Central Asia Mining Congress 2012 - list of speakers

Mr. Abishev has joined National Welfare Fund “Samruk-Kazyna” in July 2009 where he is a director on Mining and Industrial Asset Management. He has extensive experience in mining industry as a director of FSA group in Kazakhstan and corporate development and mining asset management department of national holding “Parasat”. He was director of...

Alisher has over 15 years of investment management, investment banking, and advisory experience in emerging and frontier markets of Eastern Europe and Eurasian countries including Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Mongolia. He has worked in major international financial centers such as New York, London, Zurich, Singapore and...

General Director of Andash Mining Company LTD (Kyrgyzstan), expert in mining sphere in the Business and Investment Development Council under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic. Also, a member of expert team for mining sector reforming under the Ministry of Economy of the Kyrgyz Republic.

Mr. Yelzhas Aubakirov is Investment Director at Al Falah Investment Management (Kazakhstan) Limited, the investment advisor of Falah Growth Fund. He has 9 years of advisory experience. Previously he worked with KPMG on private-equity deals in various industries. Mr. Aubakirov holds a MBA degree from the Kazakhstan Institute of Management and...

Giles Byford is an investment professional at Barclays Natural Resource Investments. Barclays Natural Resource Investments (“BNRI”) is a global private equity business focused on natural resource investment opportunities that provides clients of Barclays Bank Plc (or its affiliates) and strategic investors with the opportunity to gain exposure...

Timothy Daffern is CEO of Hambledon Mining plc, with twenty three years international experience in the minerals industry in Australia, Africa, Europe, Russia and Central Asia. Tim’s experience base is centred around working in operations as an underground miner, construction and design engineer, process plant manager and mine manager, followed...

Sergei Diachenko is a mining graduate of the St Petersburg Mining Institute and the Russian Academy of Sciences and has an MBA from the Gordon Business Institute, Pretoria University. He has 25 years experience in mine management and development including with Rio Tinto and most recently as a Group General Manager at De Beers. Sergei joined...

Mr Eguchi will take the role of Vice General Director of KT Rare Metals (Kazakhstan/Japanese JV) in April 2012, after heading up Toshiba’s Kazakhstan Office in Almaty since 2011. Mr Eguchi joined Toshiba in 2008 after 12 years in various roles at Sumitomo Corporation including head of the representative office in Kiev. A graduate of the Graduate...

Dekel Golan is a graduate of Tel Aviv University. Mr Golan, formerly president of Apex Asia LDC, a subsidiary of Apex Silver Mines Limited, has extensive experience in promoting and developing businesses both in emerging economies as well as the developed world. Dekel was the founder and Executive Chairman of African Plantations Corporation...

David Grant is the General Director of Gold Fields KR LLC and Chairman of the Management Board of Talas Copper Gold LLC. Gold Fields KR is a subsidiary company of Gold Fields Ltd, one of the world’s largest producers of gold. Talas Copper Gold LLC is a mining exploration joint venture between Gold Fields and Orsu Metals Corporation, with Gold...

David heads the private equity investment activity of Tau Capital Plc / Compass Asset Management JSC since 2010, and also is is the Managing Partner of Herbada & Co, his advisory practice that supports the investment activity in Emerging Markets of PE funds and their investors. In the past David worked as Sr VP for Roya Capital, as Director of EM...

Mr. Almaz Irishev has over 10 years of work and management experience in Kazakh oil and gas sector. He gained an extensive experience across corporate finance, debt capital markets and M&A working in executive positions at JSC NC “KazMunaiGas”. Mr. Irishev joined JSC NC “KazMunaiGas” in 1999. He has initiated and executed majority of the largest...

Prior to joining Visor Capital in November 2008, Jean-Christophe worked for 11 years as a sell-side analyst in various institutions including Julius Baer / Kepler Equities and Exane BNP Paribas. At Exane, Jean-Christophe was sector head for the European IT Services & Software sector, for which he was ranked Best Equity Research Analyst (Extel...

Edmund L. Luzine, Jr. is the President and CEO of Adirondack Capital Management, Inc., a global alternative investment management firm that is focused on the global emerging markets and natural resources sectors. Prior to founding Adirondack, Ed was a Vice President for Dresdner Bank, AG and Dresdner Kleinwort Benson North America, LLC in New...

Mr. Men joined Eurasia Strategics in 1998 as GR Director. In 2003 he became a Partner and moved to Hong Kong. In 2009 Sergio together with his partners started Eurasia Capital Partners - a HK based boutique IB and advisory firm focused on cross-border M&A deals in the former Soviet Union and Asia Pacific. Education: Hong Kong University (China...

Yerlan Ramazanov joined the EBRD in 2011 as a Principal Banker in the Bank’s Natural Resources team with the objective to develop the EBRD’s portfolio in the Mining and Oil&Gas industries in the country. Prior joining the Bank Yerlan was a Head of Investment Department with National Mining Company “Tau-Ken Samruk”. Previously Yerlan worked as a...

Didier Rault is the Chairman and CEO for the World Mining Investment Ltd

Mr. Ryspanov began his career at the Kazakh State Technology University as a senior lecturer and researcher, and appointed as a director of Science and Engineering Center at the Engineering Academy of Kazakhstan in Pavlodar city in 1993. In 1997, Mr. Ryspanov became Chief of Pavlodar regional department of industry, transport and communications;...

David Savage has held senior executive roles in the construction industry in Australia, Asia and the Middle East for more than 25 years. Mr Savage is currently the Executive Chairman of Stonehouse Constructions Limited, a start-up project Development Company based out of Singapore with activities in South East Asia, Central Asia and Africa. He is...

Andrew joined Kumtor in 1995 where he served in increasingly senior roles including Director and Vice President, Government and Corporate Affairs. Andrew played a key role in the feasibility study and successful development of Kumtor gold mine in Kyrgyz Republic and Centerra’s initial public offering and listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange in...

Erik Schäfer is an investor in the mining, commodities and energy sector. He has over 20 years of experience in founding, financing and exiting companies. His expertise includes early stage and ’green field’ investments, pre-production companies, M&A, IPOs, trade sales and the integration of individual companies into larger corporations. Since...

Damian is CEO of Macquarie’s $630m co-managed infrastructure fund, the largest of its kind in CIS. MRIF has made investments in rail, power and other infrastructure sectors in Russia and is actively considering opportunities in the CIS. Damian is based in Moscow. Prior to assuming the role of CEO of MRIF, Damian was Managing Director, Head of...

Director of Lancaster Mining and Chairman of the Executive Board of Lancaster Invest, mining and investment arms of Lancaster Group respectively. Prior to joining Lancaster Group, managed TNS Plus Corporation, one of the major Kazakhstan telecommunication companies. In addition to his main activities, Alimbek is the Chairman of the Supervisory...

Ken is the Exploration Director for the Exploration Eurasia Region, based in London. Ken graduated with a degree in Geology from the University of Natal in South Africa in 1987 and a PhD from the University of Cambridge in 1992. He then joined De Beers/Anglo American as a geochemical researcher, developing analytical and interpretive techniques...

Mr Uzhkenov has worked for Prikaspiyskaya oil prospecting expedition; Prospecting and survey expedition of PGO “Yuzhkazgeology”; Kazakhstani exploration and mining expedition GlavKGU, Geological and mining enterprise “Kazmineral”; and PGO “Yuzhkazgeology” where he occupied executive and management positions. From 1995-1997 he was Head of Main...

Bairam Valiyev has joined VTB Capital as a Head of Investment Banking for Central Asia in Caucasus in 2010. Bairam had the same position with Merrill Lynch, for the previous 3 years. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, he had been leading DCM team covering Kazakhstan and Ukraine at ING. Bairam Valiyev's experience with ING extends to 6 years. ...

Semyon holds MSc in Mechanical Engineering from St.Petersburg State Technical University, Russia and PhD in Economics from Sorbonne University, France. Prior to Severstal Semyon headed business development activities in Total E&P Russia. Semyon also possesses 7 years of experience in investment banking, occupying various positions in natural...

Fanglu Wang is CITIC Capital’s Senior Managing Director responsible for two joint ventures – serving as Chairman of Kaixin Investment Management and Chief Investment Officer of CITIC Kazyna Fund I, a joint-venture between CITIC Capital and Kazyna Capital Management focusing on private-equity investment opportunities in Kazakhstan, China and other...

Mr. Wermert is presently Head of Regional Business Development for Central Asia and the South Caucasus for the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Previously he was Kazakhstan Country Director for ADB and before that was Senior Structured Finance Specialist with the ADB’s Private Sector Infrastructure Finance Group where he led the debt arranging teams...

Ms Zaurbekova became Chief Financial Officer on 30 September 2009, having been acting Chief Financial Officer since June 2009 and having been Chief Financial Officer of Kazakhstan operations since 2001. Prior to that she was Finance Director and later, First Vice-President of Kazchrome. Before joining ENRC, Ms Zaurbekova worked in the Ministry...

In 1983 graduated from The Kazakh Polytechnic Institute – best university in geologies science and mining technologies in Republic of Kazakhstan. In 1986 he awarded with a gold medal «The best young scientist» of Kazakh Science Academy for research work “New method on interpretation productive dates of aeromagnetic survey in the Tuyuk field...