LLM, registered legal adviser of AIFC Legal Services Board, tax adviser registered within the “Kazakhstan Tax Advisors Association” NPIO.

As of the 2022 year the member of the International Compliance Council under the Eurasian Group (EAG – FATF-style group within the CIS region).

As of January 2023 year, and till present – AML Officer of BigONE crypto exchange (AIFC applicant).

2020–2023 – Deputy AML Officer at the first officially licensed by AFSA and registered within the AIFC crypto-brokerage company “QuantDART”.

2019 - 2020 – Operations manager of FinTech Hub private company (a subsidiary company of AIFC Authority).

2015 – 2019 – employed in the Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan (the main law enforcement authority of Kazakhstan).

Prepared several articles dedicated to digital assets regulation, and ML/TF issues articles were published within the Republican news websites.

With the connection of AIFC Academy of Law prepared the training course named “Monitoring of crypto transactions”.

For the contribution to AML/CFT systems obtained certificates of appreciation from:

-Eurasian Group (EAG)

-Governor of AIFC

-Agency for financial monitoring (FIU of Kazakhstan)

Mr Ling is an experienced regulator and compliance professional, having worked for well over 20 years in a senior capacity in regulatory bodies such as the (former) UK Financial Services Authority, the Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority and the Dubai Financial Services Authority. Following this, Mr Ling spent 10 years in the private sector, first heading Compliance and Financial Crime functions for Barclays Bank PLC in both Qatar/QFC and then Dubai/DIFC, and then as Société Générale’s Regional Head of Compliance & Financial Crime for the Middle East (based in Dubai), from which he joined the AFSA. Mr Ling has a Joint Honours degree in Politics & Economics. From 7 December 2020 Mr Ling was appointed as AFSA’s Chief Regulatory Officer. In March 2022 Mr Ling became Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Chief Regulatory Officer of AFSA.

Mr Burney has been AFSA’s Chief Legal Officer and Managing Director of Policy and Strategy since April 2021. His experience, over two decades, spans disputes, corporate and regulatory law in Australia and the Middle East across all facets of corporate and financial services transactions and regulation. He has led major strategic and legislative projects and several high-profile financial markets enforcement and takeover matters in his career.

Mr Burney holds postgraduate degrees in law and management from the University of Queensland, the University of Melbourne and the University of Oxford (distinction). He is a regular speaker at public and regulatory forums and lectures in corporate governance and financial regulation.

Mr Burney is an experienced governance professional and a Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia.

He is also a Centre for Effective Dispute (CEDR) accredited mediator.

Mr Kushimov was appointed the Chief Executive Officer of the Astana Financial Services Authority on 17 March 2022.

Mr Kushimov has extensive experience in senior positions in the area of financial market regulation. Prior to this appointment, Mr Kushimov served as Executive Body member in charge of FinTech regulation and company registration at the AFSA. He started his career at the AIFC in 2018 at the Astana International Exchange (AIX), where he oversaw matters relating to the regulation of issuers and IPOs of Kazakhstan’s and international companies.

Over the years, he has held various leadership positions in the civil service, including ministries of justice and interior.

A Bolashak graduate, he holds LLM degree from the University of Cambridge, Faculty of Law (2013).

Temirlan Mukhanbetzhanov previously held positions of СEO of AIFC Business Connect Ltd., Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of the AIFCA Authority, where his areas of focus included the development of asset management and private banking markets. Over the years, he has held key positions in such organizations as the National Investment Corporation of the National Bank of Kazakhstan, the «Al Falah Capital Partners» investment company, the «Samruk-Kazyna» Fund and others.

Temirlan Mukhanbetzhanov is a graduate of the Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics and Strategic Research (KIMEP), and in 2009 he received a master’s degree from the University of Edinburgh. He has successfully passed all three levels of the CFA exam.

Zhansaya Oryngazina, a certified compliance expert with experience in cryptocurrency exchanges and cryptocurrency brokerage firms. Zhansaya has successfully presented her expertise in crypto compliance during the mutual evaluation of Kazakhstan by experts from the EAG and the financial stability assessment of Kazakhstan by experts from the IMF.

LLM UC Berkeley, Certified Cryptocurrency Investigator.

Timur Mussin

Compliance and Ethics Director of BTS Digital Ventures Limited.

More than 15 years in the field of compliance, successful experience in creating and developing a compliance system and AML/CFT in banks, brokerage, leasing and fintech companies.

Organizer of the Compliance Hub, mentor and lecturer of a number of certification programs, author of articles on compliance issues, preventing financial crimes and fintech.

 

Education

2013 Grenoble Université, France Bachelor of Economics and Management (extended learning within the international partnership program).

