Education and internships
- 2002 — participation in the WHO conference on taxation of excisable products, New York, USA
- 1996 — internship at the USAID International Tax Centre, Ankara, Turkey
- 1996 — internship at the International Tax and Investment Centre, London, England
- 1995 — exchange of experience in tax legislation, Rennes, France
- 1966 — 1971 — engineer-economist, Leningrad Technological Institute, Leningrad
Specialisation
- Tax law
- Tax administration
Work experience
- 2002 — Committee for State Regulation of the Production and Circulation of Excisable Products of the Ministry of State Revenues of the Republic of Kazakhstan, deputy chair
- 2002 — 2003 — Tax Committee of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan, head of the Excise Department
- 2003 — 2005 — Tax Committee for Almaty, head of the department for explaining tax legislation
- 2005 — 2006 — head of the tax administration group, GRATA — AUDIT LLP
- 2006 — 2007 — tax department of the GRATA law firm
- 2007 — present — partner, GRATA law firm
Membership of organisations
- Chamber of Auditors of the Republic of Kazakhstan
- Chamber of Tax Consultants of the Republic of Kazakhstan
- Professional Accountant of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Distinctions awarded
- "Distinguished Officer of the Tax Service of the Republic of Kazakhstan"
Publications
- Over 60 publications in various specialised periodicals of Kazakhstan: Yurist, Nerezidenty, Predprinimatel i Pravo, Krupny i Sredny Biznes, RTsBK, Interfax Kazakhstan, Neft Pravo Gaz v Kazakhstane, Bukhgalter i Pravo, Fayl Bukhgaltera, Uchet i Audit v Kazakhstane and others, as well as in the Russian journal Nalogoved
- Experience of teaching and speaking at various taxation seminars preparing accountants for CAP/CIPA professional certification exams, as well as on taxation for finance specialists and accountants of various organisations
