Zhanibek Sagidullin

Deputy Chief Technologist (IPMA Level C)

AVC GROUP

Coordinates technical activities and stakeholder interfaces for capital projects at the Atyrau Refinery.

Chief Specialist, Projects Coordinator; Lead Environmental Engineer; Lead Process Engineer

Atyrau Refinery

Kazakhstan's oldest oil refinery, based in Atyrau, processing crude oil into petroleum products.

Progressed from process and environmental engineering into capital project coordination, with work focused on water treatment and refinery technology units.

• Chief Specialist, Projects Coordinator (May 2023 to June 2026). Project management of capital projects, including interaction with technical stakeholders and project participants. • Lead Environmental Engineer (June 2022 to May 2023). Functional focus: Water Treatment. • Lead Process Engineer (June 2021 to June 2022). Functional focus: Coordination of technology units process.

Leadership Development Graduate Programme, Zhas Orken

Samruk-Kazyna

Kazakhstan's sovereign wealth fund, which manages a portfolio of national companies and investments.

Completed a two-year leadership programme with rotations across portfolio companies and received a TOP-5 Specialist Award based on rotation results.

• Two-year programme combining professional and leadership development, mentoring, rotations across portfolio companies, and practical work on business cases and projects. • Received a TOP-5 Specialist Award based on rotation results.

MSc, Chemical and Energy Engineering

Otto von Guericke University

Bachelor's degree, Heat Power Engineering

Kazan National Research Technological University