Head of IBA Press Service Changed
The head of the press service of JSC International Bank of Azerbaijan (IBA) Rauf Agayev resigned. In this position, he worked for more than 14 years. Instead, Yadigar Jafarov was appointed today.
Prior to this appointment Jafarov served as Head of Public Relations in Azer-Turk Bank, so the initiative was made by the current head of the IBA Elmar Mammadov, who also came from the joint Azerbaijani-Turkish Bank.
His professional career began in journalism in 1998. Until 2006 he worked in the newspapers Azerbaijan and Sharq. From 2006 to 2010 he served as the press secretary of the State Service of Real Estate Register under the State Property Committee.
Jafarov holds a PhD in philology.
IBA was founded in January 1992. The main shareholder is the Ministry of Finance, which owns 51.07% of the shares, and other shares belong to private individuals and legal entities. --17D-
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