Azerbaijan, Baku, Nov.2 / Trend, E.Ismayilov /
President of BP Azerbaijan has changed. Earlier Rashid Javanshir held this post, who took new post in the company's head office, a source in oil and gas market told Trend.
According to the source, name of the new president will be announced in the near future.
Rashid Javanshir is the first Azerbaijani national to lead BP Azerbaijan which covers the company's entire business in this country and Georgia, and export operations in Turkey.
He has 14 years of leadership experience in BP. His previous roles include: exploration director Amoco Caspian Sea, president of Amoco Inam Operating Company, president of three BP Amoco-operated PSAs - Shah Deniz, Inam and Araz- Alov -Sharg, BP Group strategy development manager, based in London, vice-president for BP's Southern North Sea business in Aberdeen, chief executive officer of the BTC Co. and vice-president of BP Azerbaijan for Onshore Operations.
Rashid holds a number of scientfic and educational degrees as Professor of Geophysics, Doctor of Geology and Mineralogy, PhD in Geophysics, and M.Sc. in Geophysics. He is a member of Azerbaijan's National Academy of Sciences. He also completed executive management programmes at Duke University, Rice University, and Harvard Business School.