Section 3

Career Timeline

Most recent position first. Dates are taken from the client's employment records and the U.S. Embassy employment confirmation (Section 6.6).

20 Oct 2025 to Present

Physical Education Teacher

Kaspi Cambridge School, Baku

Deliver 2 to 5 hours of daily physical education to students in grades 0 to 5 within a Cambridge international curriculum.
Coach 6 grade levels, from grade 0 to grade 5, in fitness, coordination and teamwork through structured sports lessons.
Maintain a safe, supervised sports environment for young children, drawing on safety awareness built over 20+ years in security.
Mentor students through sport, using the discipline of a 1st Dan Karate black belt with 3 Republic of Azerbaijan championship titles.

25 May 2024 to 1 Oct 2025

European Azerbaijan School, Baku

Taught physical education to IB MYP and IB PYP students for 16 months within an international school curriculum.
Completed 7 professional development certificates between November 2024 and February 2025, covering IB teaching strategies and international teaching standards.
Applied inquiry based IB approaches across MYP and PYP and organised sports activities and extracurricular programmes that promoted fitness, discipline, leadership and inclusion.

1 Jul 2023 to 2 Oct 2023

Carlsberg Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan

Monitored CCTV systems and access control activity across corporate facilities for 3 months to protect personnel and company assets.
Implemented corporate security procedures and asset protection controls during a 3 month assignment in line with compliance and confidentiality standards.
Documented security incidents and escalated concerns promptly, bringing 20 years of security experience to a corporate environment.
Coordinated with on-site response teams to support incident prevention and rapid escalation.

10 Mar 2020 to 1 Jun 2023

Hyatt Regency Baku, Baku

Managed security operations for the five star Hyatt Regency Baku complex over 3 years, protecting guests, employees, VIP visitors and company assets in line with Hyatt International standards. Complex: two business center buildings, two hotel buildings, eight villas, two apartment buildings and a spa and fitness building.
Led, trained and mentored 45 security personnel (40 outsourced security staff and 5 Security Team Leaders) across hotel, apartment, villa and VIP protection operations.
Served as Lost & Found and Loss Prevention specialist, supporting guest property control and prevention of losses across the complex.
Strengthened emergency preparedness and VIP protection over 3 years through risk assessments, SOP development and emergency response plans.
Earned selection from 25 applicants, passed 35+ Hyatt training programmes and became a Service Coach, featured in the "Women at Hyatt" publication.

27 Jul 2014 to 10 Jan 2020

U.S. Embassy in Azerbaijan, Baku

Provided armed close protection and armoured transportation for 3 U.S. Ambassadors, the Deputy Chief of Mission and senior diplomats over 5 years.
Protected 3 U.S. Ambassadors and their families at official events and trips outside the city, in line with U.S. Diplomatic Security standards.
Operated armoured vehicles and prepared 2 routes, primary and alternate, for motorcade movements in coordination with the Regional Security Office.
Completed firearms qualification every two months in Baku, in 4 hour sessions of training and varied shooting exercises.
Won the Bodyguard Team Safe Driving Award in 2016, attended OT-801 Bodyguard Protective Security Operations in Washington in 2017 and obtained 3 written recommendation letters from senior U.S. diplomatic officials.

4 May 2003 to 27 Jul 2014

U.S. Embassy in Azerbaijan, Baku

Secured the U.S. Embassy compound for 11 years through access control, perimeter security, mobile patrol, video surveillance and patrolling, and emergency response in a high responsibility international environment.
Mobile patrol, video surveillance and patrolling around the Embassy and its surroundings.
Verified the residences and vehicles of American Embassy employees.
Protected and secured the area around the Embassy and the diplomatic consulate.
Screened vehicles and visitors for explosive devices.
Prevented surveillance, photography and video recording in the vicinity of the Embassy.
Selected at age 19, straight after graduating in 2003, on the strength of a national karate and taekwondo competition record; graduated from the Pre-Service Training Program in December 2003 with a programme award.
Trained in explosive vehicle detection (4 days, January 2006) and emergency medical trauma care (2010).

Bachelor's Degree, Physical Education and Sport, 2003

Azerbaijan State Academy of Physical Education and Sport. Martial Arts (Karate): Teacher and Coach.