Mr Arifkhanov is the Chairman of the Management Board. He was born on November 28, 1974. Mr Arifkhanov graduated from the Kazakh State Academy of Management. Then he graduated from the Diplomatic Academy of Kazakhstan's Foreign Affairs Ministry with honors, and in the framework of the presidential program "Bolashak" graduated from Columbia University and in 2008 received a master's degree in public administration on economic policy management program. Mr Arifkhanov has extensive experience working in Government and key companies including Kazakhtelecom and Kazatomprom.