| Kairat Aytekenov |
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Managing director-Member of the Management Board of “Samruk-Kazyna” National Wealth Fund
Kairat Aytekenov graduated from the Almaty Institute of Economics and the National School of Public Administration.
From 1993 to 1996 he held a number of executive-level positions in the municipal administration of the Kostanay region. From 1997 to 2002 – worked in the Strategic Planning Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, and served as a head of the Committee on Environmental Protection.
From 2003 to 2006 – Vice-Minister of Economy and Budget Planning. From 2006 to 2007 – Vice-Minister of Tourism and Sports. Starting from 2007 – Deputy Chairman on co-operation with state bodies and operating activities of “Kazyna” Sustainable Development Fund. To the date – Managing Director-Member of the Management Board of “Samruk-Kazyna” National Wealth Fund.
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| Gali Iskaliev |
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Chairman of the Management Board of the Development Bank of Kazakhstan JSC.
Gali Iskaliev is a graduate of the Economic Department at the Western-Kazakhstan Agricultural Institute and the International Academy of Business with a major in Management.
He was the Chairman of the Board of Directors in the Gradient Regional Investment Centre, the Director of the Business Support Department of the Akimat (regional administration) of the Western-Kazakhstan region, the Director of a branch of the Temirbank and the Head of the Credit Division of the TuranAlem Bank in Uralsk. He has been working in the Bank since 2006 at the positions of a Vice-president and a managing director. Since June, 2009 – Chairman of the Management Board of the Development Bank of Kazakhstan.
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| Aydan Karibzhanov |
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Managing Director of the “Samruk-Kazyna” National Wealth
Aydan Karibzhanov graduated from the Moscow State University for International Relations with a major in International Economic Relations. He worked as a consultant at the State Property Committee of the Russian Federation, consultant of the Credit Commercial De France Bank in Kazakhstan, Deputy Chairman of Global Kazkommertz Investment Bank, General Director if Kazkommetz Securities, Managing Director of the National Company KazMunayGaz. In 2005-2007 – President of VISOR Investment Solutions. Starting from December 2008 – Managing Director of the “Samruk-Kazyna” National Wealth Fund.
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| Ulf Wokurka |
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Managing Director at Metzler Asset Management GmbH, independent director
Ulf Wokurka studied at the Martin Luther University in Halle (Germany). In 1989 he graduated from the Faculty of International Relations at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations. In 1990 he joined Deutsche Bank AG in Frankfurt am Main, where starting from 1992 he worked as a manager for servicing of German corporate clients.
In 1993-1994 he was the head of the Representative Offices of Deutsche Bank AG and Morgan Grenfell & Co. Limited in Kazakhstan. From 1996 he worked in London as the manager of the group on mineral resources sector financing at Deutsche Bank.
In 1998 he was appointed a Deputy Director of the Project and Export Financing Department in New York, and later in Frankfurt am Main. In 1999 he became the director of the Frankfurt Structured Trade and Export Financing Division of Deutsche Bank. In 2006-2008 – Deputy Chairman - member of the Management Board of the Kazakhstan Holding for Management of State Assets “Samruk”. To the date – Managing Director at Metzler Asset Management GmbH based in Frankfurt am Main.
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| Jacek Brzezinski |
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Consultant for corporate clients, independent director
Jacek Brzezinski graduated graduated from the Poznan School of Economics in 1979 with a master’s degree in economics. In 1989 he got the title of Doctor of Economics. He also holds a diploma of the Diplomatic Academy in Vienna, including 2-year training in International Business and Finance at ENA (Ecole Nationale d'Administration) in Paris and Escuela Diplomatica, Madrid.
He started his professional career as the Department for Securities and Investment Banking in Central and Eastern Europe at Creditanstalt-Bankverein, Vienna. In 1994-1997 – Head of Representation of the EBRD in the Republic of Kazakhstan. In 1997-1999 – Director of the Department for Securities and Investment Banking in Central and Eastern Europe at GiroCredit Ban, Vienna, the Director of Board in Bank Austria Creditanstalt Futures AG, Vienna and London. In 2000-2006 – General Director at B.P. Invest Consult GmbH (BPIC), Vienna. As of today he works as a Consultant for corporate clients.
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