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

Center for Strategic Initiatives

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

Alikhan Baidussenov
Managing Partner
Strategic Consulting
and Oil&Gas Practice
  • EXPERIENCE

    15 years of experience in the oil and gas industry Experience

    in managing a sector transformation program Upstream and development and efficiency projects in the oil and gas industry


    9 years of experience in managing the team and project teams

    in the group of companies KazMunayGas


    Experience in support of M & A transactions in the oil and gas sector and preparation for IPO (KMG EP)



  • Practical experience of implementation of a risk management and internal control system in a large oil and gas company


    Experience in implementation and management

    of the Project Office


    Experience in public sector organizations,

    international organizations

  • EDUCATION

    Kazakh National University. Al-Farabi, Bachelor and Master


    London Business School - Executive Education Program


    Annual training program for military financiers Naval Postgraduate School

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

Aibek Zhupankhan
Associate Partner
Public administration reforms
Water resources management
  • EXPERIENCE

    More than 10 years of experience in research and analytical structures


    Expertise in the field of strategic analysis and public administration reform


    Business process reengineering and organizational design for government and quasi-government organizations

  • EDUCATION

    University of Pittsburgh (USA)

    Master in Public and International Affairs

  • EXPERTISE
    Public administration reforms

    Water resources management

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
Elbek Utepov
Director of R&D direction
Science and education
Construction
  • EXPERIENCE
    More than 10 years of work in the fields of construction, science and education

    Scientific management of grant financing projects
  • EDUCATION
    Carinthia University of Applied Sciences
    Master of Science in Engineering

    L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University
    Bachelor, Master and PhD in the specialty "Construction"
  • EXPERTISE

    Science and education


    Construction

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