Kanysh Tuleushin

Born in 1983 in Zhezkazgan, Kanysh Tuleushin is a distinguished professional with an extensive educational background, having graduated from L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Oxford Brookes University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He began his career in 2003 within commercial organizations, quickly advancing to serve as a Specialist in the Department for Servicing Legal Entities and later as Head of the Department at Temirbank JSC from 2004 to 2005. From 2006 to 2008, Kanysh held pivotal roles as Chief Expert at the JSC Center for Trade Policy Development and as Head of the Innovation Policy Department in the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Kazakhstan. His expertise further expanded during his tenure as a consultant and Deputy Head of the Department of Socio-Economic Monitoring at the Administration of the President from 2008 to 2011. Following this, Kanysh served as Vice Minister of Industry and New Technologies from 2011 to 2013 and as Managing Director of Baiterek National Managing Holding JSC from 2013 to 2016. He then led the “Damu Entrepreneurship Development Fund” as Chairman of the Board from 2016 to 2017. Since 2018, Kanysh has continued to work in commercial structures and currently serves as the First Vice Minister of the Ministry of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan.