Kanat Sarsembayev

Legal counsel for an international school operating under British educational standards in Astana.

- Corporate governance support for the Board and institutional decision-making bodies
- Regulatory coordination and accreditation-related government relations
- Compliance oversight in a child-safeguarding and ISO-oriented environment
- Contract review, institutional documentation, and risk-aware pr

Chief of Staff of a national infrastructure company (~300 staff) within the Samruk-Kazyna sovereign wealth fund group, responsible for the National Project "Comfortable Schools" — construction of 200 schools across 20 regions.

- Supervised finance, legal, IT, HR and public relations functions with direct management authority
- Resolved a critical land-documentation bottleneck: designed and ran 3

Chief of Staff of a national infrastructure company within the Samruk-Kazyna sovereign wealth fund group, responsible for the National Project Comfortable Schools. Supervised finance, legal, IT, HR, and public relations functions, and resolved critical land-documentation bottlenecks.

Board Chairman of a national JSC (~1,000 employees) responsible for professional development of educators across Kazakhstan.

- Led strategic decisions on institutional development and operational direction
- Reviewed annual performance results, approved reports, and monitored financial performance
- Exercised oversight through audit and monitoring mechanisms
- Coordinated approval of senior leade

Appointed by the Head of State, led the Ministry's central apparatus with first-signature authority over a large annual budget. Supervised finance, legal, IT, HR, and public relations, and coordinated ministry responses across multiple channels.

Appointed by the Head of State. Led the Ministry's central apparatus (~300 staff) with first-signature authority over an annual budget of ~KZT 1 trillion (~USD 2 billion).

- Direct supervision of finance, legal, IT, HR and public relations departments
- Managed budget execution, expenditure justification, contract conclusion, and interaction with state audit and control bodies over 3 years
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Chief of Staff of the regional governor's administration, supervising executive operations and inter-agency coordination. Managed budget, coordinated emergency response, and organized high-level events.

Chief of Staff of the regional governor's administration (~70 staff). Supervised executive operations, inter-agency coordination and personnel selection for district governors and heads of regional departments.

- Managed annual budget of ~KZT 200 million; oversaw expenditure justification, contracts, reporting and interaction with control bodies
- Coordinated inter-agency emergency response: floo

Head of district executive authority (~200 staff, annual budget ~KZT 2 billion). Full responsibility for public administration, service delivery, and governance continuity across 20+ rural communities.

- Supervised finance, legal, IT, HR and public relations with direct decision-making authority
- Led emergency response operations: winter storms (heavy equipment rescue deployments), spring floods

Long-term and short-term observer across 7 election observation missions in 7 countries. Conducted media monitoring, produced weekly digests, and reported under strict neutrality.

Long-term and short-term observer across 7 election observation missions in 7 countries (~16 weeks total field deployment), 2005–2014.

- Media and social media monitoring in English and Russian: internet news, Facebook and online sources tracking election discourse, misinformation risks and public sentiment
- Produced weekly digests on political party campaigns for mission leadership
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