David Akopyan

David Akopyan is a native Armenian who has spent the last 20 years of his career as a development practitioner. He is now Chief of Operations at UNDP in Somalia. Previously, he worked in Afghanistan, Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan. He started his U.N. career as national officer and then Assistant Resident Representative with UNDP in Armenia. In 1991-1993 he was Senior Research Associate with the Centre for Business Research and Development at the American University of Armenia. He holds an MBA from American University of Armenia and a Ph.D. from Yerevan State University in laser physics as well as a M.A. in theoretical physics.