Career

Career of Daniyar Serikbay

Renaissance CapitalLehman BrothersBain & CompanyKazTransComChannel 7
2020 – 2023Kazakhstan

Co-Founder and Partner — Everest Capital Management

Co-founded a private investment platform with interests in real estate development and selected operating businesses.

2016 – 2020Kazakhstan & International

Private Investor and Entrepreneur

Managed personal investments and entrepreneurial projects across selected operating sectors, including private education.

2013 – 2016Kazakhstan

Founder and General Director — Arai Production and Arai Media

Founded and managed television-production businesses producing entertainment formats and scripted content for Kazakhstan broadcasters. Selected credits included the Kazakhstan adaptation of BOOM! and the television series Tandau.

2010 – 2013Kazakhstan

Chief Financial Officer — Channel 7

Held financial-management, budgeting and strategic-planning responsibilities during the broadcaster’s development as a national television channel.

2009 – 2013Kazakhstan

Private Equity and Investment Roles

Held roles involving transaction origination, analysis, structuring and execution, and contributed to the establishment and operation of the Kazakhstan–Hong Kong Development Fund.

2007 – 2009Almaty, Kazakhstan

Investment Banking — Renaissance Capital, Central Asia

Worked on mergers and acquisitions, capital raising and corporate-finance assignments across Kazakhstan and the wider Central Asian region.

Board experience

2009 – 2018Kazakhstan

Member of the Board of Directors — KazTransCom JSC

Served for more than nine years on the Board of Directors of the listed telecommunications operator.

Earlier career

New York & London

Investment Banking — Lehman Brothers

Worked in investment banking and financial analysis across international capital-markets and advisory assignments.

United States

Strategy Consulting — Bain & Company

Worked in management consulting before moving into investment banking.