Zhaksybek Kulekeyev

Mr Kulekeyev graduated from Kazakh State University named after S. Kirov with a degree in mathematics, defended his dissertation at the Almaty Institute of National Economy and received a PhD in economic sciences. He is an associate professor in applied mathematics from the USSR State Committee for People„s Education. The Higher Attestation Committee of the Ministry of Education and Science of Kazakhstan awarded him the title of professor of economics

Mr Kulekeyev was elected to the Board of Halyk Bank in December 2023. He has served as a member of the board of directors and independent director at KazAzot since June 2023; chairman of the board of directors of Gumilyov Eurasian National University since October 2022; a member of the board of directors and independent director at the Social Health Insurance Fund since January 2020; and scientific director at Applied Economics Research Centre since October 2010

Mr Kulekeyev has held key government positions, including minister of education and science of Kazakhstan, chairman of the Accounts Committee for Monitoring the Execution of the National Budget of Kazakhstan, minister of economy and trade of Kazakhstan, minister of economy of Kazakhstan and chairman of the Statistics Agency of Kazakhstan. He has also worked in senior positions in the quasi-public sector, including at National Company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy and National Company KazMunayGas.

Earlier in his career, he worked at the Turar Ryskulov Kazakh Economic University (formerly Almaty Institute of National Economy) as a teacher, senior lecturer, associate professor and head of the Department of Microeconomics. He also served as governor and deputy governor of the Asian Development Bank