ASKAR ALSHINBAYEV

Askar Alshinbayev is an international investor focussed on building a diversified portfolio in real estate, hospitality, FMCG, infrastructure and natural resources.

Mr. Alshinbayev graduated with a first-class degree (Red Diploma) in Operational Management (Computer Control Systems) from the Technical Science Institute in Almaty, Kazakhstan, and held a research post at the Institute’s Technical Cybernetics Laboratory.


Mr. Alshinbayev holds over three decades of investment management experience in specialized corporate strategy, M&A, and strategic acquisitions, with a focus on investing in global, emerging and frontier markets. He was (among other directorships) a Board Member of Unimilk from 2006 to 2010 and was central to its development into what became the number two dairy company in the CIS and thereafter its merger with Danone. He has also spearheaded investment into the high-growth FMCG industry and is currently an investor in Food Union which owns and operate the state of art dairy production facilities in China. Alongside a range of investments in real estate and hospitality, Mr. Alshinbayev has partnered with a leading New York property developer, which has brought to market the International Gem Tower in the heart of New York’s Diamond District.