Corporate Governance

He holds degrees in Banking and Finance from Eastern Mediterranean University (Northern Cyprus) and Essex Business School, University of Essex (United Kingdom).

Kazakh-British Technical University (2002–2007), Kazakhstan (Mining Engineer).

Polytechnic University of Turin (2009–2011), Italy (Master of Petroleum Engineering).

Bakhytzhan Taubayev began his career in the oil and gas sector as the Field Drilling Engineer.

He held various senior positions in KMG’s joint projects with the international companies such as KNOC, ONGC, ENI and Lukoil that delivered geological exploration in the Kazakh sector of the Caspian Sea.

Awarded the badge and diplomas of NC KazMunayGas JSC.

In 1975 graduated from the Kazakh Polytechnic Institute named after V. I. Lenin with a degree in Technology and Integrated Mechanization of the Development of Oil and Gas Fields, qualifications - Mining Engineer

Member of the Public Council of the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Honorary Citizen of the Burlinsky District, West Kazakhstan Region.

10/17/1975 - 04/20/1990 - from the Master of the production site and gas transportation, having passed all the stages of production, he has grown to the Chief Engineer - Deputy Head of Department, Head of the Mangyshlak Gas Production Department, Mangyshlakneft Production Association (POMN) in Novy Uzen.

04/20/1090-07/31/1992 - Deputy Chief Engineer of the Mangyshlakneft Production Association

08/11/1992 - 05/19/1998 - Chief Engineer - Deputy General Director of the State Enterprise "Karachaganakgazprom", First Vice-President,

President of Karachaganakgazprom JSC

05/19/1998-03/25/01 - President of AksaiGazService JSC

03/25/01-01/28/02 - President of JSC "KazBurGas"

28.01.02-22.04.02 - Vice President of ABE Corporation JSC

04/19/2002-09/19/2002 - Deputy General Director of CJSC "KazTransGas"

05/12/2003-11/09/2004 - General Director of DMD-Service LLP

12/01/2004 - 06/04/2012 - Deputy General Director of KazTransGas JSC

09/03/2012 - 02/09/2017 - General Director of KazMunayGas Karachaganak LLP

05.02.2018-30.03.2021 – Ombudsman of JSC NC KazMunayGas

04/01/2021 - 09/01/2021 - Deputy General Director of the Republican Public Association "Veterans of the Oil and Gas Complex" (ROO "VNGK")

09/02/2021 - to the present - General Director of the Regional Public Organization "VNGK"

In 1975 he graduated from the Almaty Institute of National Economy with a degree in economics;

In 1991, he studied in France (in Paris) with a degree in Audit Service in a Market Economy. Doctor of Economic Sciences.

1975 -1976 - Senior Economist of the Almaty Regional Financial Department.

1976 - 1977 - service in the ranks of the group of Soviet troops in the GDR.

1977 - 1979 - Senior Economist of the Almaty Regional Financial Department.

1979 - 1984 - Chief Economist of the state farm "25 Years of Tselina" of the Balkhash region, head of the planning and economic department of the Almaty Regional Department for the Development of Irrigated Lands.

1984 - 1992 - senior controller-auditor, chief controller-auditor, head of org. inspection department, deputy head of department of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

1992 - 1996 - Head of the Department of the State Committee for Financial Control of the Republic of Kazakhstan, member of the board.

From February to April 1996 - Head of the Department of Interstate Relations of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

1996 - 1998 - Member of the Accounts Committee for Control over the Execution of the Republican Budget.

1998 - 2000 - Member of the State Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Combating Corruption.

2000 - 2002 - Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Since February 2002 - Head of the Main Control Inspectorate of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

From July 2002 to June 2003 - Secretary of the Security Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

2003 - 2012 - Chairman of the Accounts Committee for Control over the Execution of the Republican Budget.

From September 2012 to January 2016 - Deputy of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan of the fifth convocation, member of the People's Democratic Party "Nur Otan", elected on the party list.

