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Yernar Zhanadil
Chairman of the Management Board, AIFC Authority
Yernar Zhanadil is an accomplished executive and professional with over 17 years of work experience in strategic and business planning, business development and investments (direct / private equity and portfolio), privatization and asset restructuring, financial and liquidity management, audit.
He worked in a number of Kazakh and foreign companies, as well as held various positions at Samruk-Kazyna Fund. As Managing Director for Economics and Finance – Member of the Board at Samruk-Kazyna Fund, he was responsible for improving the financial sustainability and reducing the debt burden of the Fund’s portfolio companies. In his role as Managing Director for Development and Privatization, he led the national company KazMunaiGas to IPO, managed the preparation of a number of the other Fund’s companies for public listing, and was actively involved in attracting international investments into the country. For the last year he was the General Director of the Public Company Qazaq Green Power plc, where he successfully implemented a number of renewable energy investment projects (wind and solar pharms) together with international corporations.
Yernar Zhanadil graduated from the EMBA programme at Columbia Business School, Columbia University (USA), and London Business School (UK). Previously completed the Master’s degree at Manchester Business School (UK) under the Bolashak scholarship program. He holds a number of international professional certifications: CMA – Institute of Management Accountants (USA), IPMA – International Project Management Association (Swiss), ACCA – Association of Chartered Accountants (UK). He is a member of the Presidential Youth Personnel Reserve.