Azerbaijan, Baku, Aug.6. / Trend /
BP, as the operator of the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli fields, Shah Deniz, Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) and South Caucasus Pipeline (SCP) projects, announced the appointment of Rashid Javanshir as president of BP Azerbaijan who will take up office from September 1, 2009, the company said in a statement.
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
This marks the successful culmination of BP Azerbaijan's nationalisation plan aiming to develop Azerbaijani citizens to take over senior positions in all parts of our business.
"Rashid brings a deep technical understanding of the offshore Caspian, together with a broad business perspective developed over the past 14 years with BP. He takes over the leadership of BP's Azerbaijan business at an exciting time with the second stage of the development of Shah Deniz ahead of us, and the exploration of the Shafag and Asiman prospects", said Andy Inglis, BP's chief executive officer for exploration and production.
Inglis arrived in Baku to announce appointment of Rashid Javanshir the President of BP Azerbaijan. During his visit Inglis met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and introduced new Executive director to the President.
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.