Manuk Hergnyan is the founding director of EV Consulting consulting firm, as well as co-founder and managing partner of Granatus Ventures, managing the first Armenian venture capital fund. Mr. Hergnyan is also chairman of the Economy and Values Research Center. He graduated from the YSU Faculty of Economics and later received a PhD in Economics from the Moscow State University and an Executive MBA from Oxford University. He serves on the boards of a series of private companies and public institutions including the Microsoft Innovation Center in Armenia and Dilijan Central School. He is a member of 5165 and Ayb Clubs.