To ensure that the university demonstrates promotes and demonstrates such values the founders created an independent Board to govern the university. The Board was set up from the inception of the university and is chaired by an independent member with extensive experience in the management of higher education institutions.
The board crafted a constitution that has a majority of independent[non-sharing] members. This ensures that the role and interests of the funding founders and shareholders is limited. The constitution enables the board to protect from financial self-interest as well as enabling the university to be governed on strong management and business principles.

The board is responsible for the Vision, Mission, Values and Strategy of the university and to ensure that this is promulgated inside and outside the university. That the university follows the Vision, Mission and Values in all that it does and that this is demonstrated to all stakeholders.
The Board approves the major strategic decisions, appoints the senior executives including the Rector and the Deputies, approves the overall budget, the main HR polices and oversees the risk management process.
The Board ensures that the university academic policies, processes and procedures ensures the independence of the academic decisions as well as maintain academic standards. To enable these issues to be governed the Board established an independent Academic Council chaired by the Rector and composed of a range of academic colleagues.

Chairman of the Board of Trustees

Andrew Wachtel received his BA from Harvard University and his MA and PhD from the University of California, Berkeley (Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures). After a three-year appointment at the Harvard Society of Fellows, he spent three years teaching at Stanford University before joining Northwestern University in 1991. At Northwestern, he served as Chair of the Slavic Department and Director of the Comparative Literature Program.
From 2003 to 2008, Wachtel was the Director of the Roberta Buffett Center for International and Comparative Studies, and from 2004 to 2010, he held the position of Dean of The Graduate School.
A fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, his scholarly interests encompass Russian literature and culture, East European and Balkan culture, history, and politics, as well as contemporary Central Asia.
In 2010, Wachtel became president of the American University of Central Asia (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan) and served in that role for 8 years. In 2018, he became rector of Narxoz University in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Currently, he resides in Bishkek, where he is involved in various academic consulting projects in Kyrgyzstan, Russia, China, and Uzbekistan.

Director of the Institute for Public Strategies at Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO and Deputy Chair of the Council for Promotion of Competitiveness of Leading Universities of the Russian Federation among the World’s Leading Scientific and Educational Centers, Andrey Volkov is one of the leading experts in the field of educational policy in Russia.
In 2005, Volkov was appointed Advisor to the Minister of Education and Science of Russia. From 2006 to 2013, he served as Rector of the SKOLKOVO Business School, where he led a group of experts from the G8 countries on Russian initiatives in education and participated in