KAZAKHSTAN GLOBAL INVESTMENT ROUNDTABLE - 2025

He was born in 1980 in Almaty.

He graduated from the Kazakh State Law Academy.

He began his career in 2002 as a chief specialist of the department in the Department of Justice of Almaty.

From 2005 to 2006, he was an expert, chief expert of the Legal Department of the Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

From 2006 to 2009, he worked in the Administration of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

From 2009 to 2012, he was Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Registration Service and Legal Assistance of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

From 2012 to 2014, he served as Head of Department in the central office of the Republic of Kazakhstan Agency for Combating Economic and Corruption Crime (Financial Police).

In 2015-2016, he was the Chief of Staff of the Akim of Astana, Head of the Secretariat of the Head of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

In 2016-2017, he was the Head of the Department of the National Bureau for Combating Corruption (anti-corruption service) for the city of Astana.

From 2017 to 2018, he was Deputy Akim of Akmola region.

From 2018 to 2019, he was Deputy Chairman of the Republic of Kazakhstan Agency for Public Service and Anti-Corruption.

From 2019 to 2022, he was the First Deputy Chairman of the Republic of Kazakhstan Anti-Corruption Agency.

From February 2022 to April 2023, he was the Chairman of the Republic of Kazakhstan Anti-Corruption Agency.

On April 3, 2023, by Decree of the Head of State, he was appointed Head of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

On February 6, 2024 by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan he was appointed Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

He was awarded the orders of "Aibyn" ІІ degree (2014), "Danek" ІІ degree (2021).

Date and place of birth: 16.09.1967, Genova, Italy

Education: Matteo holds an MBA from INSEAD and an MS degree cum laude in Mechanical Engineering from Genoa University.

Work experience:
Matteo Patrone, Vice President, Banking. In his role, Mr Patrone has an overall responsibility for the effective delivery of the Bank’s investment and advisory activities in the EBRD’s countries of operations, as well as contributing to the delivery of policy engagement activities.
Prior to this, Matteo held the post of Managing Director, Eastern Europe and Caucasus. In this role, he has been responsible for the Bank’s operations and policy engagement initiatives in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and for spearheading the crisis response to the war on Ukraine.
Mr. Patrone has a career spanning 30 years that includes senior management and leadership positions in merchant banking, private equity, management consulting and engineering. He joined the EBRD in 2008 as a senior banker within the Corporate Equity team. In 2012, he became Director for Serbia, based in Belgrade and in 2015, he moved to Bucharest as the Director, Regional Head for Romania and Bulgaria. In 2018, Matteo Patrone was appointed Managing Director, EEC.
Prior to working at the EBRD, Matteo was Managing Director of the private equity arm of Finanziaria Internazionale, an Italian merchant bank, where he spent 10 years investing in a broad range of sectors.
Before that he was Senior Manager at Accenture Strategic Services in Milan, Italy and held various positions in the Leonardo (formerly known as Finmeccanica) and ENI groups in the UK and Italy.

Born on 14 November 1983 in Atyrau.

In 2006, he graduated from Tomsk State University with degrees in Finance and Credit, and in Linguistics and Intercultural Communication. In 2010, he obtained a Master’s degree in Applied Economics from the University of Michigan under the Bolashak International Scholarship Programme.

He began his career in 2005 as a Lead Specialist at the Department of Internal Administration and the Department of International Relations of the Ministry of Economy and Budget Planning of the Republic of Kazakhstan. From 2006 to 2010, he worked as an Expert and Senior Expert in the Department of Investment Policy and Planning of the Ministry of Economy and Budget Planning and the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade.

Starting in 2010, he held positions as Head of the Strategic Development Division at the Department of Strategic Planning and Analysis of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and as Deputy Director of the Department of Budget Policy and Planning at the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

In February 2013, he was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Committee of Geology and Subsoil Use of the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies of the Republic of Kazakhstan. From June 2013 to April 2019, he served as Deputy Head of the Center for Strategic Development and Analysis and Deputy Head of the Department for Socio-Economic Monitoring at the Administration of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

From April 2019 to February 2021, he held the position of Deputy Head of the Analytical Department of the Office of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

In February 2021, he was appointed Vice Minister of National Economy, and from January 2022 to February 2024 served as Minister of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Other positions held:
– Member of the Board of Directors, Samruk-Kazyna Sovereign Wealth Fund JSC (11.01.2022 – 06.02.2024);
– Member of the Board of Directors, Baiterek National Managing Holding JSC (04.02.2022 – 06.02.2024);
– Member of the Management Council, Astana International Financial Centre (11.01.2022 – 06.02.2024);
– Member of the Board of Directors, Kazakh Invest National Company JSC (11.01.2022 – 06.02.2024);
– Chairman of the Board of Directors, Economic Research Institute (ERI) (11.01.2022 – 06.02.2024).

Before his appointment as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan in April 2024, he served as Chief Executive Officer of the KAZENERGY Association.

Fluent in English, Spanish, and German.

Ali Aslan is an internationally renowned TV presenter, moderator and journalist with a global career spanning over 20 years, including at CNN in Washington DC, ABC News in New York and Deutsche Welle TV in Berlin.

Recognized globally as one of the world's foremost moderators for high-level international events, Aslan regularly hosts global conferences, among others, for the United Nations, G20, EU, NATO and World Bank.

Aslan has interviewed numerous world leaders, including former US President Bill Clinton, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and UN Secretary-General António Guterres.

Aslan holds master's degrees in International Affairs and Journalism from Columbia University as well as a bachelor's degree from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.

Mr. Renat Bekturov assumed the role of the Governor of the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) in January 2023. Previously, he held senior positions at the Astana International Exchange (AIX), the National Investment Corporation of the National Bank of Kazakhstan, and the Development Bank of Kazakhstan.

He has over 16 years of experience in the financial services industry and was involved in several landmark debt capital market transactions, including the first Sukuk issuance in the CIS region.

Renat holds an MSc degree in Banking and Finance with Distinction from the University of Leicester and is a CFA Charterholder.