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IX Almaty
Interbanking Conference
 
  Speakers  

Andrei Illarionov

President
Institute of Economic Analysis, Russia
Dr. Andrei Illarionov is currently the President of the Institute of Economic Analysis, an independent economic think tank in Moscow. Until December of 2005, he was Economic Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation. Dr. Illarionov is widely known in Russia and abroad for his sharp, comprehensive and often unexpected analyses of Russian economic policies and comparative economic development.

Robert Denks

Head of Financial Institutions & Sovereign
Austria
Vice President & Head of Financial Institutions & Sovereigns Department in charge of CEE, CIS, English speaking Africa, Middle-East and Indian Subcontinent. Joined RZB in 1998, prior to that Chief Representative based in Vienna for Sumitomo Bank and its subsidiaries to cover the Austrian and CEE market. Prior to that assignment he held senior positions with a Vienna based asset management company and Creditanstalt Vienna.

Safdar Mandviwala

Director, Asset Finance Advisory Group
HSBC Amanah, Arab Emirates
Safdar heads the Middle East and North Africa origination desk at HSBC Amanah. Prior to joining HSBC Amanah in 2004, Safdar worked for 11 years in conventional project, structured finance and syndications, mainly for Middle Eastern markets. Having worked in London, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Singapore for ABN AMRO Bank, Bank of America, and Banque Saudi Fransi, Safdar has accumulated a wealth of transactional experience, both in origination and execution, conventional and Islamic. Some notable transactions include:
Electricity sector privatization advisory for the Government of Oman;
US$ 510 million Tihama (Saudi Aramco IPPs) project finance debt;
US$ 100 million satellite acquisition finance by ArabSat;
US$ 2.1 billion Islamic debt finance advisory for Etisalat (UAE).
Safdar was a gold-medallist during his MBA (finance) programme at the Institute of Business Administration, University of Karachi and is a Certified Financial Analyst.

Ben Dobson

Director
Deutsche Bank AG, United Kingdom
Ben is a Director in Deutsche Bank's Trade Finance Department. Within the London based team Ben has specific responsibility for originating unsecured syndicated loan transactions for borrowers in CIS & CEE. He joined Deutsche Bank in 2000 and since his first visit to Kazakhstan in January 2001, has successfully closed more than 20 syndicated loans for top tier Kazakh banks. He is a regular traveller to Kazakhstan. Ben has a degree in Russian from Swansea University.

Gary Watmore

Global Head Asset Securitisation, CEEMEA, Asia, Latin America
ABN AMRO Bank, United Kingdom
Gary is Executive Director and Head of CEEMEA Asset Securitisation. He has over 16 years securitisation experience across the United States, Europe and Asia. He joined ABN AMRO in Singapore in 1998 to create the Asian Securitisation practice. Prior to joining ABN AMRO, Gary spent several years with Deutsche Bank and Chase Manhattan. Gary holds a B.Sc in Mathematics from Warwick University, UK, and an M.Sc in Operational Research from Exeter University, UK.

Dan Stadnik

Director, Asset Securitisation Emerging Markets
ABN AMRO Bank N.V., United Kingdom
Dan joined Asset Securitisation team in 2003, as a senior structurer and originator, mainly focusing on transactions funded by ABN AMRO sponsored conduits. Since then, he has successfully originated and executed many transactions in countries of European Union, Brazil, Turkey and Kazakhstan. Dan started his career with ABN AMRO in 1998 and since has held positions in Acquisition Finance, Group Risk Management and Asset Securitisation. Dan holds an MBA from DePaul University, Chicago and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Klaus Distler

Vice President, European Securitised Products CEEMA, Germany and Austria
JPMorgan, United Kingdom
Klaus Distler is Vice President of the European Securitised Products Group at JPMorgan and leads CEEMA and German/Austrian securitisation activities.
His London based team is structuring transactions primarily for financial institution clients in various industry segments with a variety of assets.
Klaus joined JPMorgan in January 2004 from his former employer Bayerische Landesbank, where he headed the securitisation team for key account corporates and financial institutions for several years.

Chris Tuffey

Managing Director, Head of EEMEA Debt Capital Markets and Syndicate
Credit Suisse, United Kingdom
Mr. Tuffey is the head of CS’ CEEMEA Debt Capital Markets group and is also head of Credit Suisse’s London Syndicate Desk responsible for the sales and distribution of all Emerging Market and Corporate issuance from Credit Suisse into Europe. Mr. Tuffey's career spans 20 years within Debt Capital Markets at Credit Suisse and prior to his current role, Mr. Tuffey was Head of Emerging Market Syndicate Desk based in London having returned from Asia where he had been Head of Asian fixed income syndicate for the previous 5

Leslie Mapondera

Vice President, Creadit Research
Credit Suisse, United Kingdom
Leslie Mapondera covers EMEA Financial Institutions issuers within the European Credit Research team.
Prior to joining Credit Suisse in 2001, Leslie worked for the NatWest Group as an analyst in NatWest's internal management consultancy unit, before joining Group Finance and later becoming a strategist and economist at Coutts Group. Leslie is a Rhodes Scholar and holds a BA (Hons) in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) from Oxford University. He also holds an MSn in Economics and Economic History from the London School of Economics, and graduated first in his year with a BSc in Agricultural Economics from the University of Reading.

