Director
Education
Yernar Zhanadil graduated from the EMBA programme at Columbia Business School, Columbia University (USA), and London Business School (UK). Previously completed the Master’s degree at Manchester Business School (UK) under the Bolashak scholarship program. He holds a number of international professional certifications: CMA – Institute of Management Accountants (USA), IPMA – International Project Management Association (Swiss), ACCA – Association of Chartered Accountants (UK). He is a member of the Presidential Youth Personnel Reserve.
Work experience
Yernar Zhanadil is a seasoned executive with over 17 years of experience in strategic and business planning, business development and investments (both direct and portfolio), asset privatisation and restructuring, financial management, and liquidity management, as well as auditing.
He has worked in various Kazakhstani and international companies, holding diverse roles within the “Samruk-Kazyna” Fund. As Managing Director of Economics and Finance and a board member at “Samruk-Kazyna,” he focused on enhancing the financial stability and reducing the debt burden of the Fund’s group companies. In his role as Managing Director of Development and Privatization, he led the IPO of the national company “KazMunayGas,” prepared several other Fund companies for the public market, and actively attracted international investments to the country.
Until August 2024, he served as the CEO of the publicly listed company Qazaq Green Power plc, where he successfully implemented several renewable energy investment projects in the power industry in collaboration with international corporations. On August 12, 2024, he was appointed as a Chairman of the Management Board of the “Astana International Financial Centre Authority”.