Project Director
Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from Kazakh National University (2013), Master of Science in International Public Policy from University College London (2015)
Before joining CIFAL Groupe, Saken Olzhabayev worked as a deputy director of international cooperation department in Eurasian National University in Astana. He is a member of the Association of Fellows of the International Scholarship of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Speaks Kazakh, English and Russian
CIFAL Kazakhstan
20, prospect Dostyk
Business Center “Saint-Petersburg”
office N° 1600
010016 Astana
Tel. : +7 (717) 279 27 78
Contact :
Saken Olzhabayev
saken.olzhabayev(a)cifalgroupe.kz
Edouard Penning Reef
edouard.penningreeffr
ABB, AGIP KCO, ALSTOM, ANPZ, DEGREMONT-SUEZ, DRESSER, EUROPEAN COMMISSION, EGIS AVIA, EBARA CORPORATION, GENERAL ELECTRIC, HIDROSTAL, HOWARD MARTEEN, INKAI-CAMECO, ITALCEMENTI-SHYMKENTCEMENT, KATCO-AREVA, NORDIC WATER PRODUCTS, NIPPONKANSAI, NCOC, SAGEM, SIEMENS, SIAM STEEL, SMITHCO, THALES, TSURUMI JAPAN, TYCO, TENGUIZ CHEVROIL, TRB, TECHNIP-TSU, VALLOUREC…
Project Director
As the first French company to locate in Kazakhstan, in 1991, CIFAL has developed an extensive range of services dedicated to the energy, infrastructure, defense and security sectors. CIFAL’s involvement in projects ranges from market research to contract execution. CIFAL has dozens of key customers in Kazakhstan in all of its core businesses : consulting and business support, trade, sourcing, and certification.
BUSINESS SUPPORT
- Market studies and business intelligence
- Project identification
- Commercial support
- Local partnerships and due diligence
- Industrial representation
- Sales offices…
FINANCIAL ENGINEERING
- Export and project finance
- Initiation and set up of cross-border multi-sector / specialized investment funds
- Search for foreign direct investors
- Support to Top-Tier companies willing to participate in the privatization program
INDUSTRIAL SERVICES
CIFAL Industrial Services Kazakhstan (CIS KAZ) is a service provider registered as a full-fledge local entity under local legislation. CIS KAZ offers services for recruitment, staff leasing and certification, handles technical translation for industrial projects and administers all licenses required to import equipment (K-GOST).
Specializing in the supply of industrial equipment and consumables for the Oil & Gas, Mining, Petrochemical and Energy industries, CIS KAZ is a distributor of first-class equipment and offers a wide range of products:
- Tubing & casing, drill pipes, fittings, valves, pumps, cables, gearing equipment
- Packages and designed solutions for Natural Gas Generators & Compressors