Narmin Jarchalova, the head of Heydar Aliyev Foundation's projects on environmental protection and climate action, has been appointed the chairman of the Board of Directors of the COP29 Azerbaijan Operating Company, Report informs.

Jarchalova obtained Bachelor's Degree at the Azerbaijan University of Languages and in 2013 graduated from the ADA University's master's program in diplomacy and international relations.

Later, she completed the Public Leadership Credential at the Harvard Kennedy School, and in 2021-2022, the Master's program in Public Administration at University College London (UCL), one of the world's most prestigious universities, with a dissertation on "Factors causing deforestation in the example of support to agriculture."

Since 2013, she has worked at the international relations department of the Heydar Aliyev Center, headed projects on environmental protection and climate change at the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, and held various positions at the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Azerbaijan. In 2023, she was the project manager of the Azerbaijan pavilion at COP28 held in the United Arab Emirates.