Career of Daniyar Serikbay
Co-Founder and Partner — Everest Capital Management
Co-founded a private investment platform with interests in real estate development and selected operating businesses.
Private Investor and Entrepreneur
Managed personal investments and entrepreneurial projects across selected operating sectors, including private education.
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.
Chief Financial Officer — Channel 7
Held financial-management, budgeting and strategic-planning responsibilities during the broadcaster’s development as a national television channel.
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.
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
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
Investment Banking — Lehman Brothers
Worked in investment banking and financial analysis across international capital-markets and advisory assignments.
Strategy Consulting — Bain & Company
Worked in management consulting before moving into investment banking.