Dr. Vitaly Dmitriyevich Arkhangelsky
Dr. Arkhangelsky is the General Director of COFRANCE SARL (Nice, France).
- Registered with the Unique register of insurance, banking and Finance Intermediaries, n° 14005763 (financial Investment Advisor (CIF); Insurance and Reinsurance Broker (COA).
- Member of the National Association of Financial Advisors (ANACOFI-Insurance, ANACOFI-CIF, ANACOFI-IOBSP, ANACOFI-IMMO).
- Member of NBAA (National Business Aviation Association) and EBAA (European Business Aviation Association).
- Member of PYA (Professional Yachting Assocaition).
- ARGUS certification in progress
Previous Career
- 1995 to 1996 Insurance company Guarantia, St. Petersburg, Development Manager
- 1996 to 1999 Insurance company Rosgosstrakh (http://www.rgs.ru/insurance/), St. Petersburg, Reinsurance & International Business Department Manager
- 2000 to 2001 National Insurance Alliance (NASTA) Insurance company (Moscow) – Zurich IC Group, Vice-President (International, Marine, Reinsurance) – http://www.zurich.ru/eng/company/retail/
- 2001 to 2012 President and majority shareholder of Oslo Marine Group (‘OMG’), which was established in March 2001. OMG initially acquired ScanMarine Consulting Ltd, an insurance and reinsurance broker. Over the next few years, he then established a number of new businesses and built OMG into a successful trading group which now encompasses a range of businesses including insurance, port operations, shipping, leasing and timber trading.
Insurance industry experience since 1992 (from Insurance company agent up to General Director of AM BEST rated insurance company 2005-2009)
Banking, leasing & asset management industry experience – general director of leasing and asset management companies since 2003 up to now. Asset management Diploma by Central Bank of Russian Federation since 2004.
Real-estate management & Real-estate development – General Director of real estate companies since 2003 up to now.
Committee Membership
Dr. Arkhangelsky is a member of the: All-Russia Union of Insurers, Union of Russian Shipowners and Working Group of the Union of Industrialists of Russia and EU-Member Countries for the Questions of Modality and Containerization.
Since September 2007, Dr. Arkhangelsky has been a member of the Transport Council by the Government of St. Petersburg (former Council for Coordination of Transport Activity in St. Petersburg, by the Government of the city).
He often participates in official governmental delegations of St. Petersburg with the purpose of studying the European experience in developing port infrastructures and international business. He recently joined the St. Petersburg Government & Trade Delegation to Germany (May 2007), to Japan (April 2008), Finland (April 2009), Russian-Singapore Business Forum (Singapore, September 2009), IV Russia-China Economic Forum (Beijing, October 2009), Trade&Industrial Forum of Shanghay Cooperation organization (October 2009), Russian National Exhibition in Chicago (November 2009).
During number of years since 2003 Dr. Arhangelsky is participating in Monaco reinsurance rendez-vois, Baden-Baden reinsurance rendez-vois, Hydra reinsurance rendez-vois, Saint-Petersburg Economic Forum (Saint-Petersburg), International Banking Congress (Saint-Petersburg), MIMIP (Cannes, France), EXPOREAL (Munich, Germany), NorShipping (Oslo, Norway), Poseidonia (Athens, Greece) etc.
Dr. Arkhangelsky is a member of Expert Council of the Committee of Economic Policy and Entrepreneurship of Federal Parliament (Duma). Dr. Arkhangelsky is a member of advisory Council on the changes of legislation of the Banking and Finance Committee of Federal Parliament (Duma). He is also personal advisor to a Member of the St. Petersburg City Parliament and to a Member of the Leningrad Region Parliament.
Since December 2007, Dr. Arkhangelsky has been a member of the Marine Council attached to the Government of St. Petersburg, as well as a member of the Marine Council attached to the Government of the Leningrad Region.
In 2004, Dr. Arkhangelsky received the ‘Manager of the Year’ diploma in the ‘Insurance’ category, a competition organized by the Free Economic Society of the Russian Federation.
From 2004 to 2007, Mr. Arkhangelsky was a volunteer assistant of the St Peterbsurg Legislative Assembly Deputy, and from 200è to 2012, of the Leningrad Region Legislative Assemblydeputy.
In 2008, Dr. Arkhangelsky was awarded by a medal of Russian Shipowners Association for his contribution to port and shipping development.
Dr. Arkhangelsky is appointed to be a member of the working group on the Saint Petersburg regional transport and logistical complex development by the Decree of the Ministry of Transport of Russian Federation N IL-45-r, issued May 3rd 2008,.
In March 2009 Dr. Arkhangelsky was elected as a Board Member of Association of Sea Commercial Ports of Russian Federation.
Since 2016, Mr. Arkhangelsky is a member of ABYA (Association of Brokers and Yacht Agents) and ImarEst (Institute for Marine Engineering, Science and Technology).
Education
1992 to 1997 – Economic Faculty of the St. Petersburg State University. He graduated with a distinction, majoring in Economics. This Diploma has been recognized comparable with level I of the French nomenclature (Master).
1996-1007 – doctorate studies in the Trondheim Business School by a scholarship of the Research Council of Norway.
He then (1997-2000) undertook postgraduate study at the St. Petersburg State University of Economics & Finance. He has passed a dissertation and received Doctor degree in Insurance and Finance. This diploma has been recognized in France as comparable with Doctorate Diploma issues by French authorized higher education institutions.
He also attended postgraduate courses at Viadrina European University (Frankfurt-Oder, Germany) by President Eltzin personal scholarship, Trondheim Business School (Norway) by Research Council of Norway personal scholarship (twice), a number of courses on International business in Limburg University (Maastricht, Niderlands), Oslo University, Frankfurt University (Germany) and Technical University Ilmenau (Germany).
- 2004 – Qualification Certificate issued by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation qualifies Mr. Arkhangelsky for top management positions in entities specialized in securities, investment and private pension funds management.
- 2015 – Mr. Arkhangelsk successfully passed Level I tests of IOBSP (consumer credit, cash credit, credit grouping, payment services, real estate loans) – Livret issued by AACOFI.
- 2015-up to now – Yacht Brokerage Program in the Maritime Training Academy (UK).
- 2016 – ANACOFI trainings in fighting money laundering and financing of terrorism and in financial advisors’ statutory update.
2017 – ABYA Training program “Professional Yacht Brokerage” in the Royal Southern Yacht Club (UK)
Dr. Arkhangelsky made a number of public lectures as visiting professor to Helsinki Business School, Bodo Business School (Bodo, Norway), Muenster University (Germany), Viadrina European University (Germany), in Insurances Academies (Norway, Denmark, Sweden). and has written more than 120 scientific publications on international business and insurance in Russia, USA, Norway, Argentina.
Dr. Arkhangelsky occasionally ran courses at Makarov Marine Academy (St. Petersburg) where he followed his doctorate studies and in St. Petersburg State University of Economics & Finance.
Dr. Arkhangelsky was born on May 23, 1975, in Alma-Ata.
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