Paul Lavelle

Senior Portfolio Manager
Fidelity International Ltd (FIL), United Kingdom
From FIL’s London headquarters, Mr. Lavelle the Fidelity Funds Euro Bond, Euro Corporate Bond, US Dollar Bond, Institutional Euro Bond and MoneyBuilder Euro funds.
Prior to becoming a portfolio manager, Mr. Lavelle spent eight years with Fidelity as a municipal bond trader, senior municipal high yield trader, senior corporate trader and head of fixed income trading before becoming a portfolio manager in 2000. He has a total of 18 years investment experience. He also worked as a swaps accountant at JP Morgan between1988 and 1990.
Born in 1963, Mr. Lavelle received an MA and a BSc in Management from Trinity College, Dublin. He became a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accoutants in 1989 and also holds an Investment Management Certificate.

Stefan Weiler

Vice President
JPMorgan, United Kingdom
Mr. Stefan Weiler, Vice President, joined JPMorgan in 1999 after receiving an MBA degree from Thunderbird, The American Graduate School of International Management. Mr. Weiler has covered the EEMEA region from the debt origination side for the past seven years and successfully executed several high profile benchmark bond transactions for numerous sovereigns, corporates, and banks across the region.
Mr Weiler has been the debt capital markets coverage officer of the Central Asian and Caucasus region as well as Turkey for JPMorgan since 2000.
Since then, Mr Weiler successfully executed over 20 international bond transactions in aggregate of close to USD 3 billion for borrowers from Kazakhstan, including seven debut bond offerings. JPMorgan received multiple bond mandates from each of Kazakhstan’s largest four banks, Bank TuranAlem, Kazkommertsbank, Halyk Bank, and Alliance Bank. Recent notable transactions included the CIS’s first Hybrid Tier I bond offering as well as the first AAA-rated future flow securitization.
This year, JPMorgan’s excellence in Central Asia and Kazakhstan was recognized by Euromoney’s Awards for Excellence, where JPMorgan was named the "Best Bond House in Kazakhstan" as well as the "Best Investment Bank for Central Asia".

Charles Griffiths

Head of Origination – Europe
The Bank of the Tokio-Mitsubishi UFJ LTD, United Kingdom
Charles Griffiths is Head of Origination – Europe for BTMU’s Syndication Group in London. Charles has worked for BTMU since 1997 and in the Bank’s Syndicate Group since 2000. Within Russia/CIS and the Central & Eastern Europe markets Charles has overseen the Bank’s development of its syndicate business during the last few years, with responsibility for origination and execution of most of the major syndications closed by BTMU, including corporates, FI’s and project financing. Charles also has responsibility for overseeing BTMU’s syndication origination efforts elsewhere across Western Europe, with direct responsibility for originating and executing mandates throughout Northern Europe.

Aidyn Bikebayev

Managing Partner
Sayat Zholsy & Partners, Law firm, Kazakhstan
"Sayat Zholshy and Partners" started its activity on December 25, 1998 in Almaty. According to rating published in 15th issue, 2005 of "Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa", "Sayat Zholshy and Partners" is considered as one of the largest law firms of Kazakhstan.
Mr. Bekebayev – one of the founders of "Sayat Zholshy and Partners" and has been managing the company from the start. In 2005 Aidyn received the Gratitude Note from the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan for securing justice and legality and the Gratitude Note from the Union of Lawyers of Kazakhstan for contribution into development of advocacy in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Alexander Chernyak

Directory Board
"BTA Ipoteka", Kazakhstan
Alexander Chernyak since October, 2005 is CEO and Directory Board member of "ATTA Ipoteka", one of the refinansing organization in Russia. Alexander Chernyak was a Deputy CEO of the Agency for the Housing Mortgage Lending (AHML) organized by the government of the Russian Federation. He had been working with the company since 2000 for 5 years. Since 1997 Mr. Chernyak has been a member of various expert councils of the State Duma, Council of Federation and the Government of Moscow on the problems of housing and mortgage. Between 1992 and 2000 Mr. Chernyak had occupied various positions in the largest Russian banks. He is one of the founders and a vice president of the International Academy of mortgage and real estate and a member of the International Academy of investments and economics of construction. Mr. Chernyak is a Professor and holds his Doctorate of economic sciences.

Anvar Saidenov

Chairman
National Bank of RK, Kazakhstan
Anvar Saidenov was born in 1960 in Moscow. In 1982 graduated with honors from the Moscow State University named after Lomonosov (MSU) as an economist and a teacher of political economy. 1987 – post-graduate study in MSU, 1994 – London University. Anvar Saidenov is a candidate on economics and Master of finance economy. He worked as a specialist in EBRD in London. From August 1996 through April 1998 Saidenov held the position of Deputy Chairman of the board at National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan (NB RK). In 2000 – 2002 headed the board of directors in JSC "Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan".
In June 2002, the President of RK appointed A. Saidenov a Deputy Chairman of NB RK, later, in January 2004 a Chairman of NB RK.
Speaks English perfectly.

