For 12 years Gagik was Acting Chairman/Deputy Chairman of the State Committee of Water Economy of Armenia. His responsibilities as a state official included implementation of reforms in the water sector and coordination of the projects with participation of private sector in the management of the utilities under different types of PPP.
He was also a member of the Advisory Panel for Kazakhstan formed under the project of ADB in 2014. As a consultant/advisor Gagik has also been involved in different projects of ADB, KFW, UNECE, WB, OECD, FDA and DFID.
In the past 3 years he has been implementing consultancy mainly in the water sector, as well as cooperating with Greenpact BV (Netherlands) as a PPP advisor.
He has conducted presentations related to PPP in more than 20 countries and prepared the following publications: “Overview of the Private Sector Participation in the Water Supply and Sanitation Sector of Armenia”, “Market Oriented Reforms and Case of Public-Private Partnership in Armenia”.