We are a boutique firm. We are small, but reliable, focused and committed with a ‘never-give-up’
attitude. We do care for quality rather than quantity. We are attentive to details as we believe they do
make difference. Our values and principles are not just slogans: we mean them, we live them.
Confidentiality is a nature of our profession. Towards both candidates and clients.
We work hard to obtain the best possible solution for each search mandate. Though our daily scope of
research work and communication traffic, analytics and creativity in searching for a right talent remain
often unseen behind the curtains, we love what we do as we bring positive change in others’ lives and
career.
Research Team Leader
zahra.askari@tniconsultancy.com
Zahra Asgarbayli is a Research Team Leader at T&I Consultancy. She lived and worked abroad for several
years. Previously, Zahra worked as a Business Migration Advisor in Dubai for the largest multinational
immigration company in the Middle East. Earlier, Zahra also worked at several travel and research
agencies in administrative and managerial positions in Azerbaijan. Her credentials include a Bachelor’s
degree in Economics and a Master's degree in Executive MBA in Strategic Management. Also, she
attended in multiple EU Business Camps; Sales & Marketing, Communication, Research and other
courses.
Zahra is interested in ancient Greek philosophy and Persian poems. She loves gardening: on weekends
she enjoys taking care of her small garden near the Caspian Sea. On week days, after working hours, she
usually gives free English and math classes to low-income families’ children; she finds it rewarding and
blessing to be useful and contribute to the society. She likes to travel and discover new places and
cultures.
In addition to her native Azerbaijani, she speaks fluent English, Persian and Turkish, and is intermediate
in Arabic and Russian.
Research Associate
turkan.guliyeva@tniconsultancy.com
Turkan Guliyeva a Research Associate at T&I Consultancy. She is a graduate of International and Public
Relations school from ADA University. Currently, she is doing her dual Master degree in Business
Administration with Maastricht School of Management and ADA University. Her master thesis covered
the topic of "Impact of Work-Life Conflict on Organizational Citizenship Behavior". Her interest in
community development has led her to a number of volunteer opportunities and roles in organizations like AIESEC Azerbaijan, ADA Charity Club and other youth organizations. Earlier, she worked in
computing and information technologies industry.
She spends her free times learning about human psychology, and relationships alongside with oil
painting.
In addition to her native Azerbaijani, Turkan speaks fluent English and Turkish, intermediate Russian and
German.
Research Associate
liliya.zakareyshvili@tniconsultancy.com
Liliya Zakareyshvili is a Research Associate at T&I Consultancy. She is Azerbaijani of Georgian origin. She
graduated from Azerbaijan State University of Languages with Bachelor degree in English, and has
completed her Master degree in Business Administration in Azerbaijan State University of Economics.
She has experience in Event Management, Project Management Coordination, and Retail Marketing. She
is keen to study more Digital Marketing.
Liliya loves art and photography. She is passionate about dancing, and used to be a member of a local
dancing ensemble. History of art is one of her favorite subjects she is genuinely interested to learn
more. In her free time, she enjoys camping and hiking.
In addition to her native Russian, Liliya speaks fluent English, intermediate Georgian and Azerbaijani, and
is currently studying Spanish.
Founder & Managing Director
ilham.hajiyev@tniconsultancy.com
Born and raised in a multicultural district of Baku, Ilham’s diversified business management experience
expands over twenty-five years. In 1992 Ilham started his professional career as Country Business
Representative for Hallwood Energy, the US private oil company based in Denver, Colorado (then #27 in
the US, and #83 globally). This cooperation eventually resulted in the signing of a joint venture
agreement with SOCAR in April 1994 for the development of an off-shore field (the first one in the
history of the post-Soviet Azerbaijan). Unfortunately, in September, the Board of Directors decided to
pull out Azerbaijan and the project, due to their poor assessment of regional perspectives and stability
which eventually led to a significant opportunity loss.
In 1995 - 2007, Ilham founded and ran Robero Ltd., a construction & real estate company that provided
various property management solutions (construction & renovation, project management, maintenance,
leasing, market research, evaluation services) to international business and diplomatic communities in
Baku (BP, AIOC, CIPCO, Amoco, Pennzoil, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Mitsubishi, the embassies of France
and Germany (Kapel House), World Bank (Shaki Khan Sarayi/Royal Palace), and private international and local clients). Over 130 construction and renovation projects were completed within first five years
before his grand voyage decision to leave for Europe for several years to discover the world.
As a result, Ilham lived in Italy and France for four years (2000-2004), during which he learned the
languages, dived into studies of his favorite subjects in art, culture and literature, completed his MBA in
Paris and traveled extensively (400+ places). Inspired by this experience, in 2007 he authored a novel
«Капля дождя, застывшая между небом и землей...» under his pen name Keym Son. In 2010 the book
won a literary award of the Moscow municipality Fund named after Yuriy Dolgorukiy which reviewed the
literary works in FSU written in Russian language by a non-Russian.
In his free time, Ilham is an avid reader interested in various subjects (Big History, evolution of life on
Earth, anthropology, primatology, DNA genealogy, human energy optimization, the healing power of
food, biohacking, yoga and meditation, brain power, personal transformation & self-development, life
coaching, and many others). He is passionate about art, history and traveling (600+ places in about 80
countries), and enjoys practicing yoga, and participating in yoga retreats.
Ilham completed MBA in Finance from Ecole Supérieure de Gestion in Paris (2002-2003), and MBA, Legal
Regulation of Economics, from Western University in Baku (1998-2000). In addition, he received Diploma
cum Laude in Italian Language & Culture from Università per Stranieri di Siena, Italy (2000-2001) and
Diploma in French Literature from Sorbonne University in Paris (2003-2004).
In 2016, Ilham spent four weeks in Germany as a participant of Manager Training Programme initiated
by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi). The Programme allows
participants to learn more about German companies and how they work. During that trip Ilham visited
more than 20 large world-known German manufacturing companies based in Baden-Württemberg and
Bavaria and operating in various industries to study their best practices, business challenges, marketing
strategies, etc.
Ilham is a native bilingual speaker of Azerbaijani and Russian. He is fluent in English, commands an
advanced level of French and Italian. He masters conversational Turkish and Persian, and has an
intermediate level comprehension of written Spanish, German and Ukrainian.