Professional Experience:
Mission-driven C-level Executive who develops strategies that create value, builds and aligns teams, and advances critical projects for sustainable development. Expert in translating mission goals and high-level project objectives into implementable strategic plans that enable high-impact program execution. Trusted advisor with strong executive presence and a history of building alliances, managing stakeholder and client relationships, and driving cross-sector collaboration to improve business environments and achieve positive results. Brings breadth of global experience and cross-cultural intelligence based on a career leading strategic initiatives across diverse countries and regions.
? Impact Optimization ¦ Regional Program Strategy ¦ Delivering Results: Directed $70M multiyear project that enhanced the competitiveness of 1,640 companies (SMEs) across regions in Guatemala, created 79,000 new jobs, and secured $1B in investments.
? Global Team Management ¦ Team Leadership: Hired, developed, and mentored cross-disciplinary teams of up to 100, leveraging a direct, transparent, and collaborative leadership style coupled with KPIs to build cultures of empowerment, engagement, accountability, and the highest level of performance.
? Strategic Partnerships ¦ Public-Private, Government, and Private Sector Client Management: Exceled at securing, developing, and managing strong relationships with diverse stakeholders across levels within private and public sector organizations (e.g., clients, beneficiaries, investors) that were instrumental to executing strategy and delivering on multimillion-dollar project objectives.
? Capacity Building ¦ Improving Business Environment: Built the capacity of 18+ government organizations while aiding Azerbaijan in complying with WTO requirements and achieving improvements in the business enabling environment and financial sector key to increasing lending by ?119% (31,974 new loans).