Umut Shayakhmetova (, born 1969) is a Kazakh businesswoman. She serves as chairperson of the management board of

Halyk Bank Halyk Bank () is a commercial savings bank in Kazakhstan that also has branches in Kyrgyzstan, Georgia, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Its full Kazakh name translates into English as "Peoples' Savings Bank of Kazakhstan Joint-Stock Company". ...

, a listed bank on the

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and

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Early life

In 1993, Shayakhmetova Umut graduated from the

Peoples' Friendship University of Russia The Patrice Lumumba Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (Russian language, Russian: Российский университет дружбы народов имени Патриса Лумумбы), also known as RUDN University and until 1 ...

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

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

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, US, with an

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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, 1959) 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 Deput ...

. 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 (, ''Qazaqstan Respublikasy Ūlttyq Olimpiadalyq komitetı''; ; IOC code: KAZ) is the National Olympic Committee representing Kazakhstan. It is a member of the Olympic Council of Asia. ...

. 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

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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 (, ''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, culture, literature and art, as w ...

(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 The Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, also known as Soviet Kazakhstan, the Kazakh SSR, KSSR, or simply Kazakhstan, was one of the transcontinental constituent republics of the Soviet Union (USSR) from 1936 to 1991. Located in northern Centr ...

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

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and

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. He was a representative of Kazakhstan in the Organization of Islamic Conference and ambassador to

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

References

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