Andrei Lazeyev has been appointed to replace Khasan Tatriyev as CEO of Bashneft. Lazeyev has 28 years of experience in the industry, the last nine of which he worked at Rosneft, where served as vice president and chief geologist from 2013 to 2019 and from 2016 to 2019 concurrently as vice president for geology and development at Bashneft. Lazeyev was appointed head of Taas-Yuryakh Neftegazdobycha in 2020 and joined Rosneft's management board in February 2022.

Tatriyev also serves on the management board of Rosneft, which controls Bashneft.