VI International Conference «Capital market of the Republic of Uzbekistan»

September 12, 2024
Tashkent
Hilton Tashkent City (2, Block 5, Islam Karimov Street)

Speakers

Sherali Abduzhabbarov
General Director, State Central Securities Depository of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Igor Akulov
Managing Director, Head of EM Macro Structured, Barclays Bank UK
20+ years of experience in various Emerging Markets with Dresdner Bank, Deutsche Bank, UBS and now Barclays. Serviced institutional clients with structured solutions both for...
20+ years of experience in various Emerging Markets with Dresdner Bank, Deutsche Bank, UBS and now Barclays. Serviced institutional clients with structured solutions both for asset side products and liabilities across various geographies and client groups. Most recently particular focus on distressed and frontier markets.
Bakhodir Atakhanov
Chairman, National Association of Investment Institutions
Bakhodir Atakhanov headed the Center for Coordination and Development of the Securities Market of Uzbekistan (2012 - 2017, 2017 - 2019), was Deputy Minister of...
Bakhodir Atakhanov headed the Center for Coordination and Development of the Securities Market of Uzbekistan (2012 - 2017, 2017 - 2019), was Deputy Minister of Health of Uzbekistan (2017) and Executive Director of the Digital Economy Development Support Fund (2019). The Center for Securities Market Coordination and Development (1996 - 2019) was the authorized state body to regulate Uzbekistan's securities market. In January 2019, its powers, tasks and functions were transferred to the Capital Market Development Agency of Uzbekistan (ARRC). Since May 2021, ARRC is abolished, with the transfer of powers, tasks and functions to the Ministry of Finance of Uzbekistan.
Tatyana Budey
CFO, OZmetkombinat
Alisher Djumanov
Founder and Managing Partner, AD Wealth
Alisher brings over 30 years of experience in international finance, with a proven track record across advisory, investment banking, venture capital, private equity, and investment...
Alisher brings over 30 years of experience in international finance, with a proven track record across advisory, investment banking, venture capital, private equity, and investment management. He is the founder of AD Wealth, a family office investment firm focused on global emerging and frontier markets. Prior to this, Alisher held senior positions at prestigious institutions like Credit Suisse First Boston, Lazard, Renaissance Capital, Strategy&, PwC, and EY. Throughout his career, Alisher has played a pivotal role in founding and building award-winning investment banks and asset management firms across developing countries. His expertise extends to advising governments, sovereign wealth funds, state-owned enterprises, and multinational corporations on foreign direct investments. He has also actively invested and co-invested alongside family offices and other principal investors, across diverse asset classes. Alisher's global reach is evident by his experience working and studying in over 25 countries spanning Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. He has served as chair, moderator, or speaker at over 200 conferences, delving into topics like emerging and frontier markets, Islamic finance, banking, capital markets, hedge funds, energy, resources, infrastructure, property, telecom, and technology. His insights have also been featured on prominent media outlets like Bloomberg, CNBC, BBC, Al Jazeera, Reuters, Dow Jones, and Channel NewsAsia. Additionally, his expertise has been recognized by leading publications including the Financial Times, Foreign Policy, Euromoney, Global Finance, and Institutional Investor.
Askar Zakirov
Head of Cryptoasset Circulation Development Department, National Agency of Perspective Projects of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Konstantin Kirko
Board Member, Head of Treasury and Market Risks, AVO Bank
Konstantin Kirko has over 10 years of management experience in quantitative risk analysis, data analytics, statistics and machine learning in treasury and trading divisions of...
Konstantin Kirko has over 10 years of management experience in quantitative risk analysis, data analytics, statistics and machine learning in treasury and trading divisions of banks and fintech ecosystems. Prior to joining AVO team, he held the position of Team Lead Data Scientist in Sberbank's treasury department
Botir Kobilov
Professor, The University of Texas at Dallas
Sardor Koshnazarov
Consultant of the Capital Market Development Department, National Agency of Perspective Projects of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Sardor has nearly 10 years of experience in advising investors and originating and executing investment deals across different industries in countries such as Myanmar, Mongolia,...
