Ramil was appointed as the General Manager of Salyan Oil Limited reporting to Vice-President of Operations in January 2022. He has extensive experience with over 23 years in the oil and gas industry.  Throughout the years, Ramil has held the following positions:

• Operations Production Supervisor for Oily Rocks, SOCAR for 6 years. He was responsible for managing the site production team, delivering production commitments, and conducting safe and efficient operations.
• Technical and Leadership Positions, such as Operations Production Supervisor, Operations Team Leader, and Offshore Installation Manager on one of Azeri–Chirag–Gunashli platforms and Operations Discipline Manager for bp during the last 18 years 
• Ramil has also led the implementation of new ways of Working and New organization structure at bp in 2018.

Ramil was awarded the “Honorary Oil Worker” badge by SOCAR president in 2019 in recognition of hard work to support Azerbaijan’s oil industry growth.

Ramil holds a BSc degree and an Engineering Diploma in Reservoir Engineering from Azerbaijan State Oil Academy.

Aynur Bashirova was appointed as the Corporate Communications Director reporting to the Vice-President of External Affairs & Communications of GL Group LLC effective July 1, 2024.

Aynur has overall 32 years of extensive experience in developing communication strategies, organization, and implementation of large-scale activities for various international and local bodies. She has started her career as a Journalist and was the youngest member of the media corps accompanying Heydar Aliyev, the National Leader of the Azerbaijani people. Participating in more than 30 official visits, she covered the 1999 Washington summit, marking the 50th anniversary of NATO, the 50th anniversary of the Council of Europe, and OSCE summits in Lisbon (1996) and Istanbul (1999).

Aynur holds a university degree in journalism in Baku State University, as well as PhD in Political Science, as the first researcher of the U.S.-Azerbaijan relations in the eyes of the U.S. elite media outlets.

Aynur Bashirova is an initiator and author of nine books, including Heydar Aliyev: Presidential Chronicles (1993-2003). She has been honored with the Jubilee Medal (1923-2023) the 100th anniversary of Heydar Aliyev, the National Leader of the Azerbaijani people. Aynur is also an author of a monography In the Frame of Free Press, The “New York Times” about Azerbaijan: What? When? How?

Nadir Efendiyev was appointed as the General Manager of Taghiyev Operating Company LLC reporting to Vice-President of Operations effective May 1, 2023.

Nadir is a professional with 20 years of experience in the Oil and Gas industry. Nadir worked in bp Azerbaijan for the past 18 years and acted at different Technical and Leadership positions such as Production Supervisor, Offshore Operations Engineer, Operations Team Leader, Project Operations Team Leader, and Operations Installation Manager. Nadir has international experience in the UK and was involved in the operational readiness of projects. 

He has extensive experience in Project Management as well and was involved in multiple major projects within bp assets such as the Shah Deniz offshore Gas Project and Gas lift Projects in oil assets.

In the last 4 years, he was acting as Operations Installation Manager at offshore platforms. In his last role, he was acting as Operational Installation Manager at Central Azeri platform which is the most complex platform within bp assets and in Caspian sea.

Nadir has been actively promoting Nationalization, led recruitment processes, set up training and coaching which resulted in significant value to the Organization and maintaining the manning levels.

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Drilling and Exploration from State Oil Academy.

Nurlan Gashamli was appointed Managing Director of GL Technical Services LTD in August 2024.

Nurlan is a seasoned professional with over 20 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, specializing in brownfield asset development. He has led multidisciplinary teams in complex operations, including well workovers, interventions, and completions, successfully rehabilitating both offshore and onshore fields for Bahar Energy Operating Company Limited and GL Group assets.

Under his leadership, numerous wells have been brought back into production through challenging workover operations. Nurlan has also contributed the company's improvement plan, integrating new technologies to enhance field development and manage multiple divisions for technical and commercial efficiency in long-term projects.

Nurlan holds a BSc from Azerbaijan State Oil and Industrial University and Azerbaijan State Economic University. He is certified in Oil & Gas Industry Operations and Markets by Duke University, UK Petro Skills CUE, and Aberdeen Drilling School. He is also a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers.

Kenan Aliyev was appointed as the Subsurface Manager reporting to Vice-President of Operations in September 2021. Mr. Aliyev has been the Director of Reservoir Management since January 2024.

He has 25 years of experience in the oil and gas industry and was part of multidisciplinary subsurface teams for energy companies and consultancy groups such as bp, Eni, DeGolyer & MacNaughton and Baker RDS. Kenan’s knowledge and expertise covers hydrocarbon basins around the world: the Gulf of Mexico, North Sea, North Africa, South Caspian Basin, Western Siberia and Dnipro-Donetsk. Kenan holds B. Sc and M. Sc Degree in Geology from Baku State University and an M. Sc degree in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University.

He is a Certified Petroleum Geologist by the American Association of Petroleum Geologists and a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers.

David Triolo was appointed to the position of Wells and Drilling Director as of 1 November 2022, reporting to Vice-President of Operations.

David has very extensive international experience in drilling, completion, and workover of wells.  He worked for 33 years with Amoco/bp then the remaining years with Husky Energy.  He was involved in major projects around the world including North America, the UK, UAE, Egypt, West Africa, Kuwait, Azerbaijan, and China.  David’s experience comprises onshore, offshore, and deep-water operations. Twelve years were spent working in bp Azerbaijan’s ACG and Shah Deniz fields. His roles include rig drilling engineer, well site leader, bp Shah Deniz Wells superintendent to Director of Drilling and Completions for Husky Energy’s Asia-Pacific division.

He graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with a B.Sc. degree in Chemical Engineering.