Gurbanzada, Behnam

(Director, Islamic banking, International Bank of Azerbaijan, Baku, Azerbaijan) Behnam Gurbanzada was born in 1978 year in Baku, Azerbaijan. In 1999 he graduated with honors from Russian Economy Academy named after G.V. Plekhnaov and received MBA diploma in Marketing and Strategic Management from the Moscow International Business School (MIRBIS) in 2006. On January 2012 Gurbanzada started his PhD at the MIRBIS. His career started in 1999 as the accountant at the representative office of London Educational Center in Azerbaijan. Since 2000 year up to 2002 he has been working for the LUKoil oil company. In 2002 Gurbanzada joined International Bank of Azerbaijan and held various positions most recently at the Project Finance and FI departments. He was appointed as Director of the Islamic Banking Department in August 2012. The department is responsible for Islamic Banking operations, retail and corporate client services, relationships with financial institutions, fund raising and Sharia compliance operations. Since 2003 year Gurbanzada has been working on Islamic Banking Legislation project in Azerbaijan.