Armen Arakelyan is an Adjunct Professor of Finance at CUNEF with a research specialization in both corporate finance and asset pricing. He obtained his doctorate degree in the field of finance from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.

His work has been published in journals such as International Review of Economics and Finance and Journal of Multinational Financial Management. His work has been presented at several international conferences, such as World Finance Conference, European Financial Management Association, Multinational Finance Society, and others. He is also accredited by Aneca as Profesor Ayudante Doctor.

In addition to academic research, Armen Arakelyan has experience in policy work in financial markets and banking regulation. In particular, Armen has two years of experience at the Spanish Securities and Markets Authority (CNMV) as an analyst and two and a half years of experience as an analyst in the department of Market Conduct at Bank of Spain.