Firuza Nahmadova is a MSc graduate of King’s College London and a BBA graduate of ESSEC Business School. She has been working in both private and public sectors as a data analyst, engineer, and researcher. Her data skills have been applied through finance and international development industries: collecting and integrating multiple data sources into one, transforming it into standardized and valuable data, analyzing it for insights, enabling better decision-making. Her experience at Baku Research Institute as political researcher has made her an expert in the Post-Soviet region policy issues.