Leader in private investments in Kazakhstan

Yerlan Ospanov

Chief Executive Officer

Yerlan Ospanov is one of the founders of Verny Capital and carries out management of the Group. He served as Deputy Director General of ATF Group in Kazakhstan.

He graduated from Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Department of Robotics. He also received a degree in Finance and Credit from KIMEP University and MBA from International Business in Almaty.

Marlen Mirzabekov

First Deputy CEO

Marlen Mirzabekov is in charge of operational management of the Group. He worked in banking and mining sectors.

He graduated from Technical Universit, Ilmenau (Germany) with a degree in Electrical Engineering.

Aidan Akanov

Chief Financial Officer & Deputy CEO

Aidan Akanov is in charge of financial matters in the Group and its investment projects. He held the position of financial director of a construction company in Almaty and worked at Andersen/Ernst & Young.

He graduated from Al-Farabi Kazakh National University with a degree in international economic relations and received an MBA degree from Hofstra University, USA.

Baljeet Kaur Grewal

Chief Investment Officer & Deputy CEO

Baljeet oversees the investment portfolio of the company and the Group’s investment strategy. Prior to this, she was the Managing Director/ Strategy &Portfolio Investments at Samruk Kazyna Sovereign Wealth Fund of Kazakhstan and member of the Board of Directors of KazmunayGas. Baljeet is a career investment banker with experiences in structuring & syndication, investment credit and research at Deutsche Bank, ABN AMRO Bank, Maybank Malaysia and Kuwait Finance House and has led various transformation initiatives in digitalization and portfolio management.

She has degrees from Cambridge University (Executive MBA), MIT (Blockchain & Digital Technology) and the University of Hertfordshire (1st Class Hons Economics).

Dauren Utemuratov

Deputy CEO

Dauren Utemuratov is in charge of real estate asset management. He was previously CEO of Astana Property Management.

He graduated from the Kazakh State Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering with a degree in Economics and Management in Construction, and International Institute for Tourism and Management (Austria) as an Expert in the International Tourism and Hospitality field. He received an MBA degree from Leeds University Business School (United Kingdom).

Olga Abdrakhmanova

Chief Communications Officer & Deputy CEO

Olga Abdrakhmanova manages public relations of the Group and is in charge of reputation of the Company. She headed Communications Department of British Embassy in Nur-Sultan.

She graduated from Robert Gordon University with a degree in corporate communications and work with government agencies, received a PR qualification from Royal Institute of Public Relations, United Kingdom.

Iskander Zhakenov

Chief Legal Officer & Deputy CEO

Iskander Zhakenov is the head of Legal Department and provides legal support for the Group. Engaged in private law practice in partnership with foreign lawyers. He has over 25 years of experience in international transactions, M&A, corporate governance and compliance.

He graduated from Al-Farabi Kazakh National University with a degree in jurisprudence.

Gaukhar Nurusheva

Managing Director for Financial Control

Gaukhar Nurusheva is in charge of accounting, financial control, internal and external audit of the Group. She is responsible for budgeting, cost controlling, development of policies and procedures on the part of finance and treasury. She had worked as chief accountant for over 20 years.

She graduated from Institute of National Economy with a degree in audit and control, The Open Link University with a degree in Corporate Manager, Turan University with an MBA, and has an ACCA diploma in International Financial Reporting (DipIFR-rus).

Daniyar Zhusupov

Executive Director

Daniyar Zhusupov manages company's assets in infrastructure and logistics, consumer industries and fast-food restaurants. He worked at Ernst & Young, M&A Advisory Department and at Middle East Private Equity Fund.

He graduated from KIMEP University with a degree in Finance.

Yana Kim

Managing Director for Human Resources

Responsible for talent acquisition, human resources management and development.

Has 20 years of experience in HR management, 13 years of them - in international companies of the financial and FMCG sectors.

She headed the HR department at Ferrero in Kazakhstan, worked for Citibank Kazakhstan, ABN AMRO Bank and RBS.

She graduated from Adilet High School of Law with a degree in jurisprudence.

Dana Amanbekova

Managing Director for Taxes

Dana Amanbekova is in charge of taxation matters of the Group. She worked as a senior tax manager at KPMG and Beeline Kazakhstan.

She graduated from KIMEP University with a degree in Business Administration and Accounting and received an MBA degree from Paris Graduate School of Management, France. She is certified Public Accountant.

Ruslan Gabbassov

Executive Director

Oversees company's assets in telecommunications. Before joining the сompany, he worked as managing director at Sary-Arka Airport JSC. Ruslan held management positions at various quasi-public companies.

He has degrees from Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Department of ‘Special Mechanical Engineering’, ‘Engineering Business and Management’ and Eni Corporate University (Master MEDEA).

Lazzat Borankulova

Executive Director

Responsible for management of the investment portfolio of the company and the Group’s investment strategy, oversees company's assets in the telecommunications and financial sector. Prior to this, Lazzat was member of the Supervisory Board of Samruk-Kazyna Invest LLP and lead the strategy development and investment strategy execution directions of Samruk Kazyna Fund. Lazzat has experience in business planning, asset management and restructuring.

She has degrees from KIMEP University (MBA), Manchester Business School (Master’s degree in Finance) and Harvard Business School (Executive AMP).