Sardor has nearly 10 years of experience in advising investors and originating and executing investment deals across different industries in countries such as Myanmar, Mongolia, Mozambique, Central Asia and other fast growing frontier markets. Since April 2017, Sardor is a Managing Director of Silk Capital, an Uzbekistan-based investment bank. Until then he had been active in sourcing and executing investment and advisory deals in Myanmar in such industries as oil and gas, power, financial services and IT/media. Before Myanmar, Sardor was a Director and Head of Research at Eurasia Capital, the Group’s subsidiary in Mongolia, where he had extensively dealt with mining and real estate investment projects. He also worked as an Economist at UNDP’s private sector development project and co-authored major investment publications in Uzbekistan. Sardor was Head of Foreign Trade Department at the Ministry of Economy of Uzbekistan. He holds a Master’s degree in International Finance of Westminster University in London, Bachelor’s degree in International Economics of the University of World Economy and Diplomacy (Uzbekistan) and qualifications in Advanced Mathematics.
Andrey Kulakov
Head of Fixed Income Research, Gazprombank
Andrey joined Gazprombank’s research team in August 2016 and is responsible for fixed income strategy research as well as credit coverage of the metals &...
Andrey joined Gazprombank’s research team in August 2016 and is responsible for fixed income strategy research as well as credit coverage of the metals & mining, fertilizer and transport sectors. Overall, he has more than 10 years of experience on the Russian debt capital market. Before joining Gazprombank, Andrey worked with Sberbank CIB's DCM team. Prior to that, he was employed as a fixed income research analyst by UralSib and MDM Bank. Andrey is a CFA Charterholder and a Certified FRM.
Sergey Lyalin
Founder, Cbonds
Sergey Lyalin started working in the securities market as bond analyst in IC Deviz in 1995. In 1997 he joined IC Energocapital (worked there as...
Sergey Lyalin started working in the securities market as bond analyst in IC Deviz in 1995. In 1997 he joined IC Energocapital (worked there as Client Relations Manager and then as Head of Marketing Research). In 2000, he organized the Internet portal Cbonds.Ru. He has been CEO of Cbonds.ru LLC since 2001. Under the leadership of Sergey Lyalin Cbonds News Agency has become the leading source of information on the Russian and CIS bond market. He started publishing Cbonds Review magazine in 2006 and was its Editor-in-Chief in 2006-2007. He is the author of Corporate Bonds: Global Experience and Russian Prospects (2001) and a number of articles on the securities market. Sergey Lyalin graduated from St. Petersburg University, Department of Economics (a diploma of economist - mathematician). Holds a PhD in Economics. Finished Executive MBA at Graduate School of Management (GSOM) at Saint-Petersburg State University in 2018.
Mansur Mammadov
Chief Investment Officer, Moonwake Investment
Mansur Mammadov, currently serving as the Chief Investment Officer at Moonwake Investment, has an extensive background in high-level roles within the finance industry. His professional...
Mansur Mammadov, currently serving as the Chief Investment Officer at Moonwake Investment, has an extensive background in high-level roles within the finance industry. His professional journey includes a stint as a managing partner at several investment and brokerage firms in the UK and Azerbaijan. He also played a crucial role as the Chief Risk Officer at the largest corporate bank in Azerbaijan. Further expanding his international experience, he offered his expertise in Russia, managing portfolios for both Hedge Fund and Long only Fund.
Alisher Miraliev
Deputy Director, State Assets Management Agency of the Republic of Uzbekistan
2004-2005. - Leading specialist of the Small and Private Entrepreneurship Development Department of the State Property Management Committee 2005-2006. - Chief Specialist of the Department for Improvement of...
