Born in 1975.
Completed secondary education from 1982 to 1992.
In 1992, entered Azerbaijan State University of Economics, majoring in Commodity Science of Non-Food Products, and graduated in 1997.

1996-1998 – Specialist in Currency and Financial Operations, Funds Department; Head of Correspondent Relations Department; Deputy Head of the International Department, Russian Credit Bank
1998 – Specialist, Treasury/Transfers Department, HSBC – The British Bank of the Middle East
1998-2000 – Bank Expert / Financial Analyst, EU TACIS Program, Agrobusiness Support Regional Pilot Groups Project, financed by a consortium of Terra Consulting Ltd. (Finland) and S.A. Sopex N.V. (Belgium)
1999 – Enrolled as a doctoral candidate at the Department of Economics of the Fuel and Energy Complex, Azerbaijan State Oil Academy
2000 – Executive Deputy Project Manager, World Bank project “Development of Prudential Standards for Credit Cooperatives”
2000-2004 – Head of Planning and Budget Department; later Deputy Director of the International Relations Department, Central Bank of the Republic of Azerbaijan
2004-2005 – Head of Private Sector Development, Representative Office, Eurasia Foundation (USA)
2005 – Finance Director, SOYUZPROMKONTRAKT Group of Companies, Moscow, Russian Federation
2005-2007 – General Manager, Project Financing Department, Huawei Technologies, Moscow, Russian Federation
2007-2010 – Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, PASHA Bank
2010-2011 – Advisor to the Chairman of the Management Board, NIKOIL Investment Bank
2011-2012 – Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, United Credit Bank
2012-2014 – Deputy Chairman / Chief Financial Officer, Bakery Operating Company
Since 2014 – Independent consultant
Currently, Lecturer at the Department of International Economics and Business, Azerbaijan State University of Economics (UNEC).

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

In 2002, defended a PhD dissertation at Azerbaijan State University of Economics and in 2003 was awarded the degree of Candidate of Economic Sciences (PhD equivalent).
Since 2014, Lecturer at the International Economics (English-medium) Department of Azerbaijan State University of Economics.
Participated in numerous scientific and practical conferences; author of several published academic articles.

Oxford Training – Risk Management and Controlling (Moscow, Russia, 2009)
Huawei Technologies – Accounts Receivable Management and Sales Financing (Lecturer) (Moscow / Tashkent, April 2006)
Swiss National Bank – Modern Methods in Empirical Finance (Course for Central Bank Administrators) (Bern/Gerzensee, March-April 2001)
Bank Training Academy (ABTM) – European Savings Banks Consortium / TACIS (2000-2001):

○     Credit procedures and risk management
○     Treasury / asset and liability management
○     Bank and branch management, organization, and planning
○     Trade finance
○     International accounting standards and internal audit in commercial banks
○     Risk management
○     Business planning and banking strategy

Corvus International LLC (USA), Russia Office:

○     Budgeting and administrative operations in central banks (02/2002)
○     Implementation of the General Ledger in central banks (02/2001)

Agency for the Development of Small and Medium Enterprises (EU TACIS) / USAID (1999):

 Credit applications, credit programs, and financial management
1999-2000 – The British Council / University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate
 Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE) – Cambridge diploma confirming professional-level English proficiency