Rauf Mammadov 

SENIOR ADVISOR

Rauf Mammadov is resident scholar on energy policy at the Middle East Institute (MEI). He focuses on issues of energy security, global energy industry trends, as well as energy relations between the Middle East, Central Asia, and South Caucasus. Mammadov has a particular emphasis on the post-Soviet countries of Eurasia. Prior to joining MEI, he held top administrative positions for the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) from 2006 and 2016. In 2012, he founded and managed the United States Representative Office of SOCAR in Washington, DC. Mammadov received his Master of International Public Policy from SAIS Johns Hopkins and his MBA from Azerbaijan State University of Economics.