Ato Kasymov

Ato Kasymov is currently the CEO and Co-Founder of Zentist. Prior to this, they served as the Deputy CEO of the National Investment Corporation of the NBK (NIC) from March 2014 to January 2016. Ato also served as the Managing Director of BTA Bank from December 2010 to August 2011. From June 2009 to September 2012, Kasymov was the Head of Corporate Finance at SAMRUK-KAZYNA. Ato began their career as an Investment Banking Analyst at Renaissance Capital from May 2008 to March 2009.

Ato Kasymov has a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from the London Business School and a second M.B.A. from Columbia Business School, both in Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies. Their undergraduate degree is a BBA in Finance&Investments from Baruch College and their Bachelor of Science (BSc) is in Economics from Saint Petersburg State University of Finance and Economics.

Some direct reports include Farhad Attaie - Head of Strategy & GTM, Jim Lesko - VP, Engineering, and Ashley Ferns - Growth Executive.