Since March 25, 2016 - Deputy of the Majilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan of the sixth convocation, member of the People's Democratic Party "Nur Otan", elected on the party list.

For more than 22 years he worked in senior executive positions in the oil and gas sector, including more than 12 years as a financial director in Kazakhstan’s national oil and gas companies. He has work experience abroad in senior executive positions at PDO Petroleum Development of Oman in the Sultanate of Oman (Shell operating company) during the Company’s Business Transformation and implementation of the New Operation Model of Shell holding, and was an active participant of these processes. He has expertise in finance, risk management, and auditing. The experience of implementing the transformation of oil and gas companies, change management and crisis management. He was engaged as one of the key employees by the competent authority of Kazakhstan, in the implementation of such important oil and gas projects as the North Caspian project (Kashagan) and the Beineu-Bozoy-Shymkent gas pipeline.

Main areas of work and achievements: development and implementation of new enterprise strategies, reorganisation (transformation) of outdated business models of companies, its adaptation to a changing business environment, development of corporate governance systems for companies.

He is a member of the Governing Council of the Kazakhstan Taxpayers Association "KTA", the Expert Council of the KazEnergy Association and the Association of Independent Directors of Russia (AID).

For more than 6 years, he was an independent director, a member of the Board of Directors of AlfaBank Kazakhstan subsidiary JSC (Chairman of the Audit Committee). He was an independent director, the members of the Board of Directors of Kazakhstan Engineering National Company JSC (Chairman of the strategy and investment committee, member of the audit and nomination committees) and Engineering and Technology Transfer Centre JSC. Currently, he is an independent member of the Board of Directors of AstanaGaz KMG JSC and Areqet High-Tech Fund JSC.

1987 - 1992 - Kazakh State Economic University, Almaty, Accounting and analysis of economic activity

2008 - 2010 - Graduate School of Business of Moscow State University, Executive MBA

Certified Independent Director (IOD) Institute of Directors, UK

Auditor (state license No. 0000174 MF RK)

Tax consultant of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 1st category

09/2018 - present, Director of the Tax Policy Department, AIFC Administration, Astana

02/2015 - 08/2018, Deputy Chairman of the Board, JSC NC "Kazakhstan Engineering", Astana

12/2008 – 02/2015, Director of the Audit and Control Department, Samruk-Kazyna NWF JSC, Astana

2007 - 2008, Chief Accountant, JSC FRMP "Damu", Almaty

2003 – 2007, Chief Accountant, National Innovation Fund JSC, Almaty

1995–2003, Chief accountant, auditor in private commercial organizations

Independent Director of Samruk-Kazyna Construction JSC

Medal for the 20th anniversary of Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Letter of gratitude from the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan - 2011

Republic of Kazakhstan

Bachelor of Science, Management (B.Sc. in Management), Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, 1994-1998.

Master of Business Administration (MBA), Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, 1998-2000.

Master of Science in Finance (M.Sc. in Finance), London Business School (LBS), London, Great Britain, 2003-2004.

Work experience:

From July 2000 to October 2002 - internal control specialist of "Demir Kazakhstan Bank" JSC, subsidiary bank of Demir Bank (Turkey);

From October 2002 to January 2005 - manager of control and communications of the Treasury Department, deputy director of the Project Financing Department of Nauryz Bank JSC;

From January 2005 to March 2007 - Head of Custodial Services and Capital Operations Department of JSC "ATF Bank";

From April 2007 to September 2010 - Financial Director (CFO), Member of the Board of Bank Positive Kazakhstan JSC, subsidiary bank of Hapoalim Bank (Israel);

From October 2010 to October 2013 - Financial Director (CFO), member of the Board of "Alliance Bank" JSC;

From April 2014 to August 2018 - Financial Director (CFO), Deputy Chairman of the Board of Astana Bank JSC, Chairman of the Board;

2018 - until now - the organizer and consultant of a number of fintech projects in the Republic of Kazakhstan and abroad;

From April 26, 2023 to the present - member of the Board of Directors of Kazposhta JSC - independent director.