Shahane Mnatsakanyan has been appointed Deputy Minister of Health of the Republic of Armenia. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan signed the decision.
From 2006 to 2013, Shahane Mnatsakanyan studied at Yerevan State Medical University named after Mkhitar Heratsi and received a bachelor’s degree in medicine. From 2013 to 2015, she continued her studies at the same university in a master’s program in public health. From 2015 to 2017, she studied at the School of Public Health of the American University of Armenia, earning a Master of Public Health degree.
From 2020 to 2021, she studied in and completed Harvard Medical School’s postgraduate certificate program in Safety, Quality, Informatics and Leadership. From 2024 to 2025, she studied epidemiology at the Academician S. Avdalbekyan National Institute of Health under the Health Ministry and received a medical diploma.
Mnatsakanyan began her professional career in 2015. From 2015 to 2018, she worked at the Reference Laboratory Center of the Health Ministry’s National Center for Disease Control and Prevention as a quality assurance manager.
From 2018 to 2020, she worked at Wigmore Clinic as a quality manager. From 2019 to 2022, she coordinated scientific programs at EcoSence Laboratories.
From 2020 to 2024, she served as deputy director of Wigmore Clinic. From 2022 to 2025, she was deputy director for operations at Wigmore Women’s and Children’s Hospital, part of Wigmore Group, and until 2026 served as acting director of Wigmore Clinic.
From 2021 to 2022, she worked at the World Health Organization’s Armenia office as a national laboratory consultant. Since 2026, she has served as an adviser to the chief executive officer of Nork-Marash Medical Center.
Mnatsakanyan has also been involved in teaching. From 2023 to 2025, she taught quality management in healthcare and other subjects at the Academy of Leadership and Innovation.
From 2017 to 2019, she served as the American Society for Microbiology’s Young Ambassador to Armenia. During that period, she participated in establishing a network of young Armenian scientists, developing scientific cooperation and organizing professional workshops.
She is a 2005-2006 alumna of the U.S. Future Leaders Exchange, or FLEX, program. Mnatsakanyan has also volunteered and participated in international professional training programs and conferences.
She is the author and co-author of several scientific publications related to healthcare and infectious diseases.
By a decision of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Hayk Arakelyan has been appointed Deputy Minister of Environment. The decision was adopted pursuant to Article 9, Part 1 of the Law on Public Service.
Hayk Arakelyan is a Certified Blockchain and Digital Assets professional, or CBDA, certified by the Digital Assets Council of Financial Professionals.
In 2023, he completed Harvard Business School Online’s Strategy Execution program. He also completed training programs offered by the Principles for Responsible Banking Academy.
In 2018, he undertook professional training in Germany at KfW Development Bank in Frankfurt and Fichtner Management Consulting AG in Stuttgart.
In 2016, he graduated from Imperial College London with a Master of Science degree in Environmental Technology. A year earlier, in 2015, he graduated from the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom with a Master of Laws degree in Commercial Law.
From 2012 to 2013, he worked at the Central Bank of Armenia as a legal adviser. From 2010 to 2012, he served in the Armenian Armed Forces.
In 2010, he graduated from the Faculty of Law at Yerevan State University with a bachelor’s degree in law. Before that, in 2006, he graduated from Yerevan School No. 8 named after A.S. Pushkin.
From 2024 to 2026, Hayk Arakelyan headed the management of raised funds at Renshin Investments.
From 2023 to 2024, he served as adviser to the chief executive officer of the Armenia Securities Exchange and Central Depository, AMX, while from 2022 to 2023 he headed the environmental, social and governance, or ESG, function at Converse Bank.
From 2019 to 2022, he worked at Ernst & Young, EY, as a senior consultant in climate change and sustainability services. During that period, he advised companies operating in banking, metal mining and other sectors on green bond issuance, sustainability strategies and reporting.
