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Leadership

Almas Kenessary

Almas Kenessary

Managing Partner

MD, PhD

  • 13+ years of experience in the field of life sciences management, medical technology assessment and optimization of legislation in the sphere of clinical trials regulation
  • 7+ years of experience in the field of clinical trials approval procedure and registration of drugs/medical devices in all regulating bodies of Central Asian region, including ministries of healthcare, central ethics bodies and others
  • Was the head of the Unit of Science of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan (unit in charge of medical science throughout the country)
  • Author of legislation "Rules for conducting biomedical experiments, preclinical (non-clinical) and clinical studies" (Order of the Minister of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated April 2, 2018 No. 142)
Seitzhan Sypabekov

Seitzhan Sypabekov

Managing Partner

MD, DBA

  • 20+ years of experience in the the field of drug and medical device development
  • Doctor of Business Administration degree in Healthcare Innovations from EU Business School of Montreux, Switzerland (2017)
  • Founder of Galamat Group (https://galamat.group), Kazakh-Spanish manufacturing company IHT Central Asia LLP (http://ihtca.com), iHealth (online platform focused on Alzheimer, men’s health and other indications)
  • Vice-President at the Central Asian Association for Clinical Trials
  • Partner of Lions World Vision Institute (Fl, USA, https://lwvi.org) for corneal transplantation (since 2021)
Alexander Gulyaev

Alexander Gulyaev

Chief Scientific Officer

MD, D.Sc.

  • 40+ years of experience in research projects in the fields of pharmacology and biotechnology
  • Author of 250+ scientific papers
  • Thesis supervisor of 6 D.Sc. and 21 PhD dissertations
  • Vice-president of KZ branch of ISPOR – The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research
  • Member of the European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Central Ethics Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Kazakh Society of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacy
  • Certificates of WHO, USAID, USP DQI, MSH
Aigul Kaptagaeva

Aigul Kaptagaeva

Chief Government Relations Officer

MD, D.Sc.

  • 15+ years of experience of work as a senior officer in the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan and its subordinate organizations
  • 25+ years of experience in research projects in healthcare
  • Member of the National Scientific Council under the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the period 2016-2019
  • Member of the boards of directors and supervisory boards of numerous medical universities of the Republic of Kazakhstan
  • Author of 120+ scientific papers and thesis supervisor of 1 PhD dissertation


Damirzhan Dauken

Damirzhan Dauken

Chief Legal Officer

Master of Laws

  • ⁠12+ years of experience in jurisprudence, including Financial Fraud Bureau of Manhattan Attorney’s Office
  • ⁠⁠Brings over 8 years of experience in international law and financial law
  • ⁠Graduate of Columbia University Law School
  • ⁠Specializes in corporate law, with a focus on the intricacies of venture capital and Delaware corporate law


Margulan Tanirtayev

Margulan Tanirtayev

Chief Financial Officer

MBA

  • +7 years of experience in financial reporting, investor relations and liability/capital management in the biggest financial institution in Kazakhstan
  • Participated in managing of Secondary Public Offering (SPO) of shares of the biggest financial institution in Kazakhstan with a deal size over $350M
  • Launched an investor relations website dedicated for international investors and analysts (halykbank.com)
  • Holds a bachelor and MBA degrees from KIMEP University
Didar Bitmanov

Didar Bitmanov

Chief Operating Officer

DBA

  • Over 8 years of experience in the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan and its subordinate organizations
  • Counsellor to the Minister of Healthcare of the Republic of Kazakhstan
  • Counsellor to the Director of Center Hospital of the President’s Affairs Administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan
  • Coordinator (Deputy Director) of the Department of Economy National Center for Expertise of Drugs and Medical Devices of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan

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