2004-2005. - Leading specialist of the Small and Private Entrepreneurship Development Department of the State Property Management Committee 2005-2006. - Chief Specialist of the Department for Improvement of Corporate Governance and Post-Privatization Support of Enterprises of the Committee for State Property Management. 2006-2007. - Chief Specialist of the Department for Improvement and Analysis of Efficiency of State Property Management of the Committee for State Property Management 2007-2013. - Deputy Head of the Department for Analysis of the Situation of Enterprises with State Share in the Authorized Capital of the State Property Management Committee 2013-2016. - Deputy Head of the Department for Improvement of Corporate Governance and Development of the Secondary Stock Market of the State Committee for Privatization, Demonopolization and Competition Development 2016-2019. - Deputy Director General, First Deputy Director General of the Center for State Asset Management under the State Committee for Privatization, Demonopolization and Competition Development 2019-2020. - Deputy Head of the Infrastructure Asset Management Department of the State Asset Management Agency, Head of the Department 2020-2021 - Head of the Department of Corporate Relations at enterprises with state participation of the State Assets Management Agency, Head of the Department 2021 й. - Deputy Director of the State Assets Management Agency
Tolibjon Mirzakulov
CEO & Co-founder, Jett
Tolibjon Mirzakulov has 20+ years of experience in IT and Digital Economy related projects both in private and public sectors. In 2012-2015, he worked in...
Tolibjon Mirzakulov has 20+ years of experience in IT and Digital Economy related projects both in private and public sectors. In 2012-2015, he worked in the Single Integrator UZINFOCOM, was the head of the Center of the National Educational Network "ZiyoNET". He worked as the Director of the .UZ domain zone development department and Director of the E-Commerce Development Department at the Ministry of Digital Technologies. He worked as the Director of the Digital Economy Development Department at the National Agency for Advanced Projects under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Since 2019, he has been working in the private sector in the field of financial and investment technologies. He is the co-founder and director of Multibroker, a startup project, investment service Jett.
Evgeniy Mozheiko
Founder/CEO, MELA Family Holding
Viktoriya Mustafina
Director of Financial and Economic Department, Uzbek Commodity Exchange
Since 2023, she has been heading the financial and economic block of UZEX JSC. Her functions include strategic development, financial management and corporate governance of UZEX...
Since 2023, she has been heading the financial and economic block of UZEX JSC. Her functions include strategic development, financial management and corporate governance of UZEX JSC. Her previous experience is about 20 years in various positions of state bodies of the republic, starting from the leading specialist on financial analysis and financial rehabilitation of state enterprises of the Committee on Economic Insolvency of Enterprises to the Head of the Department of the Antimonopoly Committee on control over economic concentration (M&A transactions) and state participation in the economy. She was a member of supervisory boards of various state-owned enterprises and actively participated in the development of competition legislation.
Otabek Nasirov
Partner, SBO Insights
Otabek Nasirov is a Co-founder and Partner at SBO Insights, actively shaping the landscape of fintech in Uzbekistan. He serves as a vital member of...
Otabek Nasirov is a Co-founder and Partner at SBO Insights, actively shaping the landscape of fintech in Uzbekistan. He serves as a vital member of both the expert council of the Fintech Association and Cyber Park, while also contributing his expertise to the working groups of the Council of Foreign Investors under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan. In recent years, Otabek held the esteemed position of Deputy Chairman of the Fintech Association of Uzbekistan, playing a pivotal role in fostering the growth and development of the fintech ecosystem within the country. He actively participates in the development of the fintech community of Uzbekistan, regulatory sandboxes and local legislation of the fintech industry, including education on blockchain technology, convergence technologies such as AI, digital assets and others. He is also involved in creating an ecosystem of business angels and the country's venture capital market. Represents and lobbies the interests of the fintech community in government agencies of Uzbekistan. Otabek member of the UMAY Angels Club, ICLUB by Venture Found TA Ventures and cooperates with the Uzbekistan Venture Capital Association (UzVCA), the National Venture Capital Fund (UzVC), National Agency of Perspective Projects (NAPP), Central Bank, Ministry of Digital Technologies and international financial institutions. His knowledge and experience are the result of working in international and global companies such as Coca-Cola, Carlsberg Group, General Motors, Ernst & Young and SIT Learning within the Swiss International Research Institute Schaffhausen Institute of Technology and others. Graduate of the Tashkent State Law Institute and the Moscow School of Management "Skolkovo". Otabek is an ambassador for Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC), Chapter Zero Uzbekistan (Climate Governance Initiative | CGI ), EMBRAS (Employer Brand Award and Summit), Mysterious Uzbekistan (Adventure Community) and Ezgu Amal (Charity Foundation).