Andre Kuusvek

Director
EBRD, Kazakhstan
Andre Kuusvek started his banking career in Estonia, heading the international departments of Tartu Kommertspank and Tallinna Pank in the early 90’s. He then moved to Germany, working for Schroder Munchmeyer Hengst in Hamburg, and Dresdner Bank in Frankfurt, until joining the EBRD in 1996. During 8 years in London, Andre executed about 70 investments across the CEE and CIS region, and acted as the financial sector co-ordinator for five countries. Since 2004, he has carried the responsibility for EBRD’s $1 billion portfolio in Kazakhstan as a Country Director. Mr. Kuusvek has served in the boards of 25 banks, insurance companies, and equity and pension funds. He speaks five languages.

Arken Arystanov

Chairman of the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Regulation of Almaty Regional Financial Center.
Arken Arystanov is Chairman of the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Regulation of Almaty Regional Financial Center .
He started his career working as a senior specialist in finance and forecasting of trading company "Kazakhstan Commerce". As a banker he was involved in a number of projects, and, amongst others, served as the Vice Director of the Currency Regulations Department and Director of the International Relations Department of National Bank of Kazakhstan. From 1998 to 2000, he held a number of posts including Vice-Chairman of Almaty Merchant Bank, Director of Regional Subsidiary, Director of the Loan Risk Department, Managing Director of Halyk Bank Kazakhstan. From 2000 to 2006, prior to his current post, he was Chief Executive of JSC "Kazpost".
Mr. Arystanov was born in 1966. He graduated from the Moscow State University. Academic status: Doctor of sciences in Economics.

Arman Dunayev

Chairman
FMSA, Kazakhstan
Arman Dunayev was born in 1966. Graduated from the Kazakh State University. He is a candidate of economic science.
After university graduation and post-graduate study, Arman Dunayev worked as a consultant at NTO "Service-center", then as a Senior Specialist and Head of the Department at mayor’s office of South Kazakhstan region, held senior positions in KHK "Astana-Holding" and OJSC "Bank TuranAlem".
He was appointed Head of the Department, Vice-minister of Finance, Vice-minister of Economy and Budget Planning. Arman Dunayev acted as a Chairman of JSC "National Innovation Fund" and First Vice-minister of Finance of Kazakhstan. From April 2004 till January 2006 headed the Ministry of Finance.
On 19 January 2006, was appointed Chairman of Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Regulation and Supervision of Financial Market and Financial Organizations (FMSA).

Arnur Nurkatov

Senior Treasurer, Director of Financial Department
JSC "Kazakhtelecom", Kazakhstan
He graduated from Almaty Institute of National Economy in 1990. He joined Kazakhtelecom JSC in 2000 as a Senior Treasurer – Director of Financial Department.

Assel Yergaziyeva

Financial Markets, Head of Traded Markets
JSC "SISB" ABN AMRO Bank, Kazakhstan
Assel is Head of Traded Markets, ABN AMRO Bank Kazakhstan, derivatives and creation of structured products on local markets is among her main responsibilities.
From 1997 to 2001 during her work in the National Bank of RK, Assel has gained experience in different segments of local financial market. From 2001 till 2004 she worked as Treasurer of Kazakhstan Development Bank.
Assel graduated from Kazakh State Academy of Management, she holds Master of Public Policy, GRIPS University, Tokyo, Japan.

Askar Yelemesov

Vice Minister of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Born on 17 October 1968 in Moscow.
Graduated in 1990 from Moscow State University named after Lomonosov. In 1994, received MBA degree from Washington University.
After graduation from the university in the USA, since September 1994 till 1998 held senior positions in banking sector: Join-Stock Bank "Kazkommertsbank"; CJSC "Bank Caspian"; "Bank TuranAlem"; JSC "Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan".
August 1998 – Vice President and Head of Brokerage of OJSC "DB Securities Kazakhstan", since December 1999 became a President of OJSC "DB Securities Kazakhstan", subsidiary of Deutsche Bank.
From February 2004 till February 2006 held the position of Deputy Chairman of the "National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan". In February 2006 was assigned as a Vice Minister of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Bakhitzhan Sarkeev

Vice Chairman of the Board
Center for Marketing and Analytical Research (CMAR), Kazakhstan
Bakhitzhan is Vice Chairman of the Board, Center for Marketing and Analytical Research (CMAR). During 2002-2003 he held position of Project Manager, Center for Public Problems Analysis, Almaty.
From 2003 till now has been working in the Center for Marketing and Analytical Research (CMAR) under the "Kazyna" Fund of Sustainable Development (until March 2006 the Center was under the Ministry of Economy and Budget Planning of the Republic of Kazakhstan). Started his activity in CMAR as Consultant.

Vladimir P. Furman

Partner
McGuireWoods Kazakhstan LLP, Kazakhstan
Mr.Furman has a wide experience in managing and coordinating of permanent and temporary teams of lawyers, for solution of complicated questions, including matters of corporate governance. He worked as a Senior Lawyer in one of the largest law companies in Central Asia and carried out legal support of several large-scale projects in various fields, including privatization, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, coercive and voluntary liquidation of companies, as well as strategy development and direct participation in pre-trial regulation of complicated disputes and acting for various instances in courts.
At present Mr. Furman is a partner of "McGuyerWoods Kazakhstan" LLP and an independent director of an oil production company.

Gregory Vojack

Managing Partner
Bracewell & Giuliani, Kazakhstan
Mr. Vojack is a Managing Partner of Bracewell & Giuliani LLP's Central Asian practice. Mr. Vojack has been in residence in Kazakhstan since July 1994.
Mr. Vojack's practice with Bracewell & Giuliani encompasses international securities transactions, joint ventures, oil and gas, and general corporate law.
Mr. Vojack has structured a number of asset backed financings for several international banks and investment banks.
His team of securities attorneys has become Kazakhstan leading issuer's counsel for most of the Eurobonds issued by Kazakhstan banks and firms.
During his residence in the Republic of Kazakhstan before he joined Bracewell & Giuliani he had been the Project Director of the USAID Securities Market Development Project and Outside Legal Counsel to the World Bank, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.

Gulnara Galyamova

Deputy Head of Loan Origination and Placement
JSC "Bank TuranAlem", Kazakhstan
In 2000 graduated from the Kazakh State National University named after Al-Farabi, faculty – International Economic Relations, and started her career in banking sphere. In 2001-2004 worked in International Division of Bank CenterCredit. In October 2004 moved to Syndicated Loans Desk of International Division of Bank TuranAlem. At present Gulnara is heading the Loan Origination and Placement division.

Denis Fedosenko

Managing Director
JSC Kazkommertsbank, Kazakhstan
1993-1997 Kazakh State Academy of Management
International economic relations
International currency and financial relations
1999 Twinning program – CCF Bank, Paris
2000 Derivative course – EBRD, Austria
2002 Cash management course – JP Morgan, NY
Experience:
07.11.1996 - 31.05.1998 Dealer, JSC "Kazkommertsbank"
01.06.1998 – 05.11.2000 Senior dealer, JSC "Kazkommertsbank"
06.11.2000 - 31.05.2003 Director of Treasury Department, JSC "Kazkommertsbank"
01.06.2003 – present Managing Director, JSC "Kazkommertsbank"

Eldar Abdrazakov

Chief Executive Officer
"Centras Securities" JSC, Kazakhstan
Eldar is Chief Executive Officer of "Centras Securities", JSC since its establishment. Eldar conducts the overall management of the Company, determines its strategic direction and development, oversees the work of Managing Directors and cooperates with the key clients.
Before establishment of "Centras Securities", JSC, from 2002 to 2004, Eldar was the Head of the one of the first securities firm on the local market "Kazkommerts Securities", JSC.
From 1995 to 2002 Eldar worked in "Kazkommertsbank", JSC, where over course of his employment was promoted to Managing Director in charge of investment banking, project finance, subsidiaries, financial institutions and treasury.
Eldar has an extensive experience and knowledge in all sectors of the financial market, including investment and commercial banking, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions.
Eldar is elected Vice-Chairman of the Board of "Kazakhstan Stock Exchange", JSC and holds qualification certificates for brokerage and assets management from the Kazakhstan Financial Supervision Authority. Eldar holds Bachelor and Master degrees in international economic relations from the Turkestan University.

Zhanar Aitkhozhina

Partner
Tax & Legal, Kazakhstan
Zhanar Aitkhozhina is a Tax Partner at Deloitte & Touche, Kazakhstan. She has over 10-years professional experience with Big 4.
Zhanar Aitkhozhina is a US Certified Public Accountant. She has been involved in the number of projects on tax consulting to major financial sector, construction, telecommunication and oilfield service international companies, operating in Kazakhstan, including advisory services on tax strategy and tax planning opportunities. She has an excellent experience in conducting due diligence and tax reviews of target companies for foreign investors. Due to her extensive knowledge of local legislation and the past work experience, Zhanar Aitkhozhina has been involved in supervision of tax audits by Kazakhstan tax authorities, preparation of appeals to tax authorities with respect to taxes, fines and penalties assessed during the tax audit for the number of clients.

Zareena Taimagambetova

Senior Officer, Syndicated Loans Desk, Loan Origination and Placement
JSC "Bank TuranAlem", Kazakhstan
Zareena has joined Bank TuranAlem in early 2005 and since then has been responsible for syndication on origination side. Prior to joining BTA, she spent several years with Alliance Bank, starting her banking career in 2002. Zareena holds a degree in International Law from Kazakh State University, Kazakhstan and has been studying Political Science in Ithaca College, New York.

Kairat Altynbekov

Vice-President
JSC "BTA Ipoteka", Kazakhstan
1997 – graduated from the Almaty State University named after Abai, specialty "Banking".
1999 – post-graduate course in "Banking" at the Almaty State University.
1998-1999 – Specialist of the Development Department, later Head of Assets and Liabilities in OJSC "Kazagroprombank".
2000-2003 – Specialist of Retail Crediting, later Head of Retail Business Division in JSC "Bank TuranAlem".
January 2004-till present – Vice-President of JSC "BTA Ipoteka" (a mortgage company).

Kanat Jousoupbekov

Principal Banker, Financial Institutions
EBRD, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Date of birth: 11/16/73.
Degree: Diplom-Kaufmann, University of Munich
April 2000 – March 2006: Deutsche Bank Group, Frankfurt, Head Office
Vice President, Financial Institutions Group.
Main task: Relationship management with major financial and non financial institutions of Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan.
Present position, started in April 2006: EBRD, Almaty
Principal Banker, Financial Institutions
Main task: Cooperation with selected financial institutions in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan with focus on equity, debt and trade finance.

Karim Masimov


Kazakhstan
Karim Masimov was born in 1965. He graduated from the University of International Friendship named after Patrice Lumumba, Peking Language Institute, Uhan’ Law University, and the Kazakh State Economic University. Passed probation in Columbia University (USA). He is Doctor of Economic Sciences. Speaks English, Chinese and Arabic.
Mr. Masimov worked as a Senior Economist and Head of the Department at the Ministry of Labor, later Specialist in representative office of the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations of the Republic in Urumchi (China), Executive Director of Kazakhstan Trade House in Hong Kong, then was elected a Chairman of Almaty Trade Finance and Halyk Savings Banks.
Karim Masimov was also appointed Minister of Transport and Communications, Deputy Prime Minister. From June 2003 through January 2006 acted as an Assistant to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan. From January 2006 held the position of Deputy Prime Minister.
Since April 2006 – Mr. Masimov is a Deputy Prime Minister and a Minister of Economy and Budget Planning.

Karl Bach

Project Manager
IFC
Before joining the Project, he worked as a privatization/corporate governance lawyer on a USAID project in Pristina, Kosovo for nearly 4 years, where he was a major developer and implementer of Kosovo’s privatization program. From 1997-2002, he worked as a corporate attorney for the British law firm Denton Wilde Sapte, based at times in the firm’s London, Almaty and Tashkent offices. Karl has a law degree from Hamline University School of Law and a Finance degree from the University of Vermont. He is a New York and Connecticut qualified lawyer and is admitted to the role of solicitors in England and Wales.

Konstanin Kolpakov

Member of Board of Directors
JSC "Bank TuranAlem", Kazakhstan
Konstantin Kolpakov was born on October 2, 1963 in Nizhnii Tagil, Russia. He has a Master Degree in Law.
In 1985 started to work as a consultant of law department at the Ministry of Justice of the Kazakh SSR.
Since 1990 has worked as a consultant in Consulting office at the Supreme Council of the Republic, then as a chief of legislation, law expertise and analysis department.
1992-1995 – he worked in President’s Administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan (RK) as a chief of RK Vice-president’s Secretariat, then as a RK President’s Representative to the Supreme Council of the Republic
1995-1997 – Minister of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan
1998-2000 – Deputy chairman, the Chairman of the Board, JSC "Caspian Bank"
2000-2002 – Deputy chairman, National Bank of Kazakhstan
2002-2005 – Vice-President, Senior Vice-President, JSC Bank "Petrocommertz"
2005-2006 – Deputy Chairman, JSC "Bank TuranAlem", member of the Board.
At present he is a member of Board of Directors, JSC "Bank TuranAlem".

Curtis Masters

Managing Partner
Baker & McKenzie – CIS, Limited, Kazakhstan
Mr. Masters, a resident of Almaty since 1996, is the Managing Partner of Baker & McKenzie’s Almaty office. He specializes in international corporate finance, cross-border mergers and acquisitions and inward-bound investments in Kazakhstan and the other Central Asian republics. Mr. Masters has acted on numerous securitizations (both DPR and RMBS) in Kazakhstan. Together with the Vice Minster of Justice, he co-chairs the Legal Working Group of President Nazarbayev’s Investors Council.

Magzhan Auezov

Managing Director
JSC "Kazkommertsbank", Kazakhstan
Magzhan Auezov is Managing Director and Member of Managing Board, JSC "Kazkommertsbank"; Member of the Commercial Directorate of the Bank; Member of the Board of Directors of Kazkommertsbank Kyrgyzstan.
He has experience in "Deloitte&Touche Kazakhstan", (Almaty) consulter; "Newgate Management Associates", (New-York, USA), financial analytic; "ABN Amro Bank Kazakhstan" Country Head of Loan Products, Head Trade and Commodity Finance.

Marat Kenzhekhanov

Managing Director Development Business Department
JSC Bank CenterCredit, Kazakhstan
Date of birth: March 19,1972. Place of birth: Karaganda city.
Education: Graduated secondary school in 1989, Almaty.
Graduated Kazakh National Academy of Management in 1994, Almaty. Major in banking business.
Experience: Teaching experience at Kazakh National Academy of Management (3 years)
JSC Bank CenterCredit, Period of employment 8 years.
Loan Officer-Head of retail branch- Deputy Director Almaty city branch- First Deputy Director Almaty city branch- Managing Director Development Business Department.

Mars Aldashov

Managing Director
JSC "Tsesnabank", Kazakhstan
Aldashov Mars was born on 1977.
Has a higher education, has a qualification of economist and lawyer; a degree of Magister of economics.
From 1998 till 2001 worked at National Bank of RK as leading and senior specialist.
From 2001 till 2004 was senior specialist, head of division, Head of treasury department, board member of JSC "Kazakhstani Mortgage Company".
From 2004 till 2006 worked as a deputy director of department at The agency of regulation and control of financial market and financial organizations.
At the present works as Managing Director of JSC "Tsecnabank".

Murat Koshenov

Managing Board Member
ABN AMRO Bank, Kazakhstan
Murat Koshenov is a Country Risk Officer (Head of Risk) in ABN AMRO Bank Kazakhstan since 2002. In 2005 appointed as a Managing Board Member of ABN AMRO Bank Kazakhstan. Since May 2006 also responsible for the risk management function of ABN AMRO in Uzbekistan. In 2000-2002 was working for ABN AMRO Asset Management (Kazakhstan).
Education: physics department (Kazakh State University, 1996), MBA (KIMEP, 1998); Membership in professional organizations: CFA Institute, GARP; Professional designations: CFA, Financial Risk Manager.

Mukhtar Ablyazov

Chairman of the Board of Directors
JSC Bank TuranAlem, Kazakhstan
Mukhtar Ablyazov was born on 16 May, 1963 in Galkino village, South-Kazakhstan region.
In 1986 graduated from Moscow Institute of Engineering and Physics as Engineer-Physician in "Theoretical Physics".
In 1998 graduated from Eurasian Market Institute in "Economy and Management".

Started his working career in 1986 as an engineer at Nuclear Physics Institute.
1991-1997 - President, JSC "Astana-Holding";
1997-1998 - President, JSC "KEGOC";
1998-1999 - Minister for Energy, Industry and Trade.
July, 2000 - Chairman of the Board of Directors, JSC "Kazakhstan Airlines";
June, 2001 - Chairman of the Board of Directors, JSC "TemirBank";
January, 2005 - President, PLC "Investment-Industry Group "Eurasia";
May, 2005 - Chairman of the Board of Directors, JSC "Bank TuranAlem".

Nurtaza Baitenov

Deputy Chairman of the Board
JSC Alliance Bank, Kazakhstan
Date of birth: 12/01/1966.
Education: 1990 – Almaty Institute of National Economy, diploma in economics.
Mr. Baitenov has more than 12 years’ experience in diverse aspects of auditing. From 1993 to 2004, he held key positions including Arthur Andersen in Kazakhstan, USA and Central Asia and Deloitte & Touche Central Asia. In 2004, he was assigned to the position of Deputy Chairman of the Board of Alliance Bank. Mr. Baitenov is a member of the Association of Auditors of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Mr. Baitenov supervises the Accounting, Treasury Financial Planning, International Relations and Risk Management divisions of the Bank.
Qualifications:
1) State License issued by Ministry of Finance for conducting general audit activity;
2) License issued by National Bank of Kazakhstan for conducting banking audit;
3) Qualified Auditor of Kazakhstan;
4) Member of Chamber of Auditors of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Roman Solodchenko

Finance Director
JSC Bank TuranAlem, Kazakhstan
Born in Almaty in 1965.
1987 - graduated from Kazakh Polytechnic Institute in 'Non-Ferrous Metallurgy'
August 1987 - started working as a research assistant in Metallurgy and Concentration Institute of Kazakh SSR.
February 1991-January 1992 - specialist in External Economics Consortium of Ministry of External Economy of Kazakh SSR.
1992-1996 - representative of Canadian examination service CESO
1995 - graduated from KIMEP University in 'Banking and Finance'
February 1996-June1998 - representative of International Finance Corporation.
June 1998-December 1999 - Chairman of Economic Planning Agency.
January 2000-April 2004 - representative of World Bank.
April 2004-June 2005 - representative of ING Bank in Almaty
June 2005-October 2005 - Advisor of Chairman of the Board of Bank 'TuranAlem' JSC
October 2005 - appointed Finance Director and Member of the Board of Bank 'TuranAlem' JSC

Sagyndyk Kussainov

President
JSC "BTA Ipoteka", Kazakhstan
Has 2 higher educations
At 1994 successfully completed Kazakh Stato Academy of construction and architecture, the specialty "Engineer - builder";
At 1995 successfully completed Kazakh Stato Academy of Management, the specialty "Manager - economist".
From 1995 till 2000 worked at Company "Astana Motors", rising up from the sales manager to the deputy director of subsidiary company "Astana Avtotechnika".
From December 2000 works at the JSC "BTA Ipoteka".
At 2001 completed the courses "Mortgage creditor", initiated by Institute of City Development (Moscow) under the auspices of USAID.
From July 2001 was appointed at the position of Vice-President of the Company.
June, 14th 2005 was elected by Board of Directors at the position of President of the Company.

Serik Ahanov

Chairman of the Financial Association Council of Kazakhstan
In 1990-1991 held the position of Consultant in State Commission of the Ministers Council on economic reform (Kaz.SSR.); 1991-1993 – head of department, later Deputy Head of Council of economic consultants to High Council of Economy under the President of Kazakhstan; 1993-1995 – Deputy, later First Deputy of Minister of Economy, Chairman of National Agency on foreign investments; 1995-1997 – First Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of Eximbank of Kazakhstan. 1997-1999 – Deputy Chairman of National Bank; 1999-2000 – Deputy Minister of Finance; 2000-2001 – First Deputy Minister of Economy and First Deputy Chairman of Eximbank. In 2001-2003 – member of the Board of Directors and Advisor to Chairman of the Board in Kazkommertsbank. Since 2004 till present Mr. Akhanov is a Chairman of the Financial Association Council of Kazakhstan. Serik Akhanov is a member of Business Council under the President of Kazakhstan, member of the Management Board of "Atameken" National entrepreneurs and employers’ union. Serik Akhanov is professor, master of economics, author of two scientific works and has over 90 published papers on economic problems of Kazakhstan development.

