After graduating from the Department of Finance at the Azerbaijan State University of Economics, Kanan Mirzayev earned a master's degree in the Department of Management of Industrial Enterprises at Aston University in the UK. Continuing his education in the UK, Mirzayev received a Senior Management Diploma in Business Administration at the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and studied the Leadership Development program at Harvard Business School between 2019 -2020.

Mirzayev, engaged in several international projects and served in the companies of SOCAR from 2004 till 2011, assumed various positions in the fields such as Business Administration, Occupational Health, and Safety and Quality. Since 2011, he has taken the roles of Occupational Health, Safety and Environment Manager at Baku Wind Energy Project, Business Analyst at Investment Department of SOCAR, Senior Business Analyst and Deputy CEO at SOCAR Energy Greece, Deputy General Manager of Strategy and Business Development at Petkim, Deputy Head of Business Excellence at Refinery and Petrochemistry Business Unit, Chief Strategy Officer at SOCAR Türkiye respectively.

Mirzayev has served as Acting Head of Refinery and Petrochemicals Business Unit at SOCAR Türkiye and Petkim General Manager (Acting) since September 2023.