Sanzhar Zhamalov

In his role, Sanzhar is responsible for the development and growth of Mastercard business in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, for cooperation with partners, creation and banding of key digital products and solutions for payments, acquiring, cybersecurity and other fields, for banks and entire payment ecosystem. An important direction of his work is building relationships with Governments aiming the development of a cashless economy.

Sanzhar has joined Mastercard team in 2024. He has extensive experience in financial and TMT sectors, including Kazkommerz Secutrities JSC, Kazakhtelecom JSC, London office of ING Bank N.V. (UK), the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as the Representative Office of ING Bank N.V. in Kazakhstan, where he was promoted to the position of Head of the representative office.

He holds an Executive MBA from the University of Cambridge (UK), a Master’s degree in International Financial Analysis from the University of Newcastle (UK) and aBScin Financial Mathematics from Charles University (Check Republic). Moreover, he holds the prestigious financial certificate CFA and Certificate in the Company Direction from the Institute of Directors (UK).