• Duties:
• Management of staff
• Detailed strategic and operational planning
• Managing growth
• Facilitating strategic growth
• Building effective working relationships across the business
• Establishing and sustaining partnerships of mutual benefi
• Realising an aggressive growth strategy through new business opportunities
• Working with Industry partners to grow the Business
• Managing the overall activities of various projects in the region
• Business Development to grow existing business and pursue future opportunities
• Fostering and managing effective relationships with existing and prospective international, regional and local partners and clients
• Developing the strategic direction of the Company’s businesses in the region 

Chief Manager. Sustainable Development Fund «Kazyna”, Kazakhstan,
From 2006 to 2007

• Duties:
• Management of Systemic projects from conception to completion including monitoring timescale and budgets
• Coordinating the tracking of national economic and business development programs and projects
• Coordinating national development institutions  and their Chief Executives’ activities
• Managing a variety of  projects, including working on acquisitions, joint ventures and other commercial activities
• Working closely with the business units and senior governmental management
• Building sustainable long term relationships and business partnerships
• Participating in the Government group on creation and development of national regional development institutions
• Participating in the Government group on creation and establishment of budgets of the national regional development institutions
• Arranging business meetings with high and middle rank government officials
• Recommending policies to government organizations and national development institutions

Director General. Joint Venture “AMIANTIT”. Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, Germany,
From 2005 to 2006

• Duties:
• Management of staff
• Leading a team
• Managing investment relations
• Managing an outcome-driven strategy
• Providing strategic direction, business management and high quality leadership
• Evaluating strategic opportunities
• Leading strong  management development programs
• Building effective working relationships across the business
• Approval of a detailed operational and strategic planning

Chief Manager. Investment Fund of Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan,  
From 2003 to 2004 

• Duties:
• Managing a professional team
• Management of projects from conception to completion including monitoring timescale and budgets
• Evaluating business development and marketing initiatives
• Establishing and sustaining partnerships of mutual benefit
• Building sustainable long term relationships and business partnerships
• Preparing additional reports to assist the company executives to monitor and achieve their key tasks
• Reviewing, providing analysis and interpretation of financial and budgetary reports, as well as directing the preparation of monthly forecasts and annual and long-term business plans
• Providing executives with guidance around capital expenditure proposals
• Leading a specialist team which performs independent investment analysis of business cases and the tracking of the project’s portfolio of capital and project expenditure
• Providing independent reviews and investment analysis of proposed projects and  making recommendations to balance the portfolio of investments and allocate resources to deliver strategic outcomes
• Providing financial analysis and business recommendations to the finance division, ensuring senior executives have necessary, accurate and predictive financial information to make critical business decisions
• Business analysis, planning & forecasting, management and revenue analysis
• Coordination of projects
• Reporting to a Board of Directors

Lecturer. Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics and Strategic Research
under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 2003

• Duties:
• Maintaining and developing the Institution's performance in research and teaching
• Providing strategic direction for the building and maintenance of teaching programs as part of the Institutional research infrastructure
• Participating as needed in the Institution’s administrative activities
• Teaching and research in the following disciplines: Introduction to Business
• Marketing Management, Project Management, Principles of Management, Human Resources Management, Decision Making, Leadership and Motivation, Managing Negotiations, Intermediate Marketing, Marketing Communications, Marketing Research, Strategic Management, International Business, Financial Markets and Institutions, Advanced Marketing, Strategic Marketing, Advanced Marketing, Research in, Microeconomics &, Macroeconomics

Economist. The World Bank USA, 2002 

• Duties:
• Participating in the World Bank’s and International Monetary Fund’s seminars and meetings
• Providing high level oversight of all key areas of selected country performance, including national programs’ directions, the country’s strategy development, national programs quality and impact
• Engaging in policy dialogue on economic policy issues
• Providing strategic advice on policy and program priorities, and on strengthening relations with government decision-makers, and with other relevant national agencies and stakeholders. 

Senior Economist and Scientific Research and Project Development Consultant
(Scientific Researcher). Johns Hopkins University, USA, 2002 

• Duties:
• Implementing research
• Writing articles
• Delivering lectures
• Participating in conferences and seminars
• Participating in the International urban fellows programs 

Associate Professor. Eurasian Institute of Market, Kazakhstan,
From 2001 to 2003

• Duties:
• Maintaining and developing the Institution's performance in research and teaching
• Providing strategic direction for the building and maintenance of teaching programs as part of the Institutional research infrastructure
• Participating as needed in the Institution’s administrative activities
• Teaching and research in the following disciplines: Introduction to Business, Marketing Management; Project Management; Principles of Management; Human Resources Management; Decision Making; Leadership and Motivation; Managing Negotiations; Intermediate Marketing; Marketing Communications; Marketing Research; Strategic Management; International Business; Financial Markets and Institutions; Advanced Marketing; Strategic Marketing; Advanced Marketing Research; Microeconomics; Macroeconomics and Financial Management 

Assistant to Charge d’Affaires. British Embassy,
From 1995 to 1996

• Duties:
• Organisation of the visit of HRH The Prince of Wales to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
• Commercial activities
• Organisation of  the visit of a British Minister and accompanying trade delegation
• Government liaison
• Developing liaisons with key stakeholders of different business units.

Deputy Director. International Fund for Economic and Social Reforms “Reforma”, Kazakhstan, Russia.
From 1993 to 1995.

• Duties:
• Leading a team
• Strategic leadership and operational performance of the Fund in Kazakhstan
• Establishing, in conjunction with the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, a clear vision and direction for the state, the delivery of operational planning as well as oversight of governance, staff, major projects and Fund’s activities’ issues
• Developing and implementing future strategic goals and objectives
• Giving direction and leadership towards the achievement of the organisation’s philosophy, mission and objectives
• Reporting to the Minister of Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Maintaining excellence in all administrative functions
• Contributing to the development of operating policies, plans budgets and forecasts Strategic Planning/Strategic Operation Management
• Providing high-level advice to the Minister of Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Contributing to the development of national economic and business policy
• Establishing collaborative relationships with government, ministries, officials and external agencies  

Manager. Blake Dawson Waldron, Solicitors,  Australia, 1994

• Duties:
• Developing experience in the field of creation and development of the Mining Code

Manager. Chamber of Commerce, Australia, 1994

• Duties:
• Developing links between Australian and Brazilian, Australian and Argentinian governmental and business organisations
• Developing and strengthening trade and economic contacts between Australia and Japan

Director. Investment Company Kairat LTD, Kazakhstan,
From 1991 to 1993

• Duties:
• To promote and intensify business and economic relations between the enterprise and foreign firms and companies
• To conclude agreements and contracts
• To develop and administer marketing
• To direct the development and implementation of both strategic and operating plans for the enterprise activities. Projects include marketing, construction and sale of different types of buildings.  

Scientific Research and Project Development Consultant (Scientific Researcher). 
Scientific and Production Company Kazselkhozmechanisatcia (KSHM),  Kazakhstan, Russia,
From 1988 to 1993

• Duties:
• Conducting research for the Government and Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Providing economic advice to the Government and Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field relevant to Energy Policy in the Republic of Kazakhstan and water supply projects
• Developing long-term projects relating to the future technology, particularly, wind power equipment