Alumni

School, major: SHSS City: Almaty Occupation: Danone, Danone Young Pro, Kazakhstan, Almaty Contact details: darya.aronova@nu.edu.kz Why are you considering becoming an Alumni Ambassador? It was fun on NU day in Almaty

School, major: SEng City: Almaty Occupation: Intellimarket LLP, CEO, Almaty, Kazakhstan Contact details: yerkebulan.saparov@gmail.com +77074350507 Why are you considering becoming an Alumni Ambassador? I do it even without being an ambassador

School, major: SHSS City: Almaty, or anywhere online. Occupation: Lawyer at "Kazakh pharmaceutical company "MEDSERVICE PLUS" LLP, Almaty Contact details: daskarova@nu.edu.kz Why are you considering becoming an Alumni Ambassador? I would like to engage in social service by helping potential students with tips and advice on how to get accepted to NU or what to do after you graduate.

School, major: GSPP City: Nur-Sultan; Canada, Toronto; Japan, Tokyo Occupation: Центр прикладных исследований TALAP, аналитик, Казахстан, Нур-Султан Contact details: madiyar.aiyp@nu.edu.kz Why are you considering becoming an Alumni Ambassador? Считаю своей гражданской позицией транслировать в широкие массы ценности НУ

School, major: SST City: Currently, I am living in Nur-Sultan. Actually, I am from Taraz Occupation: CEO, BrainEdTech company Contact details: akzhol.zambayev@nu.edu.kz Why are you considering becoming an Alumni Ambassador? I want share the value of NU with others, students with best academic achievements should take opportunity to study at NU.

School, major: GSB City: Nur-Sultan, Almaty, abroad, all depends on current job schedule Occupation: Nazarbayev University, Executive Director of SSH, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan Contact details: zraimbekova@nu.edu.kz Why are you considering becoming an Alumni Ambassador? I know NU system as I work here almost 9 years. This will alow me to better tel about programs of GSB, about EMBA

School, major: SST City: Nur-Sultan Occupation: КазМунайГаз, ведущий специалист, Астана Contact details: yermek.tussupbekov@gmail.com Why are you considering becoming an Alumni Ambassador? To help

School, major: SST, SOM City: Shymkent, Nur-Sultan Occupation: NUSOM, MD program Contact details: aruzhan.babazhanova@nu.edu.kz Why are you considering becoming an Alumni Ambassador? NU gave me a lot and changed my life incredibly! Now i can’t imagine it without alma mater! I appreciate it and want to “pay back” by doing something good what I could to our university

School, major: SST City: Shymkent, Nur-Sultan Occupation: NUSOM, MD Contact details: gulzhaina.nusserova@nu.edu.kz Why are you considering becoming an Alumni Ambassador? I feel like I'm capable for that

School, major: GSPP City: Beijing, Nur-Sultan Occupation: TradeTech Energy, uranium trading company, head of Nur-Sultan office, Commercial Executive Contact details: dias.baimagulov@tradetechenergy.com Why are you considering becoming an Alumni Ambassador? Give back to school

School, major: GSPP City: Yerevan and Tbilisi Occupation: (ICARE) International Center for Agribusiness, Research and Education, Faculty, Armenia, Yerevan Contact details: diana.petukhova@nu.edu.kz Why are you considering becoming an Alumni Ambassador? As a responsible alumni I am constantly promoting NU to the societies that I work in, volunteer for and develop, based on the solid and resilient knowledge I obtained at GSPP. Thus, my decision to become NU Alumni Ambassador came naturally, and with a great pleasure I will keep pursuing my wide network abroad to support and choose in favor of the most quality higher education opportunity in the Central Asia and the broader region - the Nazarbayev University.

School, major: GSE City: East Lansing, MI Occupation: Michigan State University, East Lansing, K-12 Educational Administration PhD program, USA Contact details: talgat.bainazarov@nu.edu.kz +15178028039 Why are you considering becoming an Alumni Ambassador? To give back to my Alma Mater

School, major: SST City: Orlando Occupation: PhD Program in Optics, CREOL, University of Central Florida Contact details: murat.yessenov@nu.edu.kz Why are you considering becoming an Alumni Ambassador? To contribute to NU community and meet new people

School, major: SSHS, Undegraduate City: Boston, USA Occupation: Former employee of Parmigiano Group and AB Restaurants, Master of Arts in Gastro, Boston University, USA Contact details: mtyurin@nu.edu.kz, mtyurin@bu.edu Why are you considering becoming an Alumni Ambassador? To extend our community and share my love and pride for NU with others.

