Expertise grounded in practice

Strategic and operational development

Development strategies, mineral fertiliser production concepts and investment business plans. Assessment of production constraints, modernisation priorities and efficiency programmes.

Transformation and maintenance

Restoring stable operations, developing production teams and establishing maintenance and repair management to improve equipment reliability and reduce unplanned downtime.

EuroChem · 2013–2023

Leadership in asset management, operations and production planning. Developed an asset strategy and delivered a greenfield investment project through industrial commissioning. Built production and maintenance teams and planning systems from scratch. Implemented MES, dispatching, KPIs, end-to-end quality control and X-ray sorting for phosphate ore beneficiation.

Gazprom group assets · 2006–2013

Strategic and organisational development, management improvement and business process reengineering. Participated in a SAP restart project, KPI development, production and economic audits and risk assessment.

Education

RANEPA — MBA and master’s studies in entrepreneurship, company management and marketing. Ufa State Aviation Technical University — modelling and operations research in organisational and technical systems.

Areas of practice

Development strategy · Technology concepts · Business planning · Operational efficiency · Maintenance systems · Turnaround management

Selected results

• Stabilised production within 6 months following recurring equipment downtime.
• Increased finished-product output productivity by 21%.
• Reduced unplanned downtime by 50% by establishing maintenance team systems.
• Saved up to 20% in electricity through modernisation of grinding-unit drives.
• Reduced costs of materials subject to consumption standards by 40% through MES and dispatching.
• Reduced maintenance consumables costs by 30%.

GMK Vasilyevskoye, BOKE, BK GOLD and Zhaltyrbulak

Head of Legal: part-time project work covering contracts and legal support for mining companies.

Kazphosphate LLP

Subsoil-use and licensing specialist; Chief Geology Manager in the Mining and Processing Department.

FIC Alel JSC · 2022–2025

Subsoil-use and licensing specialist: permits, land, contract obligations and commissioning of industrial facilities.

Mining Consulting Group · 2022

Chief Lawyer; legal support for the rehabilitation of TASKARA, a mineral operator.

GRK Manka and GOK Manka · 2021–2022

Lawyer: contracts, land matters, permits and employment issues.

Kaskad-N LLP · 2020–2021

Lawyer: contracts, mining-sector procurement and land documentation.

Ust-Kamenogorsk Titanium and Magnesium Plant · 2019–2020

Legal Counsel: corporate and employment law, contracts, litigation documents and engagement with authorities.

• FIC Alel: supported commissioning of a carbon regeneration facility classified as a Category I hazardous facility.
• Tailings facilities No. 5 and No. 6: supported transition from a contract regime to licences for use of underground space, with operating designs and a closure plan prepared together with Kaznedroproekt.
• Tailings facility No. 4: contributed to resolving a site-area issue and obtaining a licence for use of underground space.

Voskhod · 2024

Deputy General Director for technical and operational matters.

SRK Consulting · 2023–2024

Technical Mining Consultant, Kazakhstan.

Wardell Armstrong International · 2021–2023

Senior Mining Consultant.

Datamine Software International · 2019–2021

Senior Mining Engineer.

Polymetal · 2012–2019

Chief Specialist; experience with PM Eurasia, the Ural branch and the Mayskoye and Lunnoye deposits.

Kazakhmys · 2007–2012

Mining Engineer, Mine Foreman and stope production work, building experience from hands-on operations to engineering management.

• Voskhod: blast-hole monitoring, reduction of oversize material, improved mine ventilation and water supply, and optimisation of ore logistics and equipment reporting.
• Mayskoye and Lunnoye deposits: operational and engineering experience within Polymetal.
• Kazakhmys: Karaganda, Zhezkazgan, YUSR, Belousovskoye and Irtysh — mining experience across operational sites.

ORPI-Geo LLP · since September 2024

Geologist.

Kokshe-Ar LLP · April 2021–September 2023; since September 2024

Geologist.

Education and qualifications

• Master’s in Geology: National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, 2022–2024.
• Bachelor’s in Mining: Sh. Ualikhanov Kokshetau University, 2018–2022.

Finance transformation · 2022–2025

Led finance transformation at a mining enterprise, including budget management, financial reporting and process diagnosis. Participated in SAP S/4HANA controlling and budgeting implementation.

FP&A leadership · 2013–2021

Planning and economics, budget control, shareholder management reporting, 1C budgeting and production-stage accounting.

CFO experience · 2017–2019

Coordination of accounting, treasury, reporting, ERP and planning; cash-flow forecasting and internal financial controls.

Examples from professional experience

• Production and financial break-even models for uranium mining operations.
• Implementation of 1C UPP budgeting and automated purchasing and materials budget controls.
• Transition of management-reporting methodology from Ellipse ERP to 1C.
• Cost reduction programmes, finance operating models and AI-assisted financial analytics.