Maksat Mamashev, Executive Vice President Nazarbayev University
​Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the NU Corporate Fund for Social Development​

Mr. Mamashev graduated from the Kazakh State Academy of Management in International Finances and from Gumilyov Eurasian National University in Law.
He holds Master’s degree in International Business Economics from Anglia Polytechnic University, Cambridge (Great Britain), MBA degree from the Duke University’s, Fuqua School of Business, USA and “A” level professional certificate in Project management, IPMA.

​Mr. Mamashev is a member of founding small team of people who have worked on establishment and development of the University from the moment of initiation in 2009 and has extensive experience of work in both public and corporate sectors:
He started his career at the State Committee on investments of Kazakhstan in 1997,    further worked as a chief expert of the Division for social and economic analysis at the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as Director of the Accounting and audit methodology Department and completed public service in 2006 as head of the State assets management methodology Department of the Ministry of Finance.

He has also served as Vice-president of Kazakhstani Center for investment promotion (2001-2002), Chief administrative manager and Senior project coordinator for reconstruction of Astana international airport (2002-2003), Financial Director, Executive Director for Corporate Development and Advisor of the President on Business Development at the National grid operating company KEGOC (2006-2009).

Since 2010 till present time he is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Medical Holding JSC and Vice-President of the private fund “Nazarbayev Fund” (endowment fund).
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Since 2012 till present time he is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Kazakhstan’s Geographic Society and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the NU Corporate Fund for Social Development.