Sevinj Hasanova

Reporting to CEO | Azerbaijan, Middle East, Türkiye, Georgia | 500+ employees
Group-Level HR Director with responsibility for HR strategy, governance, and organisational effectiveness across 500+ employees in four countries. Lead and develop multi-disciplinary HR teams, embed compliant HR frameworks, and align people strategy with operational, project, and regional business objectives.
Strategic Impact & Key Achievements:
• Led the transition of HR operating model from fully outsourced to integrated in-house function across the group, establishing governance and frameworks aligned with local labour law and international energy standards.
• Trusted adviser to CEO and executive leadership, shaping workforce strategy, organisational design, labour risk management and leadership capability to support large-scale EPC projects and regional growth.
• Embedded OPITO-aligned competency and capability frameworks covering all technical, engineering and project roles, supporting performance management, succession planning and capability assurance.
• Strengthened HR governance and compliance within the Integrated Management System (IMS), delivering a structured improvement roadmap aligned with ISO and OPITO standards covering 100% of technical and project roles.
• Led HR digitalisation initiatives, delivering a bespoke group timesheet and payroll solution that improved workforce data accuracy by 30%, strengthened payroll integrity, and enhanced project cost control.
• Led cultural integration and change initiatives, enhancing engagement, accountability and retention across engineering and project delivery functions.
• Championed workforce wellbeing and early-talent initiatives, embedding safety, resilience and sustainable capability pipelines through strategic academic partnerships engaging 100+ students annually aligned with engineering and project capability needs.

Deliver lectures and mentor junior HR professionals and graduates, sharing practical insights on workforce strategy, HR governance, employment law, and people management to develop the next generation of HR talent.

Reporting to Group CFO | Azerbaijan, Russia, Middle East, Türkiye | 500+ employees
Group-Level HR leader, partnering with the Executive Leadership Team to drive people strategy across multiple countries. Accountable for regional HR functions, leading local teams and acting as a strategic partner to Finance, Legal, and Compliance. Delivered HR transformation, workforce alignment, and cross-border management, building capability and strengthening organisational culture in the telecommunications sector.
Strategic Impact & Key Achievements:
• HR Transformation & Integration - Azerbaijan: Led post-acquisition HR integration following the TYCO acquisition, novating 500+ employment and service contracts and establishing foundational HR infrastructure, policies, and governance frameworks.
• Project HR Leadership: Provided HR support for strategic projects including Dragon Oil (Middle East), Shah Deniz 2 (Azerbaijan), and the BTC pipeline (Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan), ensuring workforce capability, compliance, and operational continuity.
• Market Entry - Türkiye: Managed HR for the establishment of the Ankara office in 2017, delivering end-to-end recruitment, HR policies, and compliant local practices aligned with group strategy.
• Market Exit: Led the structured and legally compliant closure of operations in Russia and Azerbaijan, managing redundancies for 100+ employees and mitigating labour-related and reputational risk.

HR Business Partner responsible for HR compliance, operational readiness, and workforce
management during a critical pre-acquisition period, supporting due diligence and organisational
restructuring ahead of the sale to Optilan UK.

Reporting to President | Azerbaijan | 700+ employees
• Led HR operations for multinational mining consortium start-up.
• Ensured compliance with international standards and local labour law.
• Aligned HR policies with strategic business objectives.

• Managed teams and performance in a high-volume service environment.
• Delivered staff development and process improvements to enhance service quality.