Featuring
Spring 2014 Rumsfeld Fellows at the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, SAIS:
Mr. Davit Sanasaryan (Armenia),
City Council of Yerevan, Secretary of “Barev Yerevan” Faction, the Heritage Party
Mr. Emin Valiyev (Azerbaijan),
Founder, Partner and General Manager
of Uptime Marketing Agency operating in Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan
Ms. Tamar Kekenadze (Georgia),
Civilian Representative of the Ministry of Defense of Georgia to NATO and the EU
Mr. Talgat Imangaliyev (Kazakhstan),
Director for Business Development and Government Affairs at WorleyParsons, Astana
Mr. Ato Kasymov (Kazakhstan),
Deputy CEO of Kazakhstan Mortgage Company (KMC),
a state owned company for mortgage securitization and promotion of real estate market growth
Mr. Ruslan Karabukaev (Kyrgyzstan),
Director of Business Development, Avanta Capital, Bishkek
Mr. Aziz Soltobaev (Kyrgyzstan),
Chairman, the Svetofor Group, Bishkek
Ms. Shijir Ochirbat (Mongolia),
Senior Strategy and Policy Analyst at Oyu Tolgoi LLC/Rio Tinto Copper LLC
Mr. Manuchehr Kurbonali (Tajikistan),
CEO, Axiom Investments LLC, an investor in Central Asia medical centers
Dr. Umid Aripdjanov (Uzbekistan),
founding partner at Colibri Law Firm
(legal, tax, and business services for foreign investors in Central Asia, Mongolia and the Caucasus).
Moderating:
Mamuka Tsereteli, Research Director,
Central Asia-Caucasus Institute/Silk Road Studies Program, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University