Public Council

The Public Council of the Fund is an advisory, supervisory body formed by the Fund in order to represent the interests of civil society and to take into account the opinion of the public when discussing and taking decisions, to increase accountability and transparency of the activities of the Fund and national companies of the Fund group.

The Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan by Decree dated November 22, 2021, No. 828, approved the Regulations on the Public Council of the Fund. 

The Chief Executive Officer of Samruk-Kazyna JSC by Order dated December 28, 2021, No. 170-П, approved the composition of the Public Council of the Fund: 10 persons, including 3 representatives of the Fund, 7 representatives from civil society.

Representatives from civil society:

Chairman of the Public Council:

Zhamishev Bolat Bidakhmetovich

Members of the Public Council of the Fund:

  • Bulavkina Olga Aleksandrovna – Deputy of the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
  • Sairov Yerlan Biyakhmetovich - Deputy of the Majilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
  • Zhunussova Lyazzat Olzhabayevna - First Deputy CEO of Khabar Agency JSC;
  • Kazybayev Aidar Kalymtayevich – Chairman of the National ESG Club;
  • Zholdybalina Alua Serikovna - Deputy Director of Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
  • Tazhibayeva Irina Lashkarovna – Deputy Director of Institute of Atomic Energy of the National Nuclear Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Representatives of Samruk-Kazyna JSC:

  • Nurbayeva Nazira Nurtuleuovna – Managing Director for Economics and Finance - Member of the Management Board of Samruk-Kazyna JSC.
  • Kazutin Nikolay Yuriyevich – Managing Director for Legal Support, Counseling and Risks - Member of the Management Board of Samruk-Kazyna JSC;
  • Zhanadil Yernar Beisenuly – Managing Director for Development and Privatization – Member of the Management Board of Samruk-Kazyna JSC.

Bolat Zhamishev

The public official of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Candidate of Economic Sciences.

Experience:

Chief Executive Officer of the “Kazakhstan Khalkyna” Public Fund, Member of the Board of Directors, Independent Director, Chairman of the Public Council of Samruk-Kazyna JSC, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bank RBK JSC.

In different years he held the positions of Vice-Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Vice-Minister of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Vice-Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Deputy Chairman of the National Bank, Chairman of the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Regulation and Supervision of the Financial Market and Financial Organizations, Deputy CEO of Eurasian Development Bank (EDB), Minister of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Minister of Regional Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan, CEO of Development Bank of Kazakhstan JSC, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Social Health Insurance Fund NJSC.

Olga Bulavkina

Deputy of the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, member of the Committee on Agrarian Issues, Environmental Management and Rural Development.

Experience:

Before the civil service, she worked in the field of education, private entrepreneurship. From 2002-2014, she held the position of the economist, accountant, Chief of Staff of the Akim of Shemonaikha district of East Kazakhstan region, Deputy Akim of Shemonaikha district of East Kazakhstan region, in 2014-2016. She served as the Deputy CEO of the East Kazakhstan Region branch of the Nur-Otan Party, in 2016-2019. She held the position of the Deputy Akim of Ust-Kamenogorsk, East Kazakhstan Region, in 2019-2020. She worked as the Akim of Borodulikha district of East Kazakhstan region. Since August 2020, she has been a Deputy of the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Yerlan Sairov

Deputy of the Majilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, member of the Committee on Social Cultural Development.

Experience:

Public official, Candidate of Political Sciences. He is the author of 30 scientific articles, 3 books on political modeling and information technologies. Member of the National Council of Public Trust under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Aidar Kazybayev

Chairman of the National ESG Club.

Experience:

Candidate of Economic Sciences. Over the years, he worked in the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Small-sized Enterprise Development Fund JSC, the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Administration of the Astana International Financial Center. Commissioner General of the Republic of Kazakhstan at EXPO-2008, EXPO-2010, EXPO-2012, EXPO-2015.

Irina Tazhibaeva

Executive Director of the Nuclear Technology Safety Center

Experience:

Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor. Scientific activity is related to research on the safety of nuclear and thermonuclear energy, structural and functional materials of fission and fusion reactors, decommissioning of nuclear power facilities, development of draft normative legal acts in the field of nuclear and radiation safety. At the moment, she is the Executive Director of Scientific and Technical Center for the Safety of Nuclear Technologies (TCSNT) ALE in the form of the Association, Chief Executive Officer of the Nuclear Society of Kazakhstan (NCK), Chief Researcher of the branch of the IAE of the National Research Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan. From 2009 to the present, she is the official representative of Kazakhstan in the IAEA Scientific Council on Thermonuclear Energy, was an expert from Kazakhstan in the NATO Scientific Committee “Science for Peace and Security”, representative of Kazakhstan in the IAEA working group on fast reactors. Member of the Public Council of the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan from 2015 to the present. Winner of the 2017 “Altyn Adam” award - Person of the Year in Kazakhstan” in the nomination “Scientist”.

