Dr. Kairat Kelimbetov is the Governor of Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC), a financial services hub operating in Astana, Kazakhstan. Prior to Astana International Financial Centre, Dr. Kelimbetov governed the National Bank of Kazakhstan and Samruk-Kazyna Sovereign Wealth Fund, headed Ministry of Economy and Ministry of Finance, and served as the Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office. Dr. Kelimbetov was instrumental in developing numerous reforms and economic policies. In addition to establishing & leading the AIFC, including Astana International Exchange, international court, and financial services authority, as the Chief Executive of Samruk-Kazyna SWF, he was responsible for the anti-crisis program launched in 2008 as well as the development programs of major state-owned enterprises. As a deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, he represented the country during the creation of Eurasian Economic Union and oversaw macroeconomic policy of the government. In 2015, under his management the National Bank of Kazakhstan adopted a new monetary policy regime. Dr. Kelimbetov is a graduate of Moscow State University and the Academy of Public Administration under the President of Republic of Kazakhstan. He was a Pew Fellow at the Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service.