Marc Holtzman is Chairman of the Board of Directors of

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’s largest financial institution. He is also Chairman of

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, the largest financial institution in

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Previously, Holtzman was Chairman of

Kazkommertsbank Kazkommertsbank ( kk, Қазкоммерцбанк, ''Qazkommertsbank'') was the largest private bank in Kazakhstan with a total market share of 24%. Kazkommertsbank merged with Halyk Bank on 27 July 2018. About Kazkommertsbank is a large provi ...

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and Chairman of Meridian Capital HK, a private equity firm with investments in natural resources, real estate, food, agriculture and transportation.

Early career and education

Holtzman holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in

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from

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. Holtzman served as Executive Director of Citizens for America, former President

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’s national issues advocacy group. In the 1980 Presidential campaign, Reagan appointed Holtzman Executive Director of his

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campaign, the youngest person to ever run a statewide campaign in a US presidential election. In 1989, Holtzman was nominated by President Reagan to the

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National Advisory Council.

Career

Holtzman was Vice Chairman of

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and Vice Chairman

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Bank. Holtzman was co-founder and President of MeesPierson EurAmerica (a firm which was acquired by ABN Amro) and was a senior adviser to

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, where he lived and worked in

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and

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from September 1989 until October 1998. From 2003 through 2005 Holtzman was President of the

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. Holtzman served in the Cabinet of former Governor Bill Owens as Colorado's first Secretary of Technology. Holtzman was appointed by Kazakhstan's then Prime Minister

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from 2006 to 2008. Holtzman served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the United States Space Foundation from 2004 to 2010. Holtzman was a member of the Board of Directors of

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from 2012 to 2015. From 2015 to 2017, Holtzman was Chairman of the Board of Directors and later Chief Executive Officer of Kazkommertsbank, Kazakhstan’s largest bank. Since 2012, Holtzman has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of

in Rwanda, and became a member of the Board of Directors of

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in 2014. Holtzman is a member of the Board of Directors of FAT Brands, a global franchisor of restaurant brands. In 2019, Holtzman was appointed Chairman of CBZ Holdings, Zimbabwe’s largest financial institution. On January 24, 1999, Polish President

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presented Holtzman with The Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit.

Lecturer

Holtzman has given lectures on economic and political developments in

and

. He has advocated the process of continued market reforms and democratization.

Philanthropy

Holtzman was co-founder of the Denver School for Science and Technology, a charter high school in

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. The Holtzman family supports the Point Foundation, a non-profit organization creating opportunities for children and youth living in social poverty in South Africa and Rwanda. Holtzman is a National Trustee of National Jewish Health – a leading respiratory hospital in America.

References

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