CSI - Center for Strategic Initiatives
CSI - Center for Strategic Initiatives

Our Team

Center for Strategic Initiatives
Olzhas Khudaibergen
Senior Partner
Macroeconomics
Finance
Taxes and Budget
Social Sector
  • EXPERIENCE
    Long-term experience in managing analytics organizations

    Experience in carrying out comprehensive economic research, preparation of strategic and policy documents

    Management experience in enterprises
    in various sectors of economy

    Member of various governmental, state and non-governmental commissions, working and expert groups
  • EDUCATION

    Bachelors at Yassaui International Kazakh-Turkish University, Turkistan


    MSc. in Economics, Kazakhstan Institute of Management,

    Economics and Strategic Research (KIMEP), Almaty

  • EXPERTISE

    Macroeconomics


    Finance


    Taxes and Budget


    Social Sector

Sergey Tsoy
Director of CSI Stat
IT consulting
IT audit
Project management
  • EXPERIENCE
    Director of the Department of Information Technologies of the FFPSH JSC "KazAgro"


    Head of the Department Implementation and maintenance of information Systems

    JSC "ITC" of the Office of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan


    Head of SAP HCM direction of NC "KazMunayGas"


    Leading Consultant of the ENRC "Business & Technology Services" project


    Chief Engineer of the CIFS project of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan
  • EDUCATION

    I. Zhansugurov University, Faculty of Physics and Mathematics, specialty Mathematics-Computer Science


    Karaganda University of Economics, Faculty of Finance and Credit, specialty Economics

  • EXPERTISE
    IT consulting

    IT audit

    Project management

Talgat Imanov
Partner
System analysis
Operating efficiency
Business transformation
  • EXPERIENCE
    Chief Business Architect at Eurasian Resources Group LLP (ERG)

    Head of Transformation program "Kazakhstan Temir Zholy" JSC

    Chief Manager of the Corporate Planning and Organizational Development Department in "Kazakhstan Temir Zholy" JSC (Deputy Director of the Department)

    Head of strategic planning and system analysis practice in "Kazakhstan Temir Zholy" JSC

  • EDUCATION

    KIMEP University (Almaty, Kazakhstan)

    МВА Program

  • EXPERTISE

    System analysis


    Operating efficiency


    Business transformation

Darmen Joltai
Partner
Artificial Intelligence
Finance
Economics
  • EXPERIENCE

    Successfully completed projects in telecommunications, logistics and public sectors


    Certified FRM

  • EDUCATION

    Purdue University (USA),

    BSc in applied statistics

    BSc in actuarial science


    Technische Universität München (Germany),

    MSc in mathematical finance and actuarial science

  • EXPERTISE

    Artificial Intelligence


    Finance


    Economics

Erbol Tulegenov
Associate Partner
Macroeconomics
Tax and budget system
Business Process Optimization
Sociological research
  • EXPERIENCE
    Successfully completed 15 projects in strategic consulting, 6 of them for international organizations

    5 years of analytical work experience at the National Bank of Kazakhstan

    Member of the Public Council of the MNE RK and the Presidential Youth Personnel Reserve
  • EDUCATION

    MBA, Nazarbayev University, Graduate School of Business

  • EXPERTISE

    Macroeconomics


    Tax and budget system


    Business Process Optimization


    Sociological Research

Erlan Kanel
Associate Partner
Transport
Telecommunications
Trading
Pricing
Development strategy
Integration of new technologies and services
  • EXPERIENCE

    Successfully completed strategic and operational consulting projects


    Experience in developing progress strategies for national and state-owned companies


    Successfully completed projects on the integration of new technologies in the field of transport and telecommunications


    Experience implementation of digital services in the field of trade

  • EDUCATION

    University of Leeds (UK) Master of Science in Transportation Management


    University of Liverpool (UK) Bachelor of Engineering in Aviation Systems with Piloting

  • EXPERTISE
    Transport

    Telecommunications

    Trading

    Pricing

    Development strategy

    Introduction of new technologies and services