/KASE, September 27, 2021/ – NAC Kazatomprom (Nur-Sultan), whose securities
are officially listed on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), has provided KASE
with the following press release dated September 27, 2021:
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JSC National Atomic Company "Kazatomprom" ("Kazatomprom" or "the Company")
announces that on 24 September 2021, the Company's Board of Directors approved
the following changes to the senior management team.
Chief Nuclear Fuel Cycle Officer ("CNFCO")
Dosbolat Sarymsakov, CNFCO and the former Director of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle
Department, has been appointed as a Member of the Management Board, in
alignment with the Company's management succession plan. Mr. Sarymsakov, with
Kazatomprom since 2011, has more than 26 years of experience in the nuclear
industry. He has contributed to the development of the nuclear fuel cycle in
Kazakhstan and to the implementation of various international projects,
including the construction of Kazatomprom's fuel assembly plant, and the
International Atomic Energy Agency's Low-Enriched Uranium Fuel Bank project at
the Ulba Metallurgical Facility.
Mr. Sarymsakov brings valuable expertise to his new position, having served in
numerous government and private sector roles over his career. Prior to
Kazatomprom, his experience includes engineer at the Institute of Atomic Energy
of the National Nuclear Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and manager and
the Executive Director at the Non-proliferation Institute Association (later
the Non-proliferation Assistance Center Association).
Chief Operations Officer ("COO")
Aslan Bulekbay has been appointed as COO and Member of the Company's
Management Board. Mr. Bulekbay is a graduate of the Satpayev Kazakh National
Technical University with a degree in Mining engineering, and he holds a Masters
degree in Data Science and Machine Learning from the University of Austin,
Texas' McCombs Business School.
Mr. Bulekbay has more than 15 years of experience with international mining and
petroleum companies, developing deposits in the Persian Gulf, implementing best
practices in mining, exploration and development of mineral deposits, as well as
developing mining strategies to increase profitability of deposits in Kazakhstan
and the CIS, the Middle East and in Europe. He owns 14 patents registered with
the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). His previous roles
include inflow stimulation engineer with Halliburton Energy Services, senior
lecturer at the Kazakh-British Technical University, General Director at
Bulekbay Consulting, and Deputy Chair of the Management Board - Adviser to the
Minister of NC Kazgeology JSC. Mr. Bulekbay has worked and consulted for
several international companies, including OMV Exploration & Production
(Vienna, Austria), Saudi Aramco (Saudi Arabia), and DNO Exploration and
Production (Dubai, UAE). Since July 2021, Mr. Bulekbay has been an independent
director and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Volkovgeology JSC,
Kazatomprom's drilling and geological exploration subsidiary.
Chief Strategy & Development Officer ("CSDO")
Birzhan Duisembekov, the Company's former CSDO who was on educational leave,
has resigned from his position. The Company thanks Mr. Duisembekov for his
contribution to Kazatomprom's success. His guidance was instrumental in the
realization of the Company's asset restructuring program, enhancing corporate
governance and JV management processes, effective completion of the Company's
major M&A transactions, and successful delivery of the Company's value
strategy.
Yerlan Tuleugozhin, CSDO since November 2020 (for the period of Mr. Duisembekov's
educational leave), has been appointed as CSDO and Member of the Management Board,
in alignment with the Company's management succession plan. Mr. Tuleugozhin, who
has held various positions at several companies in the Samruk-Kazyna group over
his 16-year career, joined JV KATCO LLP in 2018 as Deputy Executive Director
for Finance, moving to Kazatomprom as Managing Director of Asset Management
in 2019.
Chief Human Resources and Communications Officer ("CHRCO")
Beksultan Bekmuratov has resigned from his role of CHRCO and Member of the
Company's Management Board to pursue another opportunity. The Company
wishes to thank Mr. Bekmuratov for his work at Kazatomprom, where he
implemented important transformation and digitalization projects, including his
active participation in the deployment of SAP, and the development of the
Company's HR and communications strategies. Mr. Bekmuratov guided the
development of the Company's management succession plan, which has shown its
effectiveness throughout the recent changes to Kazatomprom's top management
positions.
The position of CHRCO has been eliminated, with related responsibilities and
departmental oversight being redistributed among the other members of
Kazatomprom's management team.
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The full press release is available on KASE website:
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https://kase.kz/files/emitters/KZAP/kzap_reliz_270921_1.pdf – in Russian;
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https://kase.kz/files/emitters/KZAP/kzap_reliz_270921_eng_1.pdf – in English.
[2021-09-27]