Mr. Ulf Wokurka
Independent Director - Member of the Board of Directors of the Company
Date of Birth: October 31, 1962
Citizenship: Germany
Education, Specialization:
- Martin Luther University in Halle (1980–1981)
- Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1983–1989), diploma in "International Relations" with foreign language proficiency
- KIMEP University, Almaty (2012), Certificate No. 0013/09-12 “Certified Corporate Governance Director”
Work Experience:
1989–1990 — Senior Advisor for Intergovernmental Cultural Relations with Turkey, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Berlin, Department of Western Europe, Division for Turkey, Greece, and Cyprus
1990–2006 — Worked in various divisions of Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt am Main, including:
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Head of the Representative Office of Deutsche Bank and Morgan Grenfell in Almaty (1993–1996)
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Project and Export Finance Department, London (1996–1998)
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Acting Head of the Export Finance Division, New York (1999–2000)
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Director, Structured Export Finance Department, Frankfurt
2006–2008 — Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, JSC "Kazakhstan Holding for the Management of State Assets ‘Samruk’", Astana
2008–2010 — Managing Director and Member of the Management Board, Metzler Asset Management GmbH, Frankfurt am Main; responsible for business development in Eastern Europe and the CIS
2010–2017 — Worked within Deutsche Bank AG structures in Frankfurt am Main and Almaty; Head of the Representative Office of Deutsche Bank AG in the Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty
2010–2017 — Secretary of the German side of the Kazakh-German Business Council
2012–2017 — Member and 2016–2017 — Chairman of the Board of the Association of the Kazakhstan Foreign Investors’ Council under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
2017–2018 — Chairman of the Management Board and Member of the Board of Directors, JSC "Kazkommertsbank", Almaty
2018–2019 — Chairman of the Management Board and Member of the Board of Directors, JSC "Tsesnabank", Astana
Since 2017 — Independent Director, Member of the Board of Directors, JSC "NC "KAZAKH INVEST", Astana
Since 2021 — Independent Director, Member of the Board of Directors, JSC "NC "Kazakhstan Temir Zholy", Astana