Timur Dzhankobaev

Deputy General Director
HALYK FINANCE JSC, Kazakhstan
Prior to joining HALYK FINANCE JSC Timur has worked for two and a half years on the project of legal and practices review of domestic structured finance in Kazakhstan as part of the financial sector initiative project of The Pragma Corporation/ USAID. As a result, the Law "On Securitisation" was adopted in Kazakhstan on 20 February, 2006. Currently he is heading practical implementation of on-shore vs. off-shore securitization projects on the basis of the new Law working in alliance with the Securitisation Team of KPMG Corporate Finance (Amsterdam) which is the market leader in arranging domestic securitizations in the Netherlands. In 1998-2002 he worked in Deutsche Bank Securities (Kazakhstan ) as Vice President/ Head of Investment Banking, in 1991-1998 on top positions in Kazkommertsbank JSC. He graduated from the Moscow State Institute for International Relations in 1990.

Timur Ishmuratov

Managing Director of International Department
Bank CenterCredit, Kazakhstan
Graduated from Warsaw University with Master degree in International Relations. Fluently speaks English and Polish. Joined Bank CenterCredit in 2002. Currently holds the position of Managing Director of International Department. Before joining Bank CenterCredit, Timur Ishmuratov occupied various positions in Bank TuranAlem.

Eldar Issatayev

Chief Financial Officer
TuranAlem Securities JSC, Kazakhstan
Eldar as a Chief Financial Officer of TuranAlem Securities, an investment company, supervises the work of risk management, industry analysis, budget planning, and financial control subdivisions. His has over 7 years work experience in financial sector. Eldar commenced his career in 1999 with the International Department of Kazkommertsbank (Almaty), thereafter he joined Temirbank (Almaty) as Head of the Risk Management division. He joined TuranAlem Securities in 2003. Eldar holds a BSc from Saint Michael’s College, Vermont, USA and an MBA with a specialization in finance, from KIMEP, Almaty, Kazakhstan. Eldar also was a founder of a Kazakh Branch of the Professional Risk Manager’s International Association (PRMIA) and currently serves as its director.

Saad Rahman

Director, Islamic Banking
CALYON Corporate & Investment Bank, Kingdom of Bahrain
Saad joined Calyon Bahrain in September 2005, as part of a new Islamic banking team, where he focuses on origination, new product development, and structuring. Prior to joining Calyon, Saad had worked for HSBC for 7 years from 1998 to 2005 in both London and Dubai. In London and Dubai he worked for HSBC’s Islamic Unit, HSBC Amanah. Saad has led Calyon’s involvement in Islamic financings with an aggregate transaction value of over US$3 billion in 2006. Saad has a B.A. in Economics from Concordia University in Canada. He is of Indian background and is an alumnus of the Ashbury College, Ottawa Canada.

Alexei Kechko

Associate Director, Financial Institutions
Fitch Ratings, Russia
Alexei Kechko joined Fitch Ratings as an Analyst in the financial institutions group in July 2004 and was promoted to Associate Director afterwards. He is responsible for ratings of Kazakhstani banks in addition to dealing with banks in other countries in the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Prior to joining Fitch, Alexei worked in PriceWaterhouseCoopers as a senior consultant in financial institutions department.
Alexei has a decree in International Economy from the St. Petersburg State University. He is CFA level III candidate and a member of Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (ACCA).

Dmitri Angarov

Associate Director, Financial Institutions
Fitch Ratings, Russia
Dmitri Angarov joined Fitch Ratings in January 2006 as an Associate Director in Financial Institutions’ group. His prime responsibilities include credit analysis and ratings’ decision on Russian, Kazakhstani and Ukrainian banks, as well as sector research and knowledge contribution.
Prior to joining Fitch Ratings, Dmitri worked as a research analyst in the Moscow office of McKinsey & Company, a multinational management consulting firm. Dmitri engaged in multiple banking and finance related projects for top Russian and European banks, including the Russian banking market entry strategy and Ukrainian retail banking revenue sizing project.
Dmitri graduated from Russian Plekhanov Academy of Economics in 2002 where he specialized in International Economics. Apart from this he is currently a CFA Level II candidate.

Maxim Lubomudrov

Partner in the Tax and Legal Services Department of Deloitte, Russia
Maxim Lubomudrov is a Partner in the Tax and Legal Services Department of Deloitte. He leads our group focusing on providing tax services to financial institutions. Maxim has been working in the field of finance and tax consulting since 1994. Prior to joining Deloitte Maxim was Vice-President in charge of the Tax Department of Deutsche Bank Moscow, a Russian subsidiary of one of the leading multinational investment banks. Maxim has extensive experience in the taxation of financial institutions in Russia, the taxation of financial instruments, due diligence of financial institutions, and international tax aspects of structuring banking transactions in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan. He also worked in the Tax Financial Services Industry Group of one of the Big Four consulting firms in Moscow for 6 years. In Deloitte Maxim provides tax consulting services to banks, investment and insurance companies, and other financial institutions. Maxim is a graduate of the Moscow Institute of International Relations. He also passed the Certified Public Accountant exams in the USA and has a Russian Certificate for the Audit of Banks.

Mikael Gorsky

Managing partner
Balanced Scorecard Collaborative MAG CONSULTING, Russia
Mikael Gorsky is co-founder and managing partner of Balanced Scorecard Collaborative MAG CONSULTING. Mr. Gorsky is Deputy Chairman of Advisory Council for Managerial Accounting in the Ministry for Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation, director of Consulting.ru Internet Weekly and of the portal Scorecard.ru. Mikael Gorsky is author of the book "Technologies of balanced management" and author of articles about management. Mr. Gorsky did Executive courses in Harvard Business School.

