Graham Chalmers Commercial Director – Air Commerce Graham has 16 years’ experience within the travel industry and in addition holds a Bachelor’s Degree in European Tourism.  His industry experience includes Partner Marketing at Avis Budget Group and Corporate Sales UK/Ireland at Qantas Airways, where he was responsible for negotiating corporate, government and travel management company

Geoff Wright Chief of Party USAID Competitiveness, Trade, and Jobs in Central Asia Mr. Geoff Wright is a private sector development advisor with 20 years of experience advising governments and the private sector on regulatory, trade policy and facilitation reform in emerging markets. He began his career with New Zealand Treasury and then worked for

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Berik Bulekbayev Executive Director of the Association of Scientific Research and Design Organizations (ANIP) Mr. Bulekbayev was born and raised in Almaty. He graduated from the Alma-Ata, Tashkent and Novosibirsk Transport Institute. He currently serves as the Executive Director of the Association of Scientific Research and Design Organizations (ANIP). He has been recognized as an Honorary Railroad

Tara Blake Director with the Finance Department at OPIC The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) is the U.S. Government’s development finance institution. OPIC works with the private sector to stimulate investment in challenging frontier markets by providing solutions to common problems such as lack of financing, and political and regulatory risk. OPIC tailors its products

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Yevgeniy Klimov Founder and president of the Foundation for the Integration of Ecological Culture (FIEC) Mr. Klimov is a biologist, ecologist and lawyer and is the founder and president of the Foundation for the Integration of Ecological Culture (FIEC). Under his leadership, FIEC has implemented dozens of projects on biosafety, ecotourism and project evaluation. Due

Vladimir Beresnev CERT International Senior Auditor CERT International Senior Auditor on ISO 9001, ISO 45001, ISO 14001, ISO 50001; IRCA Lead Auditor on ISO 9001, ISO 45001, ISO 14001; TÜV International Certification Senior Auditor on ISO 9001, OHSAS 18001, ISO 14001; approved tutor of the Commission at the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of