Candidate of Technical Sciences. Honorary Subsoil Explorer
Laureate of the State Prize for achievements in the Earth sciences
PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS
Subsoil use in Kazakhstan
Developing reporting forms in subsoil use
Analysing subsoil users' fulfilment of licence and contract obligations
Financing research and development (R&D)
Analysing investment activity in the mineral resources sector
Analysing the state of Kazakhstan's mineral resource base
Extractive sector transparency
Practical experience
Head of the Information and Analytical Support Department at National Geological Service JSC, Geology Committee of the Ministry of Industry and Construction.
Subsoil use monitoring; analysing the state of the mineral resource base and the mineral resources sector by administrative region and main types of minerals; preparing quarterly "Reviews of Investment Activity in Subsoil Use in the Mineral Resources Sector" taking into account investment dynamics and forecasts; analysing subsoil users' fulfilment of licence/contract conditions taking into account data for the entire contract period; coordinating international projects in subsoil use.
Leading and delivering the international project on the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI).
Developing reporting forms for subsoil use licences and contracts, training, R&D, EITI and others for oil and gas, uranium and mining companies.
Ministry of Industry and New Technologies, Committee of Geology and Subsoil Use, Kazgeoinform Republican Centre for Geological Information. Head of the Subsoil Use Results Analysis Service;
Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Committee of Geology and Subsoil Use, Kazgeoinform Republican Centre for Geological Information. Head of the Subsoil Use Results Analysis Division.
Education
1992–1995 — Institute of Metallurgy and Ore Beneficiation of the National Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan, degree of Candidate of Technical Sciences
1999–2001 — National Technical University, Kazakhstan, specialisation: mining engineer-geologist, specialising in oil and gas geology
1981–1987 — Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys, Russia, specialisation: metallurgical engineer