Kassymbekov Bekzhan Beisenovich

Head of the Internal Audit Service 

Education:

2011 – Almaty University of Power Engineering and Telecommunications 

2012 – MSc, Lancaster University (Great Britain, recipient of the State Bolashak scholarship programme) 

2023 - Executive MBA Nazarbayev University

Professional experience:

2012-2014 – worked in audit and advisory at Big Four firms, including Ernst & Young and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

2014–2018 – senior internal auditor at “Baiterek” NMH (including appointed to a managerial position within the Group at Otbasy Bank JSC).

2018–2020 – Senior internal auditor at Transtelecom.

Since 2020 – Head of the Internal Audit Service at Samruk-Energy.

He holds various internationally recognized professional certifications in audit, including:

Diploma in Internal Audit from the Institute of Financial Accountants (DipIA IFA, United Kingdom);

Diploma from the Institute of Financial Managers (DipCPIA, United Kingdom).

He also holds international certifications in IT fundamentals (ITILv3, Netherlands) and project management from the International Project Management Association (IPMA, Switzerland).

The Internal Audit Service at Samruk-Energy is a centralized function that reports directly to the Board of Directors on both operational and professional matters.

The Service provides independent assurance and advisory services to the Board, aimed at strengthening the Company’s risk management, internal control, and corporate governance systems to support the achievement of its strategic objectives.

An independent external quality assessment conducted in 2025 by KPMG confirmed that the Service is 97% compliant with the International standards of internal auditing. The assessment highlighted the high professional competence of the team, methodological maturity, well-established risk assessment practices, and robust reporting procedures aligned with international standards of internal auditing.