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Manuk has over 15 years of experience in consulting, management and entrepreneurship. He is the founder and managing partner of EV Consulting, a leading business advisory firm specializing in corporate finance, strategy, market and performance improvement. Manuk has helped Armenian companies raise over $60 million in capital from international and local financial institutions. He is also the founding chairman of the Economy and Values (EV) Research Center, a partner institute of the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Network. Manuk previously led a team of advisors that prepared an investment pipeline for an IFC-supported private equity fund, and now serves on the board of a number of companies including Liqvor Pharmaceuticals.

Through his work at EV, Manuk actively promotes and helps shape public policy and national strategies for Armenia’s high tech industry. He is a member of the Scientific Technical Council and the Industrial Council chaired by the Prime Minister of Armenia. He also actively mentors startups and serves as judge in a number of innovation/business plan competitions (STEP, Innovation Matching Grants).

Manuk holds an Executive MBA from Oxford University, Said Business School, Ph.D. in Economics from Moscow State University and MA in Economics from Yerevan State University. He has been trained in management at Cambridge (UK), Harvard (USA) and Central European Universities (Hungary).