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Leadership team

The people building IGPA

A team of senior professionals with deep operational experience in Polish and Azerbaijani markets — engineering, finance, communications, legal, and trade. Each member brings working knowledge of how business is actually done across both economies.

Leadership team5Senior team members
Founding companies3Founding committee
Combined experience80+Years across both markets
Languages spoken6PL · AZ · EN · RU · TR · DE
Director's message

A chamber built by practitioners, for practitioners

The Polish-Azerbaijani Chamber of Commerce was not founded as a ceremonial body. Every founding member — every individual on this team — comes from the operational side of bilateral business. We have personally navigated company registration in both jurisdictions, negotiated cross-border contracts, managed multilingual teams, and worked through the practical realities of trading between Warsaw and Baku.

That operational background shapes everything we do. We chose to build IGPA because we saw a gap: serious enterprises in both countries needed a professional, well-governed institutional anchor for their bilateral activity. Not a club. Not a networking event. A working institution.

Our team reflects this. Each member brings deep expertise in their domain — strategic communications, financial structuring, legal frameworks, trade operations, member relations — combined with the cross-cultural fluency required to actually move business between Poland, Azerbaijan, and the broader region they connect.

We are still in our first year. But the foundation is solid: 28+ founding members across 12+ sectors, formal recognition from both governments, and a clear mandate from our community. The next decade is about execution at scale — and this team is built for exactly that.

If you are reading this and considering IGPA membership, or wondering how we can support your bilateral business activity, we'd welcome the conversation.

Leadership team

Meet the operational team

Five senior professionals leading IGPA's day-to-day operations, member engagement, and strategic partnerships. Each role is anchored in deep professional experience across both Polish and Azerbaijani markets.

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Co-Founder & President

Anastasia Sztelmach

Member Relations · Polish Market

Polish business development professional with established networks across Warsaw's commercial and institutional sectors. Drives member acquisition and relationships in the Polish market.

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Co-Founder · Chairman of the Committee on Economic and Legal Affairs

Aynura Aliyeva

Communications · External Affairs

Communications professional specializing in cross-border business communications and institutional positioning. Leads IGPA's external communications, media relations, and content strategy.

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Co-Founder & Vice President

Ramil Zeynalov

Business Development · Trade Missions

Senior business development specialist with operational experience in Caspian trade and Polish-Azerbaijani commercial corridors. Coordinates trade missions, B2B matchmaking, and sector working groups.

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Co-Founder & Vice President

Tural Rustamov

Operations · Member Services

Operations specialist responsible for member services delivery, event coordination, and the chamber's day-to-day institutional operations. Brings extensive experience in cross-border project management.

Growing team

Join the IGPA team

We're expanding. If you have experience in Polish-Azerbaijani business and want to contribute, get in touch.

Open positions
Governance structure

How the chamber operates

IGPA is governed by a clear institutional structure designed for accountability, professionalism, and member representation. Governance bodies are democratically elected by founding and full members.

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General Assembly

The supreme decision-making body of IGPA. Convenes annually. Approves strategy, budget, statute amendments, and elects the governance bodies.

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Board of Directors

The strategic governance body. Elected by the General Assembly for fixed terms. Sets strategic priorities, oversees operations, and represents IGPA externally.

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Executive Team

Day-to-day operational leadership. Implements board decisions, manages member services, runs events, and handles institutional relationships.

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Audit Commission

Independent oversight body. Reviews financial operations, ensures compliance with statute and Polish association law, and reports to General Assembly.

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Sector Working Groups

Member-led working groups for specific industries — energy, logistics, finance, agriculture, engineering. Run by members, for members.

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Advisory Council

Senior advisors with diplomatic, sectoral, or institutional expertise. Provides strategic counsel to the Board on cross-border policy and partnership opportunities.

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Member Committee

Represents the interests of regular members between General Assembly sessions. Channels member feedback to the Board on services and priorities.

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Secretariat

Administrative and operational backbone. Handles correspondence, statutory documents, regulatory filings, and chamber records management.

Founding committee

Four companies, one foundation

All members →
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Bilge Europe

Engineering, consulting, and project management. Strong presence in Polish and Azerbaijani infrastructure and industrial sectors.

Engineering · Consulting
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Zetas Sp. z o.o.

Industrial trade and commercial services. Established operations in Poland with active commercial relationships in Azerbaijan and the Caucasus.

Trade · Industrial
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Financial Chain Corporation

Financial outsourcing and BPO services. Provides accounting, tax, and financial advisory services with regional presence across Eastern Europe and the Caucasus.

Finance · BPO
Work with the team

Become part of the IGPA community

Whether you're considering membership, exploring partnership opportunities, or want to know how IGPA can support your bilateral business activity, the team is ready to engage.