ANNOUNCEMENT: New consultative and practical educational program Executive MBA "Corporate management" launches on December 4, 2009

/KASE, November 23, 09/ - Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) - the active participant of Financial Institutions Association of Kazakhstan (FIAK) corporate management working group, informs on the initiative of FIAK Corporate Management and Business Ethics Center and International Business School (IBS) of Kazakh Economic University named after T. Ryskulov on launching of the unique educational program Executive MBA "Corporate management". The program is aimed at professionals, involved to the corporate management system infrastructure, including investors, companies Board of Directors members and chief executives, risk managers, auditors and lawyers. The consultative and practical program that allows within one year training implementation of all necessary corporate management elements and gaining an experience consists of modules, the first module launches on December 4, 2009. Below is the information provided to KASE by FIAK Corporate Management and Business Ethics Center: quotation start Why the program is unique: - A trainee participates in real events of Kazakhstan market, innovations and changes in the corporate management area due to coordination of experts and experienced practicing Kazakhstan, Russian and foreign lawyers, economists consultants on corporate management. Benefits for trainees and organizations: - special knowledge in the corporate management area; - organizations can set forth clear objectives for trainees as one of the training practical outcomes and agree on with a coordinator the monitoring process; - Corporate Management and Business Ethics Center will provide the program trainees with all necessary information on corporate management; - possibility of additional training projects. Program specifics: - Each program module includes training by foreign and Kazakhstan professionals from international legal company Heenan Blaikie LLP (Canada) and Stanford Law School (USA), Investment Group Anton (Russia), VTB Bank (Russia), and others. - Program disciplines are developed based on new requirements for corporate management system improvement on the global and Kazakhstan markets, such as: corporate management system, corporate conflicts, risk management, internal control and audit, evaluation and motivation of company officials, Board of Directors role and responsibilities, etc. - Foreign professionals provide training in the real time mode through Internet. - Because of the special approach using coaching, masters will develop strong practical cases and achieve measurable training outcomes. An adequate price policy includes support of government and budget employees as well as graduates of Kazakh Economic University named after T. Ryskulov. Discounts for one company employees group are available. For program details, please contact Gaukhar Kolbasarova, Head of FIAK Corporate Management and Business Ethics Center, mobile +7 701 336 7177, e-mail: gkopbassarova@gmail.com. quotation end [2009-11-23]