Kozhakhmetov Kuat Bakirovich – Chairman of the Board of Directors
Labor activity:
Mr. Kozhakhmetov is a Member of the Board of Directors and an Independent Director of First Heartland Jusan Bank Ltd (Jusan Bank).
Alongside his role at Jusan Bank, he also is an Independent Director at Kazakhstan Engineering NC JSC, Kazakhstan National Housing Company JSC, and the Banking Service Bureau of the Republic of Kazakhstan JSC.
An experienced economist and former Deputy Chairman of the National Bank of Kazakhstan, Mr. Kozhakhmetov has long experience in the Kazakh banking sector. He has held senior positions at both TsesnaBank (predecessor to Jusan Bank), Samruk-Kazyna sovereign wealth fund, and the AIFC Authority. He has particular experience in regulation and control, including through Kazakhstan’s Financial Market and Entities Control and Supervision Agency and Committee and the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Mr. Kozhakhmetov started his career as an economist at the National Bank of Kazakhstan. Graduated from the T. Ryskulov Kazakh Economic University with a degree in Business & Management and holds an Executive MBA from the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago. He is also a Chartered Director with the UK Institute of Directors.