Meet Our Team

Shumaila
Yousafzai

Director and Founder

Anjan
Ghosh

co-Director and co-Founder

Phillipp
Schroder

Deputy Director

Nurlykhan
Aljanova

Deputy Director

Partners Team

Dr. Alexander
Parkyn-Smith

Post Doctorate Fellow, Visual Anthropologist

Alua
Nurbayeva

Senior Lecturer at KBTU, Mentor at Almaty Center

Madina
Nurguzhina

PHD Student Imperial College Business School

Research Team

Nurlan
Kulbatyrov

Research Assistant

Amina
Chaia

Research Assistant

Nurlyaiym
Zhaksybayeva

Research Assistant

Zhansaule
Kimel

Research Assistant

Aizhan
Kalassova

Research Assistant

Bibinur
Myrzatay

Research Assistant

Shugyla
Orynbassarova

Research Assistant

Indidra
Alibayeva

Research Assistant

Dauletzhan
Baimukhanov

Research Assistant

Community Outreach Team

Ekaterina
Chegnova

Program Director for Community Outreach

Adiya
Akhmer

co-Director and co-Founder

Alua
Suleimanova

Event Manager

Hayes
Anyasodor

Event Manager

Media and Administrative Team

Assel
Abdrakhmanova

Project Manager

Dilnaz
Aisakova

Social Media Manager

Emina
Yessekeyeva

Project Manager