BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 28. The establishment
of the IE Leadership and Innovation Center in Baku has profound
significance for PASHA Holding, Jalal Gasimov, CEO of PASHA
Holding, said at the signing ceremony of the Memorandum of
Understanding with the Spanish IE University on the establishment
of the IE Leadership and Innovation Center in Baku, Trend reports.


"The establishment of the IE Center for Leadership and
Innovation, together with SOCAR, IE University, and with the
generous support of the Ministry of Science and Education and the
Ministry of Economy, is a moment I am genuinely proud of. Not
because of what it represents on paper, but because of what it can
mean in practice — for the people who will walk through its doors,
and for the region they will go on to shape," he emphasized.


According to him, for PASHA Holding, this initiative is deeply
personal on three levels.







"It is an expression of our purpose — to strengthen human
capital in Azerbaijan and across the Caucasus and Central Asia.
This is a region of nearly 100 million people at a pivotal moment
in its story, and we feel a real responsibility to contribute to
that future, not just observe it. It reflects our belief in
leadership — not as a title, but as a practice. Over the past year,
we have been embedding our Leadership DNA across the Group: a
framework built around how our leaders think, act, and show up for
the people around them. This Center is a living extension of that
commitment.


And it speaks to who we are — a company that is deeply
international in its partnerships and deeply Azerbaijani in its
roots. From correspondent account partnership with BNY and
Raiffeisen to affiliation with WEF to hotel managemet partnerships
with Four Seasons, Marriott Group and One&Only and equity
partnership with Kerzner Group and NRI for real estate development
in NY state, we have always believed that global connection and
local commitment are not in tension. They strengthen each other.
Our partnership with IE University is exactly that. I want to
express my sincere gratitude to our partners at SOCAR and IE
University — and to the government institutions whose support made
this possible. It takes real trust to build something together, and
I do not take that lightly. I believe what we are creating here
will matter. Not in an abstract way — but in the careers shaped,
the decisions made better, the leaders developed who will in turn
develop others," Gasimov concluded.