Baku Metro CJSC has appointed another deputy chairman of its board.
President Ilham Aliyev has signed an order on the appointment, the company said, Operative Information Center-OMM reports.
Under the order, the post has been assigned to Zaur Nagiyev.
The appointment brings the number of deputy chairs to three.
Nagiyev was born in 1982. He earned a bachelor’s degree in law from Baku State University in 2004 and graduated with distinction from its master’s program in 2006. In 2008, he completed an intensive program in international maritime law at the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom. In 2015, he earned a master’s degree in business administration through a joint program organized by the Maastricht School of Management and ADA University.
He worked for various United Nations agencies, including UNHCR, WFP and UNICEF, from 2005 to 2008 and from 2009 to 2013. In 2008-2009 and 2013-2014, he served as a senior legal adviser in SOCAR’s Legal Department and as an adviser to a vice president. Since 2014, he has headed the Legal Department of Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company CJSC, and since 2022 he has served as deputy chairman of its board.
Nagiyev also teaches at ADA University, is a member of the Bar Association of Azerbaijan and is an international expert for the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).
He received the Progress medal in 2017 and the commemorative medal marking the 160th anniversary of Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company (1858-2018) in 2018.
