Samruk-Kazyna Fund elects New Board Members

    The Samruk-Kazyna National Welfare Fund headed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Prime Minister, Karim Masimov, has elected new members of the Board of Directors at the twentieth session of the board on Thursday, Kazakhstan Today reports citing a press release from the fund.
    "New members have been elected to the Board of Directors: Minister of Industry and Commerce Aset Isekeshev, (who replaced Vladimir Schkolnik), Assistant to President of Kazakhstan for Economic Affairs Kuandyk Bishimbayev, and Independent Director Gulzhan Moldazhanova (General Director of the Base Element Holding, Russia)," the press release reported.
    According to the press release, the participants in the session adopted a number of important decisions regarding priority projects for the national economy.
    In particular, the board approved the purchase of shares in MangistauMunaiGas JSC, according to Kazakhstan Today.