Yelzhas Otynshiyev  

Citizenship: Republic of Kazakhstan

Date of birth: 04/01/1987

Education:

In 2008 he graduated from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (Moscow, Russia) with a degree in Applied Mathematics and Physics. In 2010, he received a Master of Science degree from the same institute, specializing in Applied Mathematics and Physics.

Labor activity:

Yelzhas Otynshiev began his career in October 2007 as an analyst at Ernst & Young (Moscow, Russia). From 2009 to 2012, he worked as a manager and then director of the investment projects department of National Mining Company Tau-Ken Samruk JSC. In the period from 2012 to 2019, he held various positions in the investment block of the Sovereign Wealth Fund Samruk-Kazyna JSC.

In 2019-2023, he held senior positions in private holding companies, as well as in the management company of the private equity fund KIDF.

Since April 2023, he has held the position of Co-Managing Director for Strategy and Asset Management of Samruk-Kazyna JSC.

Today Yelzhas Otynshiev is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of NC QazaqGaz JSC, as well as a member of the Board of Directors of NC KazMunayGas JSC and NAC Kazatomprom JSC.