2012 University “Turan”, Almaty, Kazakhstan, Master, Economics and Business.

Certificates

2023 Advanced Certified AML Specialist – Audit (CAMS-Audit) by ACAMS

2022 International Training and Methodology Centre for Financial Monitoring (ITMCFM) “Effective oversight over fintech industry” (FATF Recommendation 15)

2021 Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) by ACAMS

IOSCO Global Certificate Program on International Financial Systems for Regulators

2020 The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) Level I (Internal Audit Practitioner Designation)

2020 BIS-IMF Supervisory and Regulatory Course Certificate

2020 International Monetary Fund Financial Market Analysis Certificate

2020 International Monetary Fund Macroeconomic Diagnostics Certificate

2019 Duke University FinTech Law and Policy Certificate

2019 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Fintech Security and Regulation (RegTech) Certificate

2018 FIATA Higher Diploma in Supply Chain Management Diploma

Current position: VP of Compliance at Freedom Holding Corp

Regulatory, AML/TF and Sanctions Compliance Expert with over 15 years of experience in:

· analysing elements of business structure to create long-term growth scenarios;

· developing Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) system and Compliance Monitoring Programs tailored to the Company/Group of Companies’ needs;

· preparation and supervision of audits by the Regulators, Auditors;

· transforming templated stereotypes in Compliance into practical solutions for the Company.

I am:

· Holder of Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) Advance certificate

· Holder of “Risk in Financial Services” qualification by The Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI)

· Member of the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) Compliance Committee

· Member of the Association of Certified Sanctions Specialists (ASCC)

· Member of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD)

· Subject matter expert and speaker on Compliance, GRC webinars/forums

Currently leading the London Stock Exchange Group strategy for Refinitiv’s Risk Intelligence business. Has worked in the anti-financial crime industry for over 15 years. With experience working in all major markets globally. In 2022, relocated to the UAE from London, UK. Has acted as Group Secretariat for the MENA Financial Crime Compliance Group, since its formation in September 2016 and is a member of the Global Coalition to Fight Financial Crime. Is also a member of the UAE Government Public Private Sector Partnership, Digital Working Group.

Professional accreditations include being a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), a Certified Global Sanctions Specialist (CGSS), CertPAY accredited from the London Institute of Banking and Finance. Holding a Diploma in Financial Crime and Compliance since 2014, an Executive Program with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT Sloan) on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning and being a member of the Association of Fraud Examiners (ACFE). A regular speaker at industry events across the world, his areas of expertise include Risk Intelligence Data, Sanctions, Financial Crime technology, Beneficial Ownership, Fraud and IDV / IDP.

Selena joined the FCO in 2012 prior to which she worked as a real estate solicitor for a multinational law firm. She currently works in the Economics Unit and has responsibility for the countries Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand and the thematic responsibility, trade.  She has been closely involved in promoting the use of the OECD/WTO trade in value added data around Whitehall and is currently looking at the TPP.  Selena attended Oxford University and holds a 2.1 in Politics, Philosophy and Economics and gained a distinction in her MSC Economics from Birkbeck College, University of London.

An anti-money laundering specialist, is the Head of Deployment Strategy at TRM Labs, a blockchain analytics company that provides anti-financial crime solutions to crypto businesses, financial institutions and government agencies. In this role, Elias ensures TRM’s public and private sector clients are successful – from establishing a risk-based anti-money laundering program, to efficiently conducting crypto investigations. Prior to joining TRM, Elias was Special Investigations Team Lead at cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex. In this role Elias led a team engaged in complex investigations, acted as a law enforcement liaison and managed special projects.

Bryan Stirewalt is a senior managing director at K2 Integrity. With 35 years of experience across the public and private sectors—including 25 years of international experience in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia—Bryan works with corporations and regulators across the globe to develop best-in-class financial crime risk management solutions.

A recognized subject-matter expert, Bryan helps clients navigate and mitigate financial crime compliance risks as they strive to keep up with the latest developments occurring within the digital asset marketplace and satisfy regulatory requirements domestically and internationally. He works with key regulators and jurisdictions around the world to develop future of finance strategies, including crypto regimes and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). He also works with FinTech companies to establish dynamic and comprehensive compliance programs that incorporate the essential elements for sound risk management.

Prior to joining K2 Integrity, Bryan spent more than 14 years at the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), most recently as its chief executive. As chief executive, he was responsible for the regulation and supervision of some 500 authorized firms, including banks, insurers, asset managers and exchanges. He implemented reforms and ensured the DFSA implemented leading international standards. He designed regulatory direction as the DFSA developed its approach to new and innovative financial sector entrants, such as Fintech and Regtech entities, and new financial products such as digital assets, including cryptocurrencies. He also directed the DFSA’s efforts in fighting methods of illicit finance and launched the agency’s cyber threat intelligence platform. For nine years, Bryan also served as the co-chair of the Basel Consultative Group, which provides a forum for deepening the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s engagement with non-member global supervisors on banking supervisory issues, and an observer at the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision.

Before joining the DFSA, Bryan worked for an international consulting and advisory firm focused on emerging market development programs in Poland, Ukraine, Cyprus, and Kazakhstan. Prior to that, he worked for the U.S. Treasury’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency as a national bank examiner specializing in policy development and implementation, problem bank rehabilitation, and banking fraud initiatives.

Bryan is a member of the Global Coalition to Fight Financial Crime, currently serving in its Regulation and Supervision subgroup. He is also a member of the board of the SSM Good Samaritan Health Foundation.

Bryan has a B.A. from Southern Illinois University. He also graduated from a bespoke Executive Leadership Program at the Yale School of Management, and has certificates from Yale School of Management in healthcare management and from Harvard University in Fintech innovation. A native English speaker, he is conversant in Russian and Polish.