Elmir Allahverdiyev
Chief Financial Officer @ bp
About
As a Finance leader at bp, I have over 15 years of experience in the energy industry, specializing in business development and commercial areas. I am an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) and have certifications from Columbia and Duke universities in Economics of Money and Banking and Adaptive Strategy. My core competencies include managing complex energy value chains and joint ventures, constructing and operating commercial frameworks, aligning stakeholders, and marketing gas across regions. I have successfully negotiated and implemented contracts, agreements, and deals that have enhanced the value and liquidity of bp's interests in major energy projects, such as the Southern Gas Corridor - one of the largest energy projects in the world. I also represent bp as a director in the boards of respective joint ventures and provide support and advice to regional and central leadership teams on business matters. I am currently managing bp's interest in the Southern Gas Corridor and overseeing the financial and commercial operations of the gas value chain. I am passionate about developing and executing adaptive strategies, collaborating with diverse and multifunctional teams, and generating strategic insights and ideas for business growth.
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Azerbaijan
Oil & Energy
Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Asset Planning, Business Case Preparation, Project Evaluation, Chartered Financial Analyst, Board of Directors, Leadership, Financing, Presentations, Analytical Skills, Natural Gas, Commercial Operation, Investment Strategies, Investment Management, International Joint Ventures, Gas Transportation, Investment Valuation, Corporate Governance, Gas, Energy
Experience

Director of Finance
Baku, Baki, Azerbaijan
• Managing bp’s interest in the Southern Gas Corridor – one of the largest energy projects in the world. Provide support and advice to bp reginal and central leadership teams on GVC business matters. • Manage GVC joint ventures and accountable for financial performance • Define GVC annual financial plan and manage the delivery. Manage development and implementation of commercial instruments to improve business value and liquidity. • Represent bp as a director in the boards of respective joint ventures. Maintain critical relationships with key stakeholders and keep engagement to achieve alignment • Manage the contractual framework and commercial operations activities - gas sales / transportation contracts, shareholder agreements, infrastructure sharing agreements and etc. • Provide support from the Region to bp corporate functions for relevant activities affecting GVC businesses – Mergers & Acquisitions, Project Financing, Risk and Regulatory compliance, Treasury • Manage team of Finance professionals and support their development. Promote digitalization of Finance and application of Agile tools to improve Finance processes.

Commercial Manager - Shah Deniz Joint Venture
Baku, Azerbaijn
• Manage Shah Deniz JV and maintain critical relationships with key stakeholders • Lead and manage commercial operations activities, including management of gas sales contracts and upstream agreements (e.g. PSAs, JOAs). • Develop and implement commercial options to improve business value / liquidity • Provide necessary commercial interface between different parts of SD Gas Value Chain. Develop and lead negotiations of commercial agreements • Support financing requirements along the value chain; lead or support projects which require close integration with other departments and integration across the gas value chain

Business Development Advisor - Azeri Chirag Gunashli (ACG) Joint Venture
Azerbaijan
• Commercial lead for negotiation of PSA extension and other related contracts for 7bn barrels oil field (Azeri Chirag Gunashli) • Stakeholder management • Commercial lead for multifunctional team stewarding technical group on business matters and leading / coordinating internal analysts work. Generation of strategic insights and ideas for business deals • Management of business development portfolio, leading commercial evaluation and responsible for framing a workable commercial structure, including contractual arrangements

Commercial Advisor - Azeri Chirag Gunashli (ACG) Joint Venture
Azerbaijan
• Leading implementation of ACG JV Annual Work Programme and Budget (AWP&B) process, organization of budget workshops, coordination of approval process, performance management and reporting • Managing commercial framework and implementation of contractual mechanisms, representing BP in meetings and negotiations • Agreements Management

Business Development Advisor - Shah Deniz project
Azerbaijan
• Commercial support to progress giant (30 TCF) Shah Deniz project (Stage 2) to Final Investment Decision • Agreements/ Negotiations: gas transportation and sales contracts, pipeline interconnection and tie-in agreements, other shareholder and joint venture agreements • Financial modelling - transportation deals, economic evaluations of upstream projects

Commercial Analyst - Integrated Supply and Trading (IST), Shah Deniz project
United Kingdom
• Evaluation of gas price offers, tariff evaluation for the Southern Corridor transit routes (Nabucco, ITGI, TAP and South-East Europe Pipeline), support to gas sales and transit negotiations; LNG assessment • Gas market analysis in support of gas supply contracts price reviews; European gas market assessment and gas supply & demand analysis;

Finance Analyst - Commercial Evaluation/Business Development/Planning
Azerbaijan
• Construction of economic models, evaluation of multi-billion upstream investments and Mergers & Acquisitions using discounted cash flow method • Financial reporting: working capital, DD&A, cash flow and P&L • Performance management / Hydrocarbon accounting - lifting and stock movements; customs declaration, vetting of tankers
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