Meet our Jury

Javid Gouliyev

Javid Gouliyev graduated from the Azerbaijan University of Languages and from the Azerbaijan State Economic University majoring in Finances and Credit. In 1999, he also graduated from the Higher School of Management of the HSBC Group (HSBC Group Training Management College).

Javid Gouliyev began his career in 1996 as Head of Clients Department in British Bank of the Middle East, a subsidiary of HSBC, and in 1999, he served as Head of Financial Control Department of the bank.

In 2003, J. Gouliyev joined Unibank first as advisor to the Board, and later, in 2004, he was appointed First Deputy Chairman of the bank. During the period between 2005 and 2012, Javid was First Deputy Chairman of Bank Standard.

In 2012, Mr. Gouliyev was appointed Executive Finance Director at Capital Resources Advisors, Azerbaijan Branch. In 2014, he joined PASHA Holding as Chief Advisor.Javid Gouliyev began his career in PASHA Bank in 2015 as Business Development Advisor to the Chairman of the Bank's Board. On 22 February 2016, he was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of PASHA Bank, 1 March 2018-was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board and Chief Commercial Officer of the Bank.

On 12 April 2022, he was appointed Acting Chairman of the Executive Board of PASHA Bank.

According to the decision of the General Meeting of Shareholders of the Bank, Javid Gouliyev was appointed as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Board of PASHA Bank on June 9, 2022.

Bakhtiyar Aslanbayli

bp Vice president communications and advocacy, Caspian region.

Bakhtiyar has been with bp for 20 years and has held number of leadership roles ‎across communications and external affairs, tax and customs, ethics ‎and compliance as well as business services. 

In addition to professional activities, Mr. Aslanbayli is also a visiting lecturer of Baku State University, ADA University and Baku Higher Oil School. He is the author of one book and more than 50 professional articles and commentaries. He holds bachelor's and master’s degrees in International Relations from Baku State University. 

In 2017, Bakhtiyar was awarded the ’Progress’ medal by the President of Azerbaijan for his significant contribution to the development of the oil and gas industry in the country.

Fariz Ismailzade

Dr. Fariz Ismailzade is Vice Rector at the ADA University (since 2006), Board member of the State Examination Center (since 2016), and former visiting research fellow at Princeton University (2021). He is also the Director of the Institute of Development and Diplomacy (IDD) and Editor-in-Chief of Baku Dialogues, ADA University’s flagship English‑language quarterly journal. 

Mr. Ismailzade has a Doctoral Degree at the Maastricht School of Management. He holds an Executive MBA from IE Business School (Spain), and a Masters Degree in Social and Economic Development from Washington University in St. Louis, and a BA in Political Science from Western University in Baku with one-year interim studies at Wesleyan University in Connecticut.

Osman Khaliyev

Osman Khaliyev has been the deputy chairman of the Fund’s board since June 2021. Before that, he was the adviser of the board chairman.

Osman Khaliyev was born in Sumgayit in 1985.
In 2007, he graduated from the faculty of ‘Economic cybernetics’ of the Azerbaijan State Economic University

University, and in 2010, he obtained a Master’s Degree in Information Technology in Management. In 2012-2014, he received an MBA degree at Brandeis University in the United States.In 2010-2012, Khaliyev worked as an expert at Access Bank and the Central Bank of Azerbaijan. In 2014-2015, he was a consultant at Global Atlantic Partners LLC.