Hikmat Iskenderov appointed director of arms plant in Azerbaijan

A new director has been appointed to an arms plant in Azerbaijan.

“Operative Information Center-OMM” reports, citing yurd.media, that Hikmat Iskenderov has been appointed plant director at AzerSilah Holding CJSC.

Before the appointment, he served as head of the project engineering group at SOCAR Midstream Gas Operations from November 2024 to September 2026. Earlier, from November 2022 to November 2024, he worked at the same company as a senior process and process safety engineer.

In September 2022, Iskenderov briefly served as a senior technical specialist in process engineering at SOCAR-KBR.

He also has extensive experience at BP. From August 2018 to October 2020, he worked there as a lead process engineer; from May 2015 to August 2018, as a process engineer; and from August 2012 to May 2015, as a junior process engineer.

Iskenderov began his career as an intern engineer at BOTAŞ, BP and the Sumgait Ethylene-Polyethylene Plant between 2008 and 2010.