Experience

Kazakhstan Stock Exchange

• Kazakhstan
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Advisor to the Chairman of the Board

  • Mar 2023 - Present



EPR Operatop, LLP (Extended Producers Responsibility Control)

• Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan

• Senior Finance Manager

  • Sep 2019 - May 2022

  - Worked cross-functionally with other departments (Accounting, Finance and Procurement) to ensure organisational and strategic objectives are met. - Developed the annual investment policy, annual budget and provided monthly statements and reports to the Shareholders and BoD. - Managed free cash residual and was in charge of accounting incoming recycle fees, controlling expenses and budget fulfillment. - Introduced annual audit of financial statements. - Achieved 19% cost savings after the implementation of electronic procurement mechanism and transparent decision-making process. - Negotiated higher interest rates on deposits (from 6% p.a. to 9.5% p.a.) that resulted in a 67% increase of net profit. Show less



Sovereign Wealth Fund Samruk-Kazyna

• Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan

• Business Development and Privatisation Manager

  • Apr 2014 - Mar 2019

  - Negotiated deal structures with leading international investment banks including interaction with additional legal firms, auditors and external consulting companies. - Worked closely with the Board of Directors to provide opinions/recommendations on privatisation targets (sold/divested 145 legal entities out of 200 allotted for privatization). - Governed the Project Management Office on Privatisation, including the development of policies, procedures, and privatisation rules. - Managed key stakeholders and potential deal structure of IPO/SPO and M&A projects on behalf of the Sovereign Wealth Fund, including the search for international and domestic investors/buyers. - In November 2018 conducted the IPO of KazAtomProm (KZAP) at LSE and AIX with 15% of common shares sold for $451M (the total proceeds from privatisation exceeded $900M across role duration). Show less



Kazkom Securities, JSC (Investment Bank)

• Almaty, Kazakhstan

• Senior Associate

  • Feb 2010 - Feb 2014

  - Responsible for building strong partnerships and strategic relationships with key players of the market (foreign investment banks, consulting firms, auditors, legal advisers) in order to set up temporary alliances for IPO/SPO/bonds issue and M&A projects. - Collaborated with State Regulator on the enhancement of domestic capital market legislation/regulation. - Increased the share of the investment banking department from 2% to 15% of total annual revenue. - Conducted a “People’s IPO” at KASE in December 2012 with 10% of common shares sold for $185.9M. - Developed internal regulatory documents, aligned the corporate governance system with the requirements of the Regulator and the Shareholder. - Prepared annual budget and controlled performance of the budget. - Managed the project consulting team on a domestic IPO of KazTransOil. Show less



QAZKOM (Kazkommertsbank JSC)

• Kazakhstan
• Banking
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Head of Innovative Technologies

  • Mar 2007 - Feb 2010

  - Implemented an e-queuing system, managed the integration of e-queueing into the Bank’s IT infrastructure. - Supervised the search, selection, and further deployment of the most promising projects for the Bank’s needs. - Developed budget for the Department. - Analyzed and optimized the Bank’s procurement business process, elaborated accompanying document flow, integrated the business process with e-procurement portal MP.KZ. - Updated the Bank’s procurement business process from paper format to an electronic one using the Oracle® E-Business Suite tools package. Show less



QAZKOM (Kazkommertsbank JSC)

• Kazakhstan
• Banking
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Project Manager (Innovative Technologies)

  • Jun 2003 - Sep 2005

  - Managed the implementation of a corporate e-procurement portal (www.mp.kz). - Coordinated the implementation of an internal distance e-learning system. - Launched corporate e-procurement portal MP.KZ. - Implemented corporate e-learning system Prometheus. - Managed the implementation of a corporate e-procurement portal (www.mp.kz). - Coordinated the implementation of an internal distance e-learning system. - Launched corporate e-procurement portal MP.KZ. - Implemented corporate e-learning system Prometheus.



B.I.P.S., LLC (Hardware and Software Reseller)

• Almaty, Kazakhstan

• Specialist, Sales Dept.

  • Apr 2001 - Mar 2003

  - Sold Sun Microsystems® servers and technical support and maintenance services. - Sold ERP software licenses (SAP® R/3, Navision®/Axapta®, Oracle® Database). - Participated in the implementation of the quality management system (ISO 9001:2000). - Signed a $0.54M contract to deliver SunFire® V100 servers to a financial institution in Kazakhstan. - Sold Sun Microsystems® servers and technical support and maintenance services. - Sold ERP software licenses (SAP® R/3, Navision®/Axapta®, Oracle® Database). - Participated in the implementation of the quality management system (ISO 9001:2000). - Signed a $0.54M contract to deliver SunFire® V100 servers to a financial institution in Kazakhstan.



Actis Systems Asia, LLP (Internet Applications Development)

• Almaty, Kazakhstan

• Manager, Sales Dept.

  • Jul 1998 - Apr 2001

  - Sold websites design and development services and elaborated technical orders. - Participated in exhibitions and held marketing events. - Realized 100% delivery of the annual sales plans ($30K per annum minimum). - Sold websites design and development services and elaborated technical orders. - Participated in exhibitions and held marketing events. - Realized 100% delivery of the annual sales plans ($30K per annum minimum).