About us

Mr. Dudas was born in 1959 and is a citizen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Mr. Dudas is a registered professional mining engineer who graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand (Republic of South Africa) with a Bachelor’s degree in mining engineering and a Master’s degree in mineral economics in 1984.

Mr. Dudas also holds an MBA from Heriot-Watt University (United Kingdom).

Mr. Dudas began his working career in 1984 at Rand Mines Ltd and has held a variety of senior managerial positions across a number of commodities and functions at companies such as Gencor Ltd. and BHP Billiton, where he was CEO of the Aluminium division.

Since 2012, Mr. Dudas has been working as an independent corporate adviser to multinational mining and professional service companies.

Being an independent member of the Company’s Board of Directors since 2015, in August 2018, Mr. Dudas was elected as a Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Almasadam Satkaliyev was born in 1970 and is a citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

He holds a degree in mechanics (applied mathematics) from Al-Farabi Kazakh National University and a master's degree in economics from the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation. He also received an EMBA degree from Nazarbayev University and a master’s degree from Stanford University (Stanford Executive Program). Over the years, Mr. Satkaliyev held senior positions at Tassat LLP, KazTransOil JSC, Samruk JSC, and KEGOC JSC. In 2007, he was appointed as Vice Minister of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

He was the Chairman of the Management Board of Samruk-Energy JSC from 2012 to 2018. Currently, Mr. Satkaliyev is the Managing Director for Asset Management and Privatization of Samruk-Kazyna JSC. In May 2019, he was elected as a member of the Board of Directors of NAC Kazatomprom JSC. 

Mr. Karymsakov was born in 1962 and is a citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Mr. Karymsakov graduated from the Almaty Institute of National Economy with a degree in the “organization of mechanised processing of economic information” and from Taraz State University with a law degree.

Mr. Karymsakov has worked in the Tien-Shan cooperative as an accountant and head of the Kordai district finance department. In 2003–2015 Mr. Karymsakov held a senior position with the Almaty City tax authority.

In August 2015, Mr. Karymsakov was appointed as Managing Director of National Company Astana EXPO-2017 JSC.

Mr. Karymsakov was elected as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company in April 2018.

Mr. Kudaibergen was born in 1979 and is a citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Mr. Kudaibergen holds an MBA in International Management from the Geneva Business School and an MBA in Mining Management from the NUST Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys.

Mr. Kudaibergen started his career in 2001 as a senior prosecutor’s assistant at the Semirechenskaya transport prosecutor's office.

In 2007–2016, Mr. Kudaibergen worked at Trading and Transportation Company LLP, in various senior positions including Lead Specialist of the Legal Department, Chief Manager – Head of the Legal Department, Deputy General Director, First Deputy General Director and Chief Executive Officer.

Since 2018, he has served as the Managing Director of the Company’s uranium mining division and the Chief Executive Officer of NMC “Tau-Ken Samruk” JSC.

Mr. Longfellow was born in 1958 and is a citizen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Mr. Longfellow is a Chartered Engineer, a Fellow of the Nuclear Institute and a Fellow of the Institute of Measurement and Control.

Mr. Longfellow started his career in electrical engineering in the United Kingdom. In 1991, he joined British Nuclear Fuels Limited, working at the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant in West Cumbria where he was Head of Reprocessing, before becoming Deputy Managing Director in 2007.

In 2009, Mr. Longfellow joined Westinghouse Electric Company as the Managing Director of Springfields Fuels Limited and Vice President of the European Fuel Business.

In 2013, Mr. Longfellow joined Costain PLC as Director of Major Projects for the nuclear, oil and gas sectors in the UK.

Since 2015, Mr. Longfellow has been an independent consultant to the international nuclear sector.

*Meets the criteria of an independent director in accordance with the Regulations on the Board of Directors of Kazatomprom JSC NAC.

Mr. Banham was born in 1954 and is a citizen of Australia.

Mr. Banham has a Bachelor of Commerce from University of New South Wales. He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

He began his career as an auditor in 1974 in the Australian operations of Andersen, where he worked until 2002, and his last position was as an Audit partner.

In 2002–2007 he was the Advisory Services practice leader of Ernst & Young in Brisbane, Australia.

In 2007, he was appointed as the Audit function leader and an Executive Committee member of Deloitte CIS based in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

In 2011–2014 Mr. Banham was Energy and Resources Industry group leader of Deloitte CIS based in Moscow, Russia.

Since 2014 he has worked as an independent director on the Boards of a number of international companies.

*Meets the criteria of an independent director in accordance with the Regulations on the Board of Directors of Kazatomprom JSC NAC.

Mr. Pirmatov was born in 1972 and is a citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Mr. Pirmatov graduated from the Novosibirsk State University, Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics and Strategic Research (University of KIMEP), Atkinson Graduate School of Management, Willamette University and INSEAD.

Previous roles include Financial Director of JV Altyn-Tas and Director for Investment at AIG Silk Road Capital Management.

In 2005–2007, Mr. Pirmatov was a director in the investment banking department at Halyk Bank JSC, in 2007–2009, he was Vice-Minister of Economy and Budget Planning of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in 2009–2011, he was Vice-President for Economics and Finance of Kazatomprom.

In 2011–2015 he was President of Cameco Kazakhstan. Since December 2015, Mr. Pirmatov has been Deputy Chairman of the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Mr. Pirmatov has served as the Chairman of the Management Board of the Company since August 2017.