Board of managing directors

 

Mr. Kazutin holds the position of Non-Executive Managing Director and the Chairman of KMG International Board of Directors.

He is currently the Managing Director for Legal Support, Counselling and Risks within the Samruk-Kazyna JSC, offering legal support for all the reforms carried out in the Fund and effective protection of the Fund’s interests in international arbitration.

He has many years of experience in legal, consulting and financial structures, such as Amanat Insurance Industrial Group, PricewaterhouseCoopers Tax & Advisory, Asia Waters Company, East Kazakhstan Regional Energy Company, etc.

Mr. Kazutin graduated from the Kazakh Economic University named after T. Ryskulov with a degree in Accounting and Audit in 2003.

 

Mr. Ilyas Kuldzhanov is also the Chief Executive Officer of the KMG International Group.
His expertise, built over a decade in oil and gas sector, was gathered on various management positions in the Kazakhstan National Welfare Fund - Samruk-Kazyna, KazMunayGas, Petroleum Operating, and Citigroup.

During 2013 and 2014, he was the Advisor of the General Manager of KMG International, being familiar both with the activities and operations of the Group, but also with the particularities of the industry in Romania and in the region.
Ilyas Kuldzhanov graduated from the Omsk State University majoring in International Economics, Moscow State University for International Relations majoring in International Economic Relations, Kazakhstan-British Technical University - majoring in Petroleum Engineering and he is currently studying for a Ph.D. degree in the same field at the Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.

 

Mr. Lavrenov is the Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of JSC NC “KazMunayGas”.

He has a substantial in-house legal experience in many companies, holding different managerial positions: Head of Legal Department, Chief Legal Advisor of the Kazakhstan Branch of Bateman Kazakhstan Oil and Gas Company B.V., Director of the Legal Service of the oilfield services company Integra Management CJSC (Representative Office in Kazakhstan), Director of the Legal Department and General Counsel of Eastcomtrans Group.

He was also a partner in Grata Law Firm LLP and Senior Partner, Consultant at Greenline Services Ltd in Budapest.

Mr. Lavrenov graduated from the Kazakh State Law Academy in 2000.

In 2004, he also obtained the degree in International Law from Duke University School of Law and Kyushu University in Japan.

 

Mr. Emile Wolff has over 20 years of experience in consulting services in areas such as project management in the oil industry, technical maintenance, engineering, innovations and IT systems. Currently he runs his own company, Emile Wolff B.V., providing consulting services, with focus on: project & program management, post-merger integration, innovation, business management and improvement, mentoring/coaching. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of KMG International N.V. since November 2014.

Mr. Wolff was born in 1950 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He graduated from the Delft Technical University, The Netherlands, and majored in industrial engineering. He is a member of the Royal Dutch Society of Engineers.

 

Mr. Arman Saulebay has graduated in 2004 the Kazakh Humanities and Law University, in Astana, Faculty: Jurisprudence followed by the Kazakh National Technical University, in Almaty, Faculty: Economics and Management. He also added various advanced training courses and seminars to his educational background in such areas as: project management, strategic management system, effective corporate governance, structuring international business and corporate acquisitions, financial and economic modeling.

Mr. Saulebay gathered extensive experience in managerial positions mainly within oil and gas companies: NC KazMunayGas JSC, Karagandy CCI LLP, KMG Global Solutions B.V., KazMunayGas Refining, and Marketing JSC, TH KazMunaiGaz N.V. He had various responsibilities in such areas like asset management restructuring, implementation of M&A projects, management of the department of strategy, risk management and transformation, implementation of development projects for the oil-refining sector, including coal and petrochemical projects.

Before this, he held positions at JSC “KazTransOil,” KMG Systems & Services LLP, and KMG-Transcaspian LLP, where he played key roles in strategic planning, realization of major crude oil pipeline projects, asset management, and international cooperation in the oil and gas sector.

Throughout his professional career of over 25 years, Mr. Zakirov has demonstrated his expertise in project coordination, strategic planning, and leadership skills.

Mr. Zakirov graduated in 1997 with a bachelor's degree from the Faculty of International Economic Relations at the Kazakh State Academy of Management, specializing in International Monetary and Financial Relations. Subsequently, he pursued advanced studies at the University of Dundee in the United Kingdom, attaining a master’s degree. His focus during the master's program was on the Energy Industry, specifically in the realm of Oil and Gas Economics within the Master of Science in Energy Industries program.