Vyacheslav Pak
First Deputy Director, National Agency of Perspective Projects of the Republic of Uzbekistan
George Paresishvili
Chief Executive Officer, Tashkent Stock Exchange
Rustam Rakhmatov
Founder, IMAN
Rustam Rahmatov is a Product Manager, CEO & Founder of IMAN. An ex-investment banker with a wide range of buy-side and sell-side experience across Uzbekistan,...
Rustam Rahmatov is a Product Manager, CEO & Founder of IMAN. An ex-investment banker with a wide range of buy-side and sell-side experience across Uzbekistan, Luxembourg, and the US. He has worked at leading consulting firms and investment firms like EY, IFG, and IFC (World Bank Group). Prior to IMAN, Rustam was involved in advising and evaluating startups in industries such as fintech, auto loans, retail, e-commerce, manufacturing, renewable energy, real estate, and many others both in the local market & abroad. Rustam defines the key principles of IMAN’s strategy, which are developed based on the three core values – Ethics, UX excellence, and disruptive technology. Rustam’s vision is to spread the ideas of Islamic Finance globally but starting in Uzbekistan. Vision: Spreading IMAN as a one-stop super-app for ethical investments & installments globally Education: Oxford Brookes University, ACCA Candidate
Dauren Sapargaliev
Executive Director, Freedom Broker Uzbekistan
He has 16 years of experience in the financial sector. From 2010 to 2020 he worked in senior positions at Kaspi, Sberbank and Alfa-Bank. From 2020 to...
He has 16 years of experience in the financial sector. From 2010 to 2020 he worked in senior positions at Kaspi, Sberbank and Alfa-Bank. From 2020 to 2022 he worked in the structure of the American broker Interactive Brokers. From 2022 he joined the Freedom Broker team. Participant in the promotion of major IPO and SPO in Kazakhstan. He is highly competent in structuring transactions and developing strategies for selling financial instruments to private and institutional investors.
Karen Srapionov
Director, Avesta Investment Group
Said Talibov
Founder/CEO, STM Holding
Born in Uzbekistan in 1993. Education: FIU (Florida International University), majoring in Marketing. He was Director of Business Development at Flippo's (chain of children's entertainment centers)...
Born in Uzbekistan in 1993. Education: FIU (Florida International University), majoring in Marketing. He was Director of Business Development at Flippo's (chain of children's entertainment centers) in Florida, Miami in 2015-2020. Commercial Director at ASKLEPIY Distribution during 2020-2021. CEO of ASKLEPIY Group (pharmaceutical holding) in 2021-2022. The holding includes 5 large companies, such as ASKLEPIY Distribution, NIKA PHARM production, OXYmed pharmacy chain, ZAMONA RANO phyto tea production, MARI PHARM marketing company. The total number of employees is more than 2000. Co-owner of ASKLEPIY Group from 2023 till today. Owner of STM Holding (pharmaceutical holding) from 2018 till today. STM Holding includes 3 business units: STM Distribution - distributor of pharmaceutical and parapharmaceuticals; pharmacy chain TABLETKA; STM Marketing - range of marketing services. One of the most famous business bloggers in Uzbekistan.
Rashid Usmanov
CEO, Uzbek Republican Currency Exchange
Murodjon Farmanov
CEO, Mortgage refinancing company of Uzbekistan
Rustam Khalikov
First Deputy CEO, Uzbekinvest
Julia Khandoshko
CEO, European broker Mind Money
Farrukh Khodjaev
CEO, Kapital Depozit
Otar Sharikadze
Senior Advisor, TBC Bank
Prior to joining TBC Bank as a Senior Advisor and CEO of TBC Asset Management, Otari served as a Managing director for Galt & Taggart,...
Prior to joining TBC Bank as a Senior Advisor and CEO of TBC Asset Management, Otari served as a Managing director for Galt & Taggart, one of the largest Georgian investment banks. Before joining Galt & Tagart in August 2014, Otari served as Chief Investment Officer at Partnership Fund, a Georgian state-owned private equity fund. Previously, he worked as an Associate at Arjil – Altium Capital, a Paris-based investment bank. Otari holds a master’s degree in Corporate Finance from Paris Graduate School of Management and a master’s degree in Economics from Pantheon-Sorbonne University.

VI International Conference «Capital market of the Republic of Uzbekistan»