Speaker Leyla Baghirzade
Leyla possesses 15 years of experience in the Investment Banking and Financial Industry and holds several degrees in Corporate Finance, Management Economics and Advanced Studies on Blockchain and DLT. In 2018, she co-founded a company in HealthTech applying blockchain technology based in Switzerland. She holds other positions as Board …
Leyla possesses 15 years of experience in the Investment Banking and Financial Industry and holds several degrees in Corporate Finance, Management Economics and Advanced Studies on Blockchain and DLT.
In 2018, she co-founded a company in HealthTech applying blockchain technology based in Switzerland. She holds other positions as Board Member of Blockchain Azerbaijan (Baku), Head of the Azerbaijani Chapter at the Joint Chamber of Commerce (Zurich), as well as Founder and CEO of Swiss Alternative Financing AG (Geneva).
In 2019, she was selected to represent 6 countries of the Eastern Partnership countries to EU4Digital on blockchain and scale-ups in emerging markets, organised by the European Union in Spain.
Leyla has been speaker at the World Economic Forum, the DC3 Conference, organised by the United Nations International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the FemTech panel as part of the InnoWeek 2020 and the World Net Summit. Furthermore, she is a mentor at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), for "Women in STEM” (S - science, T - technology, E - engineering, M - math) mentorship program, training and growing young female professionals across the industries in high tech.
In 2022, she was a lecturer in Leadership for the MBA programme at the Azerbaijan State University of Economics in Baku.
Leyla has been honoured as one of the 100 successful young people of Azerbaijan Republic.
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