Stephan Ariyan

Adjunct Faculty

Business Law

Education/Professional Certification

JD, Quinnipiac University School of Law
LLM, Georgetown University Law Center
MS, Columbia University
MS, University of Miami
BA, University of Rhode Island

Biography

Stephan Ariyan is the global Compliance Counsel for Aramco Trading Americas (“Aramco”), the US trading arm of Aramco Trading Company and Saudi Aramco, one of the largest energy companies in the world.  Prior to joining Aramco, Stephan was the Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer at Pearson Group, a UK based international education company, the Chief Legal Officer for Atomyze LLC, a blockchain based fintech company in Greenwich CT and spent ten years as the Chief Compliance Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer at Olam International Limited, based in Singapore. Stephan has over 25 years of experience in the environmental, energy, banking, fintech and derivatives trading sectors advising board level and executive leadership teams on legal, regulatory and compliance matters.

Stephan currently teaches two courses at University of Connecticut’s School of Business, FNCE5343 and BLAW5750.

Stephan possesses a Master of Law (LLM) from Georgetown University in Securities and Financial Regulation and completed his Juris Doctor degree from Quinnipiac University School of Law. He also holds a Master of Science degree from Columbia University in New York City. He is bar certified in Connecticut and the District of Columbia.