Countries.People.Opportunities.
International partnerships and perspectives connecting Central Asia with the Gulf, East and Southeast Asia, Türkiye and the Caucasus. Notes from forums and cities, talks, and conversations with the people who make cross-border business happen.
Based in Almaty and Doha. My work and business relationships span Central Asia, the Gulf, East and Southeast Asia, Türkiye and the Caucasus.
The map shows markets of professional work and business relationships, not offices.
Short observations from forums, cities and meetings: what I saw, what it means for business, and what is worth watching next.
At the Malaysia–Kazakhstan Business Forum around forty Malaysian companies came to Almaty, most of them in food and beverages. A year earlier there were only a handful.
The products are ready for export. What most companies still need is a route to market: an importer, a distributor and a sensible first step before building anything big.
Read the full note30-second video from the forum
I speak at business forums about what separates an attractive project from one that capital is ready to enter. Excerpts in English and Russian.
Full recordings are available on request. Organisers and sessions are listed in the record below.
Three ways to work together. Dates, scope and terms are agreed in writing.
International conferences, business forums, corporate events and expert panels, in English or Russian.
Request a talkPractical sessions for leadership teams and entrepreneurs on international markets, business diplomacy, negotiation and cross-border partnerships. Each session ends with a concrete plan.
Request a sessionMarket entry, investment readiness and transaction support for companies and projects are handled by my practice, SATAI Global Advisory, under a written agreement.
Visit SATAI Global AdvisoryTalks and sessions are about content and conversation. They do not offer access to officials, investors or any third party.
Events, roles and public sources, so that each point can be checked.
Participant. Hosted with the Embassy of Malaysia. Note from the forum
Speaker. Practical session “Tax and Financial Architecture of Energy Projects: How to Attract Long-Term Capital”. Organiser: Iteca. Video and summary
Speaker. Finance session “New Generation of Central Asian Investors”. Organiser: IBC Global. Video and summary
Appointed Secretary General. Source: Trend, 10 March 2012. Read (in Russian)
I am interested in the people who make cross-border business happen, and in the gap between an attractive idea and a deal that can actually close.
Much of my career has been in business diplomacy. As Secretary General of the Kazakhstan–Indonesia Business Council, appointed in 2012, I learned how relationships between two business communities are built. I later served on the management team of the Investment Policy Department at Kazakhstan’s Ministry of National Economy, as Assistant to the Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Qatar for economic diplomacy, and as a non-resident overseas representative of the Samruk-Kazyna group in the Middle East.
Today I am building SATAI Global Advisory, a practice focused on market entry, investment readiness and international partnerships, and I speak at business forums on capital, business culture and cooperation between regions.
A question I ask
What opportunity between countries, people or markets do you believe the world is overlooking?
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