School, major: SST City: Berlin Occupation: Software Engineer at 8fit.com, Berlin, Germany Contact details: arkalyk.akash@nu.edu.kz Why are you considering becoming an Alumni Ambassador? To stay connect with NU alumni and represent my Alma mater in Germany.

School, major: SST City: Michigan, Ann Arbor Occupation: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Contact details: alisher.duspayev@nu.edu.kz Why are you considering becoming an Alumni Ambassador? For fun

School, major: SHSS City: UK Occupation: KPMG, UK, London Contact details: aidanakassymova@gmail.com + 77012882627 Why are you considering becoming an Alumni Ambassador? To help prospective and current students to have a glimpse at opportunities after graduation

School, major: SST City: Milan Occupation: University of Milano-Bicocca, SUMA Master program, Materials Science, Italy, Milan, Contact details: shynggys.sadyk@nu.edu.kz Why are you considering becoming an Alumni Ambassador? I love my alma mater, which is the best university in Kazakhstan. I want NU to become widely known and take its own place among the best universities of the world and therefore I would be very interested in being an NU Alumni Ambassador

School, major: SST City: Seoul, Nur-Sultan Occupation: KIST, MSc in HCI & Robotics, Seoul, South Korea Contact details: bexultan.alimzhanov@nu.edu.kz Why are you considering becoming an Alumni Ambassador? I want to help this university to get the recognition it deserves

School, major: SEng City: Dubai Occupation: Did MSc in Engineering and Management in Energy and Environment, France- Spain; currently - Dubai Business Associates program, Associate, UAE, Dubai Contact details: dbatyrov@nu.edu.kz Why are you considering becoming an Alumni Ambassador? Firstly, to express my gratitude to NU for knowledge and experience. Secondly, after the graduation a lot of people from NU helped me to solve various problems, starting from basic help in Europe and finishing with advices regarding the work placements. I also made some efforts to help my friends from NU and therefore, I beleive that by being Alumni Ambassador I can add more value and be more helpful.

School, major: SHSS, Masters City: Nur-Sultan Occupation: Nazarbayev University, Manager of International Students Engagement and Advising Contact details: sandra.real@nu.edu.kz Why are you considering becoming an Alumni Ambassador? High quality education with English as a medium of instruction, opportunity to learn the local languages, leadership and volunteering skills from participation in club associations, contribution to internationalization of our campus. Why are you considering becoming an Alumni Ambassador?* I would like to open a NU international alumni chapter, help integrating a work group of international alumni who will work together in common projects with the Alumni Public Union, increase the presence of international students in CAC events and Marketing promotion, invite our students to join the recruitment fairs, promote job opportunities in Kazakhstan with our graduates, assist international students with visa and work permit consultations with colleagues from the Department of International Cooperation (if some members of our community would like to stay in Kazakhstan), help in the adaptation process of our new students, consult candidates from abroad about questions regarding admission process and activities on campus, and the most important part, become a mentor for support at all times. Where will you be able to serve as our Alumni Ambassador? In Nur-Sultan, but also I would like to be the contact in this stage for all international candidates. Once our community grown, I would like to contribute as an Ambassador of prospective students coming from the North American, Central and South American regions.

Occupation: LLP Uranenergo, transformation and perspective sector manager, Shymkent, Kazakhstan Contact details: abelgibekova@nu.edu.kz Why are you considering becoming an Alumni Ambassador? I want to propagate values of NU

City: Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan and Dubai, UAE Occupation: KPMG in Kazakhstan and Central Asia, Nur-Sultan, from Sept.2020 she will be enrolled to Dubai Business Associates program, Dubai, UAE Contact details: ardak.poshayeva@nu.edu.kz What did you like most or find most valuable about your NU experience? First of all the quality of education was very high. NU is a unique institution in Kazakhstan, which provided me with competitive education and placed me in progressive and innovative environment. NU granted me endless opportunities, that helped me to grow both as a professional and an individual. Last but not least NU gave me life-long friends, with whom we share similar mindset and aims. Why are you considering becoming an Alumni Ambassador? It is an honor for me to be able to represent my alma-mater. Being an ambassador would mean my payoff to the contribution NU made to my life.