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Board Members 2020-2021
Mark Smith
EUROBAK Chairman / Managing Partner, Deloitte Caspian Region
Mark joined Deloitte Caspian in April 2007, relocating from Edinburgh, Scotland, where he participated in the IFRS
conversion and demutualization of Standard Life PLC, which now lists on the FTSE 100. Prior to this, Mark worked with
another Big Four firm for over five years in both the UK and the Cayman Islands.Prior to becoming Deloitte Caspian
managing partner in June 2012, Mark was the head of the region’s Financial Services audit industry, actively engaged
in the audit of some of Kazakhstan’s largest financial institutions. Mark has been in the profession for almost 20 years,
serving clients in the banking, insurance and manufacturing sectors and has provided audit services under IFRS, US
GAAP and UK GAAP. Mark is a qualified Chartered Accountant from theInstitute of Chartered Accountants in Scotland.
Victoria Simonova
EUROBAK Secretary / Partner, Dentons
Victoria is a Partner in Dentons’ Almaty office with over 20 years of experience and advises clients on a wide
variety of Kazakhstan and international law issues, including energy, corporate, litigation, employment and
IP/IT matters. She had advised clients on acquisition of assets and other interests in companies in the oil and
gas, telecommunications and energy sectors. Victoria is a member of the Kazakhstan Bar Association (KazBar),
Kazakhstan Petroleum Lawyers Association and American International Petroleum Lawyers Association (AIPN).
Victoria also served as a member of the Board of Directors of the European Business Association of Kazakhstan
(EUROBAK) for the past few years.
Oleg Khanin
EUROBAK Treasurer / Chairman of the Management Board,
Kommesk-Omir Insurance Company
Oleg Khanin worked as Deputy Chairman of the Management Board for Business Development since 2009. Mr. Khanin has been
working in the Company since 1998. During this time he held the positions of Assistant Chairman of the Management Board
for Insurance Affairs, Auditor, Chief Underwriter of the Underwriting and Surveyors Department, Vice President for Insurance,
Deputy Chairman of the Management Board for Financial Affairs. Mr. Khanin’s career began in 1998 in Almaly District Tax
Committee of Almaty City. Mr.Khanin graduated from the Kazakh State Academy of Management. He was trained in the Finance
Academy at the Government of the Russian Federation under the international professional program for insurance specialists.
Ibrahim Canliel
Chief Financial Officer, Air Astana
Ibrahim Canliel works for Air Astana as CFO and has been with the company since its early stages in 2003. He under-
took a range of senior management functions in the company prior to stepping up to his latest role in December 2017.
He started his career initially in tourism in Turkey during the 90’s until he joined aviation with KLM in 1998; briefly in
the Gulf and consequently in Central Asia. He has been in Kazakhstan for the past 22 years managing business units
successfully during both upturns and downturns.Ibrahim studied undergraduate degree of Economics from Marmara
University and MBA from Bosphorus University. Ibrahim is married and has two twin daughters.
Gordon Haskins
CEO and Chairman of the Management Board, Al Hilal Bank Kazakhstan
Gordon Haskins is CEO and Chairman of the Management Board of Al Hilal Bank Kazakhstan, having joined AHBK
in November 2016. AHBK is now part of the UAE’s 3rd largest banking group, which has operations in Europe,
the Middle East and North Africa, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, and China. He has over 28 years of experience
in banking and law. Prior to joining AHBK, Gordon was Country Executive, Chairman of the Management Board,
and member of the Board of Directors of RBS Kazakhstan for 3 years prior to its sale by RBS Group in 2016 and,
previously, was Chief Operating Officer for the capital markets and derivatives business for the EMEA region.
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