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RASHAD KARIMOV Date of Birth: 10 June 1986 Address – H.Mirzoyev street, Baku, Azerbaijan E-mail: [email protected] Telephone: +994 55 207 90 30 (AZ) Citizenship: Azerbaijani http://www.linkedin.com/pub/rashad-karimov/15/94b/7b3

EDUCATION AND ACADEMICS

2011 CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) candidate

2008 –2010 Central European University, Budapest, Hungary Master’s degree in Economics

2003 – 2007 Baku State University, Baku, Azerbaijan Diploma in Organization of Customs Affairs (Department of International Relations and International Law)

1998 – 2003 Baku Private Turkish High School, Azerbaijan

HONORS AND AWARDS

2008 Awarded Open Society Foundation scholarship to undertake MA in Economics, Central European University

EXPERIENCE

February 2011 – Economist in the Central Bank of Azerbaijan, Research Department Responsibilities: - Research in the macroeconomic transmission of the monetary policy and preparing conceptual propositions in development of its mechanism; - Research of exchange rate regimes and policy and determining its macroeconomic casusalities; - Quantitative evaluation of the factors affecting inflation, money demand and financial bubbles. Modelling to forecast these bubbles; - Realizing fundamental research of unemployment and labor efficiency problems; - Analyzing macroeconomic indicators of the economy and preparing models to forecast these indicators; - Research of macroeconomic and fiscal strategy policy and making corresponding simulations; - Studying economic cycles, finding and evaluating macroeconomic imbalances; - Research of macroeconomic balance models and making conceptual propositions;

November 2010 – Lecturer in Special Talented Group (STG) at the Azerbaijan State Economic University Responsibilities: - Giving lectures about types of business organizations, the time value of money, effects of inflation on financial activities, securities, their types and their trade in the primary and secondary markets and etc. - Preparation of final and midterm exams, seminar questions and grading

2009 - Internship in ASPI Consulting Engineers,Inc Responsibilities: - Analyzing RFP-s (Request for Proposal) and assistment in development of win themes and technical approach; - Assistment with organization and implementation of the projects

2008-2010 Freelance translator Responsibilities: -Translating documents for some organizations such as Oxfam Novib, Open Society Institute

2004 Internship in Frunze Machinery Building and Research - Producing Union Responsibilities: - Assistment for project management, reporting, evaluation, monitoring - Translation from Russian and English languages to Azeri

ACTIVITIES / PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS / MEMBERSHIPS

2005 Participant of the “UN model” debate organized by “Debate in Civil Society”

2007 Participant in the “Student’s Peace Camp” seminar on the format of UN conferences, organized by “Parliament Debate Center” (Shaki, Azerbaijan)

2007 Participant in the “Azeri Youths in a Global World” conference held in Baku.

2003 – 2007 Member of the Student Union in Baku State University

2009 Participant of “Global Europe – Trade and Development” conference held by British Council in Hungary

2009 Participant of George Soros’s lectures at Central European University

SKILLS

Language skills:  Azeri: native English: fluent Russian: fluent Turkish: fluent

Computer skills:  Microsoft Office, Internet, Windows XP  Experience in working with EViews and OxMetrics and Jmulti  Experience in working with diverse software application for statistics

Personal skills and attributes:  Creative  Self-starter, motivated  Hardworking, honest and responsible  Punctual, tactful and disciplined  Ability to work in a team-based environment, deliver high quality work within deadlines  Excellent interpersonal skills, writing and communication skills  Presentation skills developed while studying at university  Information research abilities while writing research papers Referees: Numan Ulku – Professor at the CEU Business School ([email protected]) Farkhad Mukhtarov – PhD alumnus of CEU, PhD Career Counselor at the CEU Career Office ([email protected]) Istvan Konya – PhD (Northwestern University), National Bank of Hungary ([email protected])

Rufat Gulmammadov – Head of the “Development of the Information Community” department of the Ministry of the Communication and Information Technologies ([email protected]) Ispendiyar Aliyev – Head of the “Strategic Planning” department of the Ministry of the Communication and Information Technologies ([email protected])

Publications: “Rapid Credit Growth in Azerbaijan: Convergence or Boom? Macroeconomic Implications of Fast Credit Expansion” – Supervisor: Istvan Konya

INTERESTS

Monetary policy, macroeconomics, econometrics, financial crisis, corporate finance, international trade, investments

AVAILABILITY FOR WORK:

Full-time positions: Yes Available for relocating: In Azerbaijan and anywhere in Europe and US