Payments, compliance and financial crime expertise - regulated by AFSA, operating from Astana and the UK.
Twenty years in payments, eleven of them at Worldpay. Founding member of Alipay EMEA, where he oversaw e-commerce across the region and its expansion into new markets. Later at Banking Circle, then CEO of an FCA-regulated payments acquirer in the UK and of a global payments business. Passionate about technology, product and emerging-market ecosystems.
Expertise spanning cross-border payments, banking and investments, with compliance leadership at Revolut, OpenPayd and Banking Circle. A specialist in fraud, compliance and risk, she pairs global standards with local reality. Native Kazakh, fluent in English, Russian and Kazakh.
More than ten years in finance and accounting. Built the accounting and finance function of the Astana International Exchange (AIX) from scratch as Finance Director and Chief Accountant, following Ernst & Young, where she served international clients including Microsoft and Cisco. Certified Professional Accountant of Kazakhstan with an MBA from KIMEP University, leading financial control and settlement operations full-time from Astana.
Financial crime specialist, formerly Chief Expert at Kazakhstan's Financial Intelligence Unit, leading investigations with banks, law enforcement and international FIUs, most recently MLRO at an AIFC-licensed payments institution. CAMS-certified, with a law degree from MEPhI and state honours for contribution to economic security. Leads AML/CTF compliance full-time from Astana.