Alua Zholdybalina

Deputy Director of the Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Experience:

Professor of the National School of Public Policy of the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Member of the Republican Educational and Methodological Council (REMC) in the direction of “Political Science”. Member of the National Scientific Council (NSC) in the direction of “Social and Humanitarian Research”. Ph.D, Master of Political Science.

Lyazzat Zhunussova

First Deputy CEO of Khabar Agency JSC

Experience:

In different years she worked as the Financial Director, Deputy CEO of Kazakhstan Republican TV and Radio Corporation JSC, Director of Television News Agency LLP, General Director of Eurasia + ORT LLP, General Director of Managing Company “Kazmedia Ortalagi” LLP.

Nazira Nurbayeva

Managing Director for Economics and Finance - Member of the Management Board

Experience:

She started her career in 1998 at the PriceWaterhouse Branch. From 2002 to 2003, she worked as the Senior Consultant in tax services. From 2003 to 2004, she took the position of the Senior Tax Advisor at LUKOIL Overseas Services, Ltd. From 2004 to 2014, she served as the Senior Manager in PriceWaterhouseCoopers Tax & Advisory LLP. From 2014 to 2020, she held the position of the Director of PriceWaterhouseCoopers Tax & Advisory LLP. From June 2020 to April 2021, she worked as the Partner at Deloitte TCF LLP. Since April 2021, she has been appointed to the position of Managing Director for Economy and Finance of Samruk-Kazyna JSC - a member of the Management Board of Samruk-Kazyna JSC.

Yernar Zhanadil

Managing Director for Development and Privatization - Member of the Management Board

Experience:

Over the years, Yernar Beisenuly has worked for Philip Morris Kazakhstan, ElitStroy LLP, and PricewaterhouseCoopers, the international auditing firm. After joining Samruk-Kazyna JSC, he was responsible for the activities of the Internal Audit Service, and served as the Secretary of the Audit Committee and the Transformation Program Oversight Committee under the Board of Directors of the Fund and was a member of the Audit Committees under the Board of Directors of a number of Fund’s subsidiaries. In 2016, he was appointed to the position of Financial Controller of Samruk-Kazyna JSC with subsequent approval as the Managing Director for Finance and Operations and the Co-Managing Director for Economy and Finance - Member of the Management Board of Samruk-Kazyna JSC. Later he was appointed the Managing Director for Investments, Privatization and International Cooperation – Member of the Management Board of Samruk-Kazyna JSC. At the moment, he is the Managing Director for Development and Privatization – a member of the Management Board of Samruk-Kazyna JSC.

Nikolai Kazutin

Managing Director for Legal Support, Counseling and Risks - Member of the Management Board

Experience:

Experience: Nikolai Yurievich started his career in 2001 and worked in insurance companies as a financial analyst until 2005. In the period from 2006 to 2016, he worked at Pricewaterhousecoopers Tax and Advisory LLP. From 2016 to 2020, he held the positions of the Director of the Internal Audit Service and Adviser to the Chief Executive Officer of Kokshetau Mineral Waters JSC and East Kazakhstan Regional Energy Company JSC. From 2020 to 2022, he worked as the Deputy Chairman of the State Revenue Committee of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Since February 2022, he has been working as the Managing Director for Legal Support, Counselling and Risks.

In addition to members of the Public Council of the Fund, external experts (230 participants) were involved in the meetings – these are opinion leaders, public figures, industry experts, representatives of associations and NGOs for comprehensive and expert consideration of issues. 118 recommendations were given, 70 of them have been implemented to date, 37 are in the works (including on a permanent basis), 7 have not been implemented for justified reasons.

Each meeting of the Public Council of the Fund is covered by its own information resources (website, telegram channel of the Fund), also all accredited media participate in the meeting, events are covered both in online publications and on television.

The Work Plan of the Public Council of the Fund for 2023 is submitted given opinions and proposals of the members of the Public Council and posted on the official website of the Fund.

It is planned to consider issues related to the Comfortable School National Project, social and labor relations and the development of social partnership principles (including charity issues), public control of national companies, ESG issues, and it is also planned to hear the Operating Report of the Fund itself.

In 2022, 13 meetings were held, including:
Based on the results of 2022, 118 recommendations were given, including: