Qualifications
2000: Master of Science in Management (ADL, Boston, USA)
1995: МВА (KIMEP Business school, Kazakhstan)
1988: Bachelor degree on Computer-aided Control Systems (Polytechnic Institute, Kazakhstan)
Career Summary
January 2013 To Date
Business Continuity Lead, NCPOC (Caspian Sea, Oil & Gas). 1) Maintaining Business Continuity Mgt (BCM) program and framework, maintaining tactical and operational level Business Recovery plans (business critical functions, support and communication plans), conducting Business Impact Assessment (BIAs) for critical functions. Delivering BCM training, conducting BC plan review and testing, planning and conducting large scale BC exercise. 2) Supporting alignment between NCPOC BCP and Venture Emergency Response / Crisis Management. 3) Providing support to IT in developing DR plans for critical services/applications and developing IT Service Continuity framework.
February 2011 – January 2013
Head of Banking technology dept., JSC “Delta Bank”. 1) Developing and re-engineering banking business-processes. 2) Setting up the Change Management in bank’s IT system: interaction between software users and software developers, preparation of technical specifications and requirements, information systems integration, testing the solutions, developing manuals and training the users.
July 2010 – January 2011
Senior manager, Compliance Control Dept., Alliance Bank. 1) Developing bank’s resilience: member of bank’s Business Continuity Management group, advising mgt. on Crisis Management Plan development, setting up Business Continuity Mgt (BCM) work plan, drafting Policy and other key documents, running various BCM presentations, conducting Business Impact Analyses and Recovery plans for key departments and functions, defining/allocating the key resources and priorities. 2) Inspecting various bank departments for compliance with bank’s internal rules and regulations, as well as national legislation. Working out practical verification for various internal risk controls in place, to reduce compliance and operational risk exposure.
January 2010 – July 2010
Senior manager, Department for Strategic Planning, Alliance Bank. Within quality assurance division: setting up business process analysis, organizing the development of key performance indicators (KPI) for bank departments and functions.
June 2008 – January 2010
Head of Business Continuity Management unit in Operational risk Dept., BTA bank, Almaty. 1) Setting up BCM program, (BS 25999 standard) developing BC Policy and Strategy, interacting with key bank departments over Business Impact Assessment, moderating and Business Recovery Plan development. Crisis Management planning. Planning BCM training. Interacting with IT, preparing terms of reference on DRP IT development. 2) Running self assessment exercises with bank departments, as part of operational risk management. 3) Organizing bank insurance programs (BBB), interacting with international broker, managing preparation of insurer questionnaire.
October 2005
May 2008 Head of Economic Analysis Department, Investment holding company JSC “DALA GROUP”. Duties: (i) setting up business planning and budgeting processes for investment projects in daughter companies, (ii) developing and implementing relevant regulations, (iii) developing managerial accounting for projects and reporting to the top management on project portfolio performance, (iv) supervision of projects, (v) recruiting the economists staff for the department. Sectors: gold mining, LPG storage and distribution, restaurant chain, cotton processing factory.
June 2004 – July 2005
Head of Project Finance Department, Valut-Tranzit Bank
Setting up the Dept., developing program, designing practices, hiring staff, managing analysis of client’s business-plans, handling investment projects of the Bank.
May 2001 – May 2004
Project Implementation Officer, Asian Development Bank Resident Mission, Kazakhstan, Astana Transport, Banking sectors
January 1996 – May 2001
Operations Officer, World Bank Resident Mission, Kazakhstan, Almaty
Transport, Energy, Water Supply, Banking and Finance, Procurement
During my ADB and WB tenure I was responsible for the development of infrastructure projects and facilitation of donor organization’s dialogue with Government and other institutions. I was responsible for:
• Administering selected Technical assistance (TA) projects, consultant selection and budgeting and reporting process;
• Assisting HQ in sector and policy work, and coordinating with other donor agencies and non-government organizations on issues related to Transport Infrastructure and Energy sectors.
• Administering annual country project portfolio review in Kazakhstan. Assisting in monitoring and administration of country portfolio related to infrastructure and energy sectors, and coordinate with staff at headquarters and counterparts in the Government agencies to strengthen the portfolio performance in Kazakhstan.
• Assisting staff at headquarters in processing the concerned TA sector and investment projects, provide full support and participate in HQ missions, provide inputs for the TA/loan docs and follow up with the Government and state companies on related issues.
and have acquired strong skills in the following disciplines:
• Financial, technical, procurement and organizational aspects of Roads, Transport, O&G, Water Supply, Electrical Power sectors
• Project cycle identification, design, economic evaluation, supervision and completion
• Financial and economic analysis, business plan development and evaluation
Investment projects
Asian Development Bank projects: Almaty-Bishkek Highway Rehabilitation project, Rural Roads Development Technical Assistance, SME credit line through the private banks.
World Bank projects: Uzen Oilfield Rehabilitation, Highway Rehabilitation, Rural Transport Development, Electricity Transmission Rehabilitation, Finance and Enterprise Development, Urban Public Transport Project, Public Procurement Reform, Pilot Water Supply and Sanitation in Atyrau.
Economic and Sector Studies
Natural Gas Investment Study; Renewable Energy Resource Assessment Study; Mining Sector Study.
June 1995 – Dec 1995
Structured Finance Officer at ABN-AMRO Bank Kazakhstan. Responsible for assessment of investment projects in Oil & Gas, Electric Power, Transport and Telecommunications.
June 1994 – May 1995
Project manager assistant, CH2MHill, USAID-financed project for water supply and sanitation in Aral Sea basin.
August 1988 – June 1994
Junior Scientific Researcher, High Energy Nuclear Physics Institute, National Academy of Sciences, Almaty. Design, assembly and testing of Real Time Data Acquisition System for high-energy nuclear collision experiments at Serpukhov cyclotron, Moscow, USSR.
