Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> December 22, 2008
VAN Z. KRIKORIAN joined Global Gold Corporation in 2003, and was named Chairman
and CEO in January 2007. Before that he was President and General Counsel,
responsible for negotiating all contracts and overseeing all international
operating issues. Previously, Mr. Krikorian was a partner in the New York office
of Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz and until 1998 practiced with Patterson,
Belknap, Webb & Tyler. He represented Global Gold Corporation as outside
counsel from 1995. Mr. Krikorian is an accomplished international attorney who
has done extensive work in strategic planning, structuring investments,
negotiating agreements and resolving disputes for businesses operating overseas,
primarily in Central Asia, South America, Armenia, Georgia, Ukraine, Russia, the
Middle East and the Caribbean. These projects included energy, transportation,
agribusiness, banking, government regulation, trade, mining, non-profit, and
investment fund matters. He is a widely published and recognized authority on
the legal, political and economic developments in the former Soviet Union. Mr.
Krikorian is a founding member of the Turkish Armenian Reconciliation
Commission, and was appointed and served as a member of the US delegation to the
Moscow CSCE meetings of 1991 during the first Bush Administration. In 1992, he
served as Deputy Representative and Counselor to the United Nations for the
newly independent Republic of Armenia. Additionally, he has testified before
Congress, has participated in numerous international conferences and is a
frequent public speaker. In 2005, he was appointed to the International Council
of George Washington University, and he is an adjunct Professor of Law at Pace
University Law School. Mr. Krikorian is also a former Director of Government and
Legal Affairs for the Armenian Assembly of America in Washington and has served
as Chairman of the U.S.-Armenian Business Council and Chairman of the Armenian
Assembly's Board of Directors. He is also involved with several charities
including the Armenian Assembly, on whose Board he sits. He is a member of the
American Bar Association, the Armenian Bar Association, the New York Bar, the
District of Columbia Bar and the Vermont Bar Association (Professional
Responsibility Committee). He is also admitted to practice in the United States
Court of International Trade and the United States Tax Court. Mr. Krikorian
received his BA in 1981 from George Washington University and his JD in 1984
from Georgetown University Law Center. In 1980, he studied at the Armenian
Seminary in Bikfaya, Lebanon. Profile
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Mr. Krikorian: Global Gold is focused on Armenia and
