{"id":2241,"date":"2021-11-12T04:43:07","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T00:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ararfoundation.am\/?post_type=team&#038;p=2241"},"modified":"2026-07-07T10:54:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T06:54:57","slug":"manuk-hergnyan","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/ararfoundation.am\/en\/team\/manuk-hergnyan\/","title":{"rendered":"Manuk Hergnyan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manuk Hergnyan is a co-founder and a member of the Board of Trustees of the ARAR Civilizational Research Foundation. He is an economist, social entrepreneur and venture capitalist.<\/p>\n<p>He graduated from the Faculty of Economics of Yerevan State University, later earning a PhD in Economics from Moscow State University and a Master\u2019s degree in Executive Management from the Sa\u00efd Business School at the University of Oxford.<\/p>\n<p>Manuk Hergnyan is the founder of EV Consulting, which subsequently became part of CIVITTA International. 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