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Fakhri currently leads PR and GR department at the Sterling Group LLC, Baku, Azerbaijan. Previously Mr. Abbasov served as the first Marketing and Communications Director of the Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy (ADA University). Prior to ADA University, he he headed public and media affairs for Azercell, Azerbaijan's leading telecom operator. Prior to that, he spent nearly seven years at the U.S. Embassy in Azerbaijan, beginning as Protocol Assistant, rising to the posts of Political and Economic Specialist and finally Media Specialist. In these roles, he had built a broad network of contacts and developed into one of the major specialists on Azeri media and government affairs. Fakhri also has experience as a manager of education projects at the Open Society Institute. At one point he worked part-time with Swissair in the stressful post of Airport Coordinator. Fakhri obtained both a BA and MA from the Public Administration Academy in Baku, focusing on international relations and world politics. He is now working towards a Ph.D. in political science. He is a big fan of gadgets, and of playing volleyball.
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