Mr. Arkun graduated from Hamilton College, New York in 1998 with a double major in Economics and Mathematics. He is also an alumni of Robert College, Istanbul. 

Mr. Arkun joined JP Morgan’s Mergers and Acquisitions team as an analyst in 1998 focusing on Natural Resources and Power industries.

In 2001, Mr. Arkun moved to London, UK and started to work for Inquam Limited, private equity company in telecommunications sector, as a manager in the business development team.

In 2005 Mr. Arkun joined Zapp Mobile (Inquam’s subsidiary in Romania) as the Director of Business Development, Marketing and Strategy.  He led the transaction to sell Zapp Romania to Cosmote in 2009.  After the sale of Zapp Romania, Mr. Arkun was retained by Cosmote as the Strategy advisor to the CEO.  

Mr. Arkun moved to Baku, Azerbaijan in 2010 as the Director of Strategy and Business Development at Capital Resources Advisors. He also served on the Board of Directors of Nar Mobile, B&B TV and Aimroc. Mr. Arkun became the CEO of Aimroc, largest mining company in Azerbaijan, in 2014. He led the transaction of selling Aimroc to Azergold in 2017.

Mr. Arkun joined PASHA Holding as an advisor in August 2017. 

Mr. Arkun has been appointed as CEO, Chairman of Board of Directors of JSC PASHA Bank Georgia from February 1st, 2018.

Chingiz Abdullayev obtained his bachelor’s degree in Business administration from Western University of Baku, Azerbaijan in 1999 and Master’s degree in Finance at State Economic University of Azerbaijan in 2005.

He started his career at Baku Stock Exchange as the Head of Listing Division in 2000. In 2003 he joined Assurance & Advisory Service of Deloitte and for the following 10 years worked at senior positions with KPMG Russia, Moore Stephens CIS and RSM Georgia with major focus on financial institutions, energy, trade and other industry sectors. 

Chingiz Abdullayev joined JSC PASHA Bank Georgia in 2014 as Head of Financial Management Department. He became the Member of the Board of Directors and Chief Financial Officer on January 13th, 2016.

Mr. Asaf Huseynov graduated from Baku State University in 2005 with a bachelor’s degree in Economic Cybernetics.

Mr. Asaf began his banking career as a leading specialist at Access Bank, Azerbaijan in December 2006. He moved to Central Bank of Azerbaijan as a specialist at the Department of Banking Supervision in January 2009. He held the position of the Head of Bank Group at the Department of Banking Supervision at Central Bank of Azerbaijan in 2012. From December 2015 he continued his career in Unibank, Azerbaijan as the Member of the Management Board and CRO before taking on the role of CRO and the Deputy to CEO at Unibank, Azerbaijan in November 2016. From July 2017 he held the position of CRO and First Deputy to CEO at Unibank, Azerbaijan. Mr. Asaf held the position of Member of the Management Board at Baku Stock Exchange, Azerbaijan from December 2016 to January 2020. From May 2018 to December 2019 he was the Head of the Supervisory Board of Azerbaijan Credit Bureau. Mr. Asaf has 11-years professional experience of working in banking and finance sectors, of which 7 years as Head of Banking Group of Supervision Department of Central Bank of Azerbaijan and 4 years as First Deputy of CEO and Chief Risk Officer of OJSC Unibank (Azerbaijan).

Mr. Asaf was involved in various projects during his banking career, such as review and changing of the normative documents of the banking system, development of software and establishment of the “Scoring System” for Azerbaijan Credit Bureau, establishment of the “Management Information System” for Central Bank of Azerbaijan,  establishment, and development of “Scoring System”, evaluating the performance of internal control system for the banks’ anti-money laundering activities, development of “Deposit Insurance System” for commercial banks, for preparation of a resolution frame for the banking sector.

In August 2014, Mr. Asaf received his ACCA Diploma in International Financial Reporting. He has been a member of the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP) Since 2009.

Mr. Asaf joined JSC PASHA Bank Georgia in November 2019, he was appointed by the Supervisory Board as the Chief Risk Officer, Member of the Board of Directors of JSC PASHA Bank Georgia on November 13th, 2019.