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      Saken Zhumashev is an experienced leader in business consulting, with more than 20 years of industry expertise. He has significantly contributed to institutional and economic reforms in Central Asia and the European Union, focusing on large-scale transformation projects.

      Most of his career path has been devoted to working at KPMG where he established the first regional practice of Management and Risk consulting. Saken became the Head of KPMG in Kazakhstan and Central Asia in 2018, and in 2022, he stepped into the position of Managing Partner & CEO for the KPMG Caucasus and Central Asia cluster.

       

      In media:

      Saken Zhumashev comments about digital future for World Monitor

      Saken Zhumashev comments on the benefits working at KPMG for  HIPO online portal

      Saken Zhumashev comments on the personnel evaluation for Expert Kazakhstan online portal

      Saken Zhumashev comments on innovations in Kazakhstan for Expert Kazakhstan online portal

      Article by Saken Zhumashev in Expert Kazakhstan magazine - how the Korean experience in efficiency improving can be used in Kazakhstan

      Saken Zhumashev comments on Kazakhstan telecommunications market for Profit.kz

      Saken Zhumashev comments on Kazakhstan telecommunications market for the Vlast internet magazine

      Saken Zhumashev comments on Kazakhstan telecommunications market for Kursiv weekly

      Saken Zhumashev comments on how to protect proprietary data for Lsm.kz 

      Saken Zhumashev comments on digital hygiene for Sputniknews.kz broadcasting station

      Saken Zhumashev comments on infosecurity for Kazpravda

      Saken Zhumashev comments on the role of the state in telecommunications on the Vlast internet magazine YouTube channel

      Saken Zhumashev comments on KPMG CEO Survey 2017 

      1. Education & qualification

        Engineer-system engineer, Karaganda State Technical University

        Master of Business Administration (MBA), Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics and Strategic Research

        Senior Executive Education C25, London Business School (LBS)

        Management Development Program, Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO

      2. Accreditations

        CIA

        CRMA

        PMP

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