Yerbol Orynbayev is an independent financial services consultant and former Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan. He advises leading financial services and technology companies and has held a number of senior positions in private financial, research and technology companies.
Prior to his consultancy career, Orynbayev served as the Deputy Prime Minister from 2007-2013 and Aide to the President on economic policy from 2013-2015. He also worked as the Governor of the World Bank on behalf of Kazakhstan, and helped to steer the nation out of the Financial Crisis in 2008.
He was Chairman of First Heartland Securities and held a number of board-level roles at the National Bank of Kazakhstan and Agency for Regulations of Financial Markets.