The opening ceremony of the Summer Internship Program was held at the State Oil Fund of the Republic of Azerbaijan on June 5th. Fund employees delivered the presentations to the students who successfully passed through various selection stages and were selected for the internship program.

Gunel Asgarova, the Leading Specialist of the Human Resources Department, warmly welcomed the interns? emphasized the crucial role of the annually held internship program in the Fund's recruitment strategy and provided detailed information about the program. Following that, Elvin Abbasov, Senior Trader of the Fixed Income and Money Markets Division of the Investment Department, delivered a presentation on the Fund's investment activities and asset allocation. Aynura Samadova, the Leading Specialist of the Public Relations Department, talked about SOFAZ's corporate values and code of conduct in her presentation.

Fuad Iskenderov, who participated in the internship program "Graduate Analyst - 2022" and currently is working as a Trader in the Fixed Income and Money Markets Division of the Investment Department shared his experience with the students.

At the end, the Fund employees answered the questions of the interns and gave them their recommendations.

It should be highlighted that during the 8-week internship program, the students are entitled to acknowledge actual business experience by working with a dynamic team of highly skilled professionals from the key SOFAZ departments such as Investment, Risk Management, Oil Contracts, Budget Forecasting and Projects, Accounting, Legal, Human Resources, Public Relations, Internal Audit and Information Technology.