Alovsat Muslumov                  

Alovsat Muslumov is professor of finance currently working as a Chief Financial Officer of one of the private sector companies in Azerbaijan. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Istanbul University in 1996, followed by an MBA from Istanbul Technical University in 1998 and Ph.D. from Bogazici University. He joined  Dogus University, Istanbul in 2001, and also served as visiting professor at Bogazici University, Istanbul Bilgi University, Yeditepe University and Azerbaijan State Economics University.

He is a prolific author and researcher, having written four  books and published more than 50 articles in academic journals and conference proceedings.  He focuses much of his study on macroeconomic transmission mechanism, financial development, financial regulation, privatization, market efficiency, mergers, SMEs and corporate governance issues.

Muslumov has received numerous awards and honors. He was the 2003 recipient of Best Paper Award given by Young Businessman Association of Turkey (TUGIAD) and 2003 recipient of Best Paper Award given by Turkish Institutional Investment Managers’ Association (TKYD). He was also the youngest professor  (received the position in 2008 at the age of 32) ever in Turkey.

Muslumov provided consultancy services to Yapi Kredi Bank, Akbank, Vakifbank and Dun&Bradstreet for risk management and NAB Group of Companies for corporate development issues. He has acted as  a Member of Executive Board and Chief Financial Officer  for Intersun Group of Companies. He was also Chairman of Intersun Academia. Besides of his CFO duties and his responsibilities as a Member of Executive Board included formulation, development and implementation of strategic framework, strategy map, business process management, performance management system, ERP tool selection and implementation.

Muslumov is a father of two. He is an avid chess player and completed 1600 chess games  starting from October 2007.