Elkhan Hidayat oglu Bashirov (, legally Elkhan Bashirov; born May 28, 1968, Lerik) is an Azerbaijani entrepreneur, the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Matanat A Company, a Member of the Council of Entrepreneurs under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan (2003-2016), a Member of the Public Council under the Small and Medium Business Development Agency (SMBDA) (2018-2022), the Chairman of the Azerbaijan Building Materials Manufacturers Association (ABMMA), and the Founder of the Academy of Research and Application of Inventions (ARAI). Education & Life Elkhan Bashirov Hidayat was born on May 28, 1968 in Lerik Region of the Republic of Azerbaijan. In 1985-1992, he studied at Azerbaijan State Polytechnic Institute, majoring in Machine-Building Technology. Elkhan Bashirov is married, with four children. Business Activity Early Activity Starting his business activity as the Founder and Director of “Samira” Textile Cooperative in 1988, Elkhan Bashirov turned his enterprise into a large factory by increasing the number of his employees to 350 people within one year. In 1992, he founded Small Enterprise EFTB and served as its director. By applying certain technologies, he succeeded to manufacture cement-based tile adhesives and intermediate fillers for the first time in Azerbaijan, and founded Matanat A company on January 10, 2000. Elkhan Bashirov is still working as the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the company he founded. Head of “Matanat A” Company In the 2000s, Matanat A cement-based dry construction mixes plant was established and started to operate for the first time in the Caucasus, in order to meet the demand in the construction sector in the Republic of Azerbaijan. Now, the company operates in 3 systems and 24 product groups, and has more than 200 trademarks and more than 1500 product ranges. “Matanat A” Company has also made innovations in the field of gypsum-based products and founded Aghdag Plant, the first modern-type gypsum plant in the Caucasus in 2002. The Plant is based on the advanced Grenzebach technology of Germany, the production process is controlled automatically by digital technology, and total quality control is done. In 2016, the opening of Yeni Aghdag Gypsum Plant of “Matanat A” Company was held. In 2020, with the participation of President Ilham Aliyev, a new more factory has started to operate with the opening of “Azerlime” Lime Plant in Gazakh Region based on the technology of the Swiss Maerz Company. “Matanat A” Company targets to build a new plant