Nataly Loginova

Head of Debt & Trade Finance, Financial Institutions Department
JSC "Vneshtorgbank", Russia
Responsibilities:
- Debt Finance - fund raising for the Bank in syndicated bank loan and capital markets for general corporate purposes
- Debt Investor Relations
- Trade Finance - fund raising for the Bank and/or its customers to finance trade
- Syndication - arranging syndicated facilities for customers. Born 1968.
Graduated from the Moscow Finance Institute with a Degree with excellence in World Economy, specialization in International Monetary, Credit and Financial Relations.
Prior business experience includes working at Norilsk Nickel, Moscow (1999-2003), Unexim Bank/Rosbank, Moscow (1997-99), International Company for Finance and Investments (Moscow) (1992-97), Vnesheconombank of the USSR (1989-92).
Speaks Russian, English.

Oleg Danilin

Senior Manager
Ernst & Young, Russia
Oleg Danilin is a Senior Manager at Ernst & Young Business Advisory, Head of Global Financial Services and Treasury Advisory Team in the CIS. Oleg is responsible for advisory for banks and financial institutions, serving clients is CIS and managing projects on strategy development, corporate governance and preparation for IPO, financial and operation risks management and financial performance enhancement, as well as advisory projects for industrial companies on treasury functions and bank relationship management. Oleg is a member of international team of management consultants on restructuring, performing projects in Russia and the CIS, Middle East and the Caucasus. Oleg’s client list includes leading financial institutions and industrial companies. Oleg is one of the leading Ernst & Young experts on corporate governance in banks and financial institutions.
Oleg is a Member of Association of Corporate Treasurers. Oleg often speaks at the banking conferences and publishes interviews and articles in the Russian press.
In 1997 Oleg graduated from the Moscow State Institution of International Relations and has degree in Economics. Oleg is fluent in English and French.

Pavel Samiev

Head of banks ratings department
Expert RA, Russia
Born on November 1981 in Moscow.
Graduated from the MSU, Economical Department
In 2005 entered The National Business Institute
2002-2003 - economist of the Motor Insurance Department, Ingosstrakh
2003 - 2005 - leading expert of insurance ratings department, Expert RA; analyst, Insurance Information Center
since 2005 - head of banks ratings department, Expert RA

Peter Neumann

Head of Risk Management Departament
National Reverse Bank, Russia
Born on July 24, 1975 in Sevastopol (Ukraine).
In 1997 graduated from Moscow State University named after Lomonosov, the Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics faculty, in 2000 received post-graduate degree at the same faculty.
Started his banking career in 1997, in "MENATEP" Bank. In 2000-2001 worked on scientific-applied solutions for financial markets dynamics modeling. In 2002-2003 worked as a financial analyst, since 2004 has been managing Risk Management department of National Reserve Bank in Moscow. Since 2000 is a lecturer on Market Risks Management at National Economy Academy under the Government of Russian Federation, since 2005 – at Banking Institute of State University-Higher School of Economics.

Richard Hainsworth

General Director
Global Rating Group, Russia
British citizen, born 1957 in Uganda. Educated in England. 1981 moved and worked in the USSR.
From 1996 to 2001 - Moscow Representative of International Rating Agency of Thomson Bank Watch.
2001 founded and headed the Russian Rating Agency "RusRating", 2006 – the Agency "KzRating" in Kazakhstan.
The Rating Agencies, established by Mr.Hainsworth in the CIS countries, join Global Rating Group.

Hans Jochum Horn

Chief Operating Officer
Renaissance Capital, Russia
Hans Jochum Horn, from July 2005 Managing Director and Head of Business Support Group, Chief Operating Officer of the Renaissance Capital group of companies. Prior to joining Renaissance Capital, Mr. Horn was Managing Partner of Ernst & Young's Russia and CIS operations and a member of the firm's Global Council from 2002 to 2005. Mr. Horn came to Moscow in 1990 to establish Arthur Andersen's Russian practice. In 2002 he successfully implemented the integration of Ernst & Young's and Andersen's CIS practices.

Martin Pasek

Director, Head of CEE Financial Institutions Fixed Income and Derivatives
United Kingdom
Martin heads up the fixed income and derivatives coverage for financial institutions across CEE. He has worked with clients across all the CEE countries over the last 12 years on a variety of asset and liability management transactions ranging from funding to yield enhancement to risk management. He has worked at the EBRD, JPMorgan Chase and ABN AMRO prior to joining Credit Suisse last year. Martin holds a Bachelor of Commerce from University of Calgary, Canada, and an M.B.A. from University of Western Ontario, Canada.

Iskandar Rajabov

Head of financial institutions
JSC "Agroinvestbank", Tajikistan
Was born in 1982 in Dushanbe, Republic of Tajikistan.
In 2003 successfully graduated the Tajik State National University in the major of International Economic Relations.
From 2002 began to work in JSC Orienbank as an economist of the credit and investment division.
From 2004 began to work in JSC Agroinvestbank as an economist of credit and active operations division.
Since 2005 working as a Head of financial institutions division.
 
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