Umut Shayakhmetova ( kk, Úmit Bolathanqyzy Shaıahmetova, born 1969) is Kazakh businesswoman. She serves as chairperson of the management board of

Halyk Bank Halyk Bank ( kk, Қазақстан Халық Жинақ Банкі, ''Qazaqstan Halyq Jınaq Banki'') is a commercial savings bank in Kazakhstan that also has branches in Kyrgyzstan, Georgia, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Its full Kazakh ...

, a listed bank on the

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

and

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Early life

In 1993, Shayakhmetova Umut graduated from the

Peoples' Friendship University of Russia The Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (russian: Российский университет дружбы народов), also known as RUDN University and, until 1992, Patrice Lumumba University in honor of the hero Patrice Lumumba, is a ...

(also known as RUDN University) with a Bachelor of Economic Sciences. In 1996, she graduated from

Rutgers University Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a Public university, public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's ...

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, US, with an

MBA A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...

degree.

Career

Shayakhmetova began working in 1997–1998 as a specialist of structural financing for ZAO SB ABN AMRO Bank Kazakhstan (ZAO). From 1998 to 2000 she was chair of the management board of PAMC “ABN AMRO Asset Management”. From 2000 to 2004 she served as deputy chair of the board of ZAO. She supervised the corporate lending unit in the Kazakhstan subsidiary of a Dutch bank. In 2001 she became a member of the Expert Council of the National Securities Commission of the Republic of

. From November 2004 to January 2009 she served as deputy chair of the board for lending at

of Kazakhstan JSC (Halyk) On January 22, 2009, she was appointed chair of the Halyk board, replacing

Grigori Marchenko Grigory Alexandrovich Marchenko (or Grigori Alexandrovich Marchenko; born December 26,59) is a Kazakh financier, banker and politician. Marchenko was the Chairman of the Executive Board and CEO of Halyk Bank. He served as the First Deputy Prim ...

. On May 7, 2009, she was elected as a member of the Halyk Board. In May 2011 she became president of the Gymnastics Federation of the Republic of Kazakhstan and a member of the executive committee of the

National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan ( kk, Қазақстан Республикасы Ұлттық Олимпиадалық комитеті, ''Qazaqstan Respublikasy Ūlttyq Olimpiadalyq komitetı''; russian: Нацио ...

. In November 2012 she was elected as a member of

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International Council. In June 2015 she became Chair of the Council of businesswomen of

Almaty Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the List of most populous cities in Kazakhstan, largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to ...

National Chamber of Entrepreneurs «Atameken». In June 2016 she became Chair of the UnionPay International Regional Council in the region of Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Russia and the Caucasus. She also became Chair of the Financial Sector Committee of the Presidium of the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs «Atameken».

Awards

* Eren enbegi Ushin medal (2006). *

Order of Parasat The Order of Parasat ( kk, Парасат ордені, ''Parasat ordeni''; the Order of Nobility) is an order awarded by the government of Kazakhstan. It was established in 1993. The order is awarded to notable figures in the fields of science, ...

(2011). * Order of Barys 3 degrees (2016).

Personal life

Her father was Tayzhan, Bolatkhan Kulzhanuly (March 8, 1941 - February 20, 2007). He served as Secretary General of the Foreign Ministry of the

Kazakh SSR ; kk, Қазақ Советтік Социалистік Республикасы) *1991: Republic of Kazakhstan (russian: Республика Казахстан; kk, Қазақстан Республикасы) , linking_name = the ...

, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Economic Relations of Kazakhstan, ambassador to

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...

Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , relig ...

Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...

Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya bo ...

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

and

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. He was a representative of Kazakhstan in the

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and ambassador to

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

. Her mother was Tayzhanova, Alla Sadvokasovna (b. 1944).

References

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