Orkhan Mustafaev

Orkhan Mustafaev was appointed Reservoir Development Director of GL Group in June 2026.

Orkhan has over 7 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. Prior to joining GL Group, he spent more than four years with Gazprom Neft in Russia, where he held reservoir engineering roles supporting the development of major producing oil assets.

Since joining GL Group in 2024, Orkhan has taken on progressively broader leadership responsibilities across the Group’s upstream portfolio. He has played a key role in shaping field development strategies and advancing major subsurface and growth initiatives across GL Group’s assets in Azerbaijan and Türkiye.

In his current role, Orkhan leads the Reservoir Development function, overseeing reservoir and petroleum engineering and driving development strategy, production growth and long-term value creation across the Group’s upstream portfolio.

Orkhan holds a Bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering from Udmurt State University and a Master’s degree in Petroleum Engineering from Heriot-Watt University.