Samruk Kazyna Investor Day
5 Apr 2017
- Event
London Stock Exchange,
10 Paternoster Square, EC4M 7LS, London
By Invitation Only
Welcome Remarks
Dr Robert Barnes
CEO, Turquoise and Head of Primary Markets and UK Buyside, LSEG
Robert Barnes has been CEO of Turquoise, the European multilateral trading facility majority owned by London Stock Exchange Group, since August 2013. Previously, he was CEO of UBS MTF and a Managing Director, Equities at UBS.
Between 2004 and 2009, Mr. Barnes served as Chairman of the Securities Trading Committee of the London Investment Banking Association.
Mr. Barnes holds a B.A. from Harvard University and a PhD from the University of Cambridge.
Keynote Speech
Rt Hon Greg Hands
MP, Minister of State for Trade and Investment
Greg Hands was appointed as Minister of State in the Department for International Trade in July 2016.
Prior to this, Mr. Hands was Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2015. Previously, he was Deputy Chief Whip and Treasurer of HM Household in 2013. He began his ministerial career as a Treasury Whip, a position he held from 2011. Mr. Hands was elected the Conservative MP for Hammersmith and Fulham in 2005, and for Chelsea and Fulham in 2010.
Before this, Mr. Hands was a Conservative councillor from 1998. Prior to his career in politics, he spent 8 years working on trading floors in London and New York trading and marketing fixed income derivatives.
Mr. Hands graduated from Cambridge University with a degree in Modern History.
Keynote Speech
H.E. Erlan A. Idrissov,
Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the UK
Erlan Idrissov has served as Ambassador to the UK since February 2017, his second period serving in this position. Prior to this appointment, he was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan from 2012.
Before this role, Mr. Idrissov was Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the United States of America from 2007-2012. Between 2002 and 2007, Mr. Idrissov was Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and non-resident Ambassador to the Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway and the Republic of Ireland.
Mr. Idrissov previously held the positions of Assistant to the President of Kazakhstan, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan.
Mr. Idrissov is the author of numerous articles on Kazakhstan’s foreign policy issues and multilateral diplomacy. He speaks Russian, English, French, Hindi and Urdu and is the recipient of several State Awards.
Mr. Idrissov holds a degree from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations.
Samruk Kazyna’s Keynote Speech
Umirzak Shukeyev,
Chairman of Management Board and CEO, Sovereign Wealth Fund Samruk Kazyna
Umirzak Shukeyev is CEO of Samruk-Kazyna and a member of the board of directors, positions he has held since 2011. Prior to this appointment, he was Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan from 2007. Before taking on this position, Mr. Shukeyev served as Governor of South Kazakhstan from 2006. Previously, he was Akim (mayor) of Astana from 2004.
Prior to this, Mr. Shukeyev held various government advisory and ministerial roles from the early 1990s, including a period as Minister of Economy and Trade in 1997.
He graduated from the Moscow Institute of Economics and Statistics with a degree in Economics and Mathematics in 1986.
Outlook on Kazakhstan development and privatization programme 2016-2020
Timur Suleimenov,
Minister of National Economy of the Rupublic of Kazakhstan (TBC)
Timur Suleimenov has been Minister of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan since December 2016.
Prior to this, Mr. Suleimenov was Minister in charge of Economy and Financial Policy, on the Eurasian Economic Commission from 2012. Before this role, he served as Vice-Minister of Economic Development and Trade of the Republic of Kazakhstan from 2010. Mr. Suleimenov was appointed Vice-Minister of Economy and Budget Planning of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Mr. Suleimenov graduated from Pavlodar State University in 2000 and has a Master's Degree in Business Administration from the University of Maryland.
Managing Strategic Portfolio of Samruk Kazyna in Kazakhstan
Baljeet Kaur Grewal,
Managing Director for Strategy and Portfolio Investments, Sovereign Wealth Fund Samruk Kazyna
Baljeet Kaur Grewal is Managing Director for Strategy and Portfolio Investment at Samruk-Kazyna.
Before this, she was Advisor and Finance Specialist at the Asian Development Bank, where she advised on national economic policy and sovereign funds. Prior to this, Ms. Grewal was Managing Director and Vice Chairman of the Investment Advisory arm of Kuwait Finance House. She was formerly the Head of Investment Banking at Maybank Group, Malaysia. Ms. Grewal also held senior positions at ABN AMRO Bank and Deutsche Bank, London.
Ms. Grewal holds a degree in Economics (1st Class) and an Executive MBA from the University of Cambridge.
Samruk Kazyna's Privatization Programme
Berik Beysengaliyev
Managing Director for Asset Optimization, Sovereign Wealth Fund Samruk Kazyna
Berik Beisengaliyev has been Managing Director of Asset Optimisation of Samruk-Kazyna since 2016. Prior to his appointment, he was Chief Business Development Officer from 2013, before which he was Managing Director of the fund. Previously, Mr. Beisengaliyev was Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of KazAgro from 2009-2011. This followed a period in which he worked in senior positions at various Kazakhstani banks from 1995.
Mr. Beisengaliyev holds a doctorate in Economics from Karaganda State University in Kazakhstan.
Air Astana: overview and highlights
Peter Foster,
Chief Executive Officer, Air Astana
Peter Foster has been President and CEO of Air Astana since 2005.
Before his appointment, he was CEO of Royal Brunei Airlines from 2002. Prior to this, Mr. Foster served as head of the rehabilitation team of Philippines Airlines from 1999. His career up to that point was spent at Cathay Pacific between 1982 and 1999.
Mr. Foster holds an M.A. in History from the University of Cambridge, where he graduated in 1982.
KazAtomProm: overview and highlights
Meirzhan Yussupov,
Chief Financial Officer, Kazatomprom
Meirzhan Yussupov was appointed CFO of Kazatomprom in 2015. Prior to this, he was Director of the Department of Corporate Finance at the company.
Before joining Kazatomprom, Mr. Yussupov was Deputy Director of the Investment Policy Department of the Ministry of Economy and Budget Planning of Kazakhstan. Previously, he was Chief Manager of Corporate Finance at Samruk-Kazyna. Prior to this, Mr. Yussupov was Deputy Head of Corporate Relations at JSC Demir Kazakhstan Bank, a position he held between 2003 and 2006. From 2001-2003, he was Deputy Director of the Internal Audit department in Turkuaz Group of Companies.
Mr. Yussupov graduated from the Middle East Technical University with a degree in economics and management and holds postgraduate qualifications from the London School of Economics and Harvard University.
Q&A session
Janet Heckman
Managing Director, Southern and Eastern Mediterranean, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Janet Heckman is the Managing Director for the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean region at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a position she has held since February 2017. Ms. Heckman is also the EBRD’s country Head for Egypt.
Prior to this, she was Director, Head of Kazakhstan from 2012, where she contributed to a significant increase in the EBRD’s footprint and impact in the country, including an expansion of local offices.
Before joining the EBRD, Ms. Heckman was at Citigroup, where among other positions in her 32-year career at the bank, she was Managing Director for corporate banking activities in Algeria and held many field roles in Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Bahrain with a focus on corporate banking.
Ms. Heckman holds a Master’s of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. and a BA in History from Kenyon College. She also studied at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
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