Leyla Seyidzade

Leyla Seyidzade is a one of the leaders of the UNDP Accelerator Lab in Azerbaijan. Accelerator Lab is the fastest and biggest learning network across the globe. Leyla together with her colleagues championed 12 project in social innovation in past 12 months.

Leyla has 14+ years of business background in Azerbaijan, Turkey, and New Zealand. Her areas of expertise include Communications, Corporate Social Responsibility, Government Relations, Social Entrepreneurship, Tech for Good. She worked for such companies as Procter & Gamble, Carlsberg, Anadolu Medical Center, and more. Leyla has founded 2 social enterprises: Educational program for kids and parents and social network volunteering platform based on blockchain technology. She is also an alumna of the US State Department’s International Visitor Leadership Program “Women in STEAM”, is fellow of Edmund Hillary Fellowship (community of global changemakers in New Zealand) and alumna of Creative Industries Mentorship program by the Embassy of Finland.