Leyla Mammedzade

Leyla was appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Summa Group in March 2016. 

As Summa Group Chief Executive (2010-2012) Leyla was responsible for operations management, optimization and standardization of key business processes in assets and driving performance measures for the operations. She also served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of three engineering and construction companies (Stroynovatsiya Ltd., GES JSC, Inteks LLC) and Yakutsk Fuel and Energy Company JSC. She held the position of Executive Director of APEC Business Advisory Council in 2012, the year of the Russian presidency.

Before joining Summa Group Leyla has worked for major international oil and gas companies, including Halliburton in the US and UK, and at the Shell headquarters in the Netherlands. She was one of Shell’s leading managers, responsible for portfolio management, risk management, strategy and business development in Russia and the CIS.

In 2002, Leyla earned a Master of Science degree at Texas A&M University (USA) in Finance and the Petroleum engineering.