9/22/2015 0:00
«Baldkien» an economist and financial Lebanese I met him during my second visit to Beirut on the fourteenth day of September in the period of the Iraq forum banking invitation of the economy and the Lebanese business community, and I had met him through Sheikh Iraqi banking Abdul Aziz Hassoun in a wonderful evening in one of Lebanon Restaurants She invited him to honor Hassoun during the first visit in April last year during the period of the Lebanese Iraqi banking conference.
During such a session to be easing talk about the profession «banking» of course, especially between the owner's proposal and in his honor was held call, and I was the usual listener and Sagaa well each is talk within the specialist and my interests, was the man reduced his autobiography period since 1959 until the moment of this meeting, which In what turned out after these fragments to me curious to find out more information about this veteran personal and humble that I allow myself the fired by the Economic and Financial thinker thanks to its expertise
Wide
Who is Baldkien?
Mcardaj Agop Baldkien named frank and known journalist and professionally and globally b «Baldkien» stretched his career in the banking sector since 1959 where he began working as an administrator funding for one American banks and Beirut branch and as an administrator for a multinational corporate finance, after twelve years moved to «Chemical Bank» As a manager, then in 1976 he was appointed deputy head of the international section of the French-Lebanese Bank in Beirut and Paris, a post he kept it to 1984, then was Taanah deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Lebanon in 1985 and up
1990.
As well as the work between 19921993 advisor to the program of technical assistance to the Independent States Commonwealth of the Soviet of the EU, and was appointed to work in Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation and Western Siberia, Uzbekistan, Georgia and Armenia, in 1994 was appointed resident representative in the Middle East, British Arab Commercial Bank in Beirut and retained this position until mid-
2004.
After he moved to head the financial institutions in the Middle East and North African countries at the Bank of Beirut and in 2009 headed the financial institutions in the same countries (MENA) in the Lebanese French bank again.
His Academy
Has led his academic career to education in a number of different universities in Beirut, a University Haigazian Beirut, Lebanon, the Holy Spirit University Kaslik, Lebanon, the University of St. Joseph Department banks Beirut - Lebanon and the University of Notre Dame Louise - Beirut has the financial and banking studied at the American University of Beirut in in 1977 1985, and has many financial books in Arabic, English and Armenian.
This is the easy part, which we have compiled for his autobiography how do we determine the accumulated experience in the field of banking and banks, Bay box from the calendar we put us not only that Nnath economic thinker and a benefit to merit continuation of the tender.
But let's here and through this experience that Bmoisadtha dozens evaluate banking relationship between Iraq and Lebanon, the fact that the banking sector need these experiences so it was the central bank's choice in the selection of Lebanese banks to hold a forum Beirut banking luck to take advantage of those experiences, but the most important question is how we achieve this goal?
This sample taken by coincidence but rather reinforced by the historical extension of the Lebanese banking where is said that the first bank in Lebanon, founded in 1863.
Journalist dialogue!
Promises to ever start in an evening dinner when asked «Baldkien» conduct an interview with him and promised me the next day, and actually at 12:00 presented to the Movenpick Hotel where staying close to the banking forum Vastahbna I and Sheikh bankers Hassoun to his office for an interview with him, and after Hospitality at the usual coffee I asked him to talk about the global economic affairs, Vpadrth a question about the possibility of the return to the gold
Interface?
He said this question is enough to test the journalistic skill, and has to his office and brought a book turned out to be the archive of press interviews throughout the banking and financial services and said you'll find in the book answers adequate for everything that wanders in your mind, I was surprised and I said with self-Is that the man does not want to hold
Interview?
When leafing through the book and found indeed that the man expectations about the future of the global economy heralded at all what was going and what is happening now, especially in the economic and financial crises, and the address carried by the interviews and found Dhalte of the meeting and settled for him, I thanked him and Aqlna to the hotel to continue the work
Forum.
But what is going on in the mole is that Lebanon has gone through the same circumstances that Mrabha Iraq and still in some respects but continued to rally, especially in the banking sector, which is a model the fanciest in the region and that the Lebanese currency and Sarsrvha stable at its borders regardless of the political tensions intensified the problems, as you find it on the opposite here in Iraq, we find a quick and negative effects on the sector
Banking.
What's the reason?
Inevitably accumulated experience here play a role in dealing with what is going through Lebanon from the difficult and harsh conditions and respond departments with those conditions and, most importantly that of the leading banking and financial sector are people who have the expertise aforementioned Therefore, we find useful inference Lebanese experience and benefit from so find that the partnership option with this Experience has significant implications for the banking reality in the country, so we said
The beginning of the modern such meetings useful and important to improve the performance, then it is useful to emphasize the need to continue these activities.
He also called for a central, that the flexibility enjoyed by monetary policy in Lebanon is pushing for development and that stems from the close relationship between the central banks, which reflects the successes also reflect the extent of the commitment and respect for the banks monetary policy resulting from bridges and high confidence between the parties, this Gleam we in dire need of it it requires a real assessment of the performance of all banks and when it is on the account according to
Performance.
The next phase needs a lot of effort to correct the banking sector path and restore confidence between banks and the central one hand and the public on the other hand, and this task is the responsibility of government to ensure the maintenance of international reputation of Iraqi banks, and so is the money market is open to experiences and banks discreet to accommodate the requirements of the most promising and large . The story Baldkien Achtzlnaha here only as a reminder of the importance of accumulated experience and a good selection departments of banks and the experience of Lebanon valid to be a model
A role model.
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