunch manager at SDA

Artashes Nikolyan is a regional brunch manager  at Strategic Development Agency (www.sda.am) a Yerevan-based NGO which has long-term goal – to contribute into inclusive and sustainable agricultural growth of livestock-dependent rural communities in Northern regions of Armenia through facilitation of private sector.
He is interested in business analytics and political economy and economic development.
He has a solid work experience in finance and banking sector. He earned his Master’s degree at Gyumri State Pedagogical Institute, holds a Master of Science in Management from the University of Illinois, Gies College of Business and has completed intensive training in Food and Agribusiness Management in France․
He was born and grew up in Gyumri, Armenia.

Manushak Mila Guilhem
Project Manager  at HURIDOCS

Manushak Mila Guilhem is a Project Manager  at HURIDOCS (www.huridocs.org) a Geneva-based non-profit that helps human rights organizations to use new technologies and information in most efficient ways.
She is interested in new technologies, gender parity and sustainable development.
In the past she worked at the World Health Organization and the Permanent Mission of Armenia to the UN in Geneva. She earned her Bachelor’s degree at Yerevan State University, continued her Master’s studies at Europa Institute, University of Saarland in Germany and is currently enrolled in a part-time executive MBA program at the University of Geneva.
She was born and grew up in Gyumri, Armenia.

Rubina Devrikyan
Technical Task Leader of the “Women’s Economic
Empowerment in South Caucasus” Project, UNDP

Ms. Devrikyan has PhD in Political Sciences (Dr. Rerum Politicarum) with a focus on International Development Management, obtained from the Technical University Dortmund, Germany.She has Master in Development Management from the Insititute of Development Research and Development Policy of the Ruhr University Bochum, Germany.

During the last 10 years Ms. Devrikyan has primarily worked with the European Commission and has accomplished 62 Technical Assistance, Evaluation and Quality Control assignments in over 15 countries of East and South Neighbourhood, Europe and Central Asia. She has also worked in Brussels and provided Technical Assistance to the Directorate General International Cooperation and Development -DEVCO C1 with respect to improved effectiveness of EU interventions.Ms. Devrikyan has over 17 years professional experience in Project Management, provision of Technical Assistance, Monitoring and Evaluation of development projects in the following sectors: Gender Equality; Rural Development; Civil Society and Local Authorities; Economic Development; Environment and Natural Resources; Governance and Decentralisation; Policy Development and Implementation. She has a working experience with FAO, Action Against Hunger, Doctors without Boarders and other organization since 2000.

Ms. Devrikyan is a Gender Auditor (ILO Certification) and provides Technical Assistance to the EU and International Financial Institutions related to Gender Equality and Social Inclusion.