Ramil Maharramov is head of the strategic management department at the Central Bank of Azerbaijan. He dedicated most of his professional career to economic development, development financing and international development issues, including by lending his expertise for comprehensive reform process of the Islamic Development Bank, aimed at transformation to a result oriented knowledge bank capable of leveraging resources and partnerships for higher impact; managing preparation and implementation of country strategies and operations plans, country projects portfolios of the Bank, strategic communication with the concerned government agencies in Azerbaijan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan; and managing preparation of the Central Asia and Caucasus Regional Program for Cooperation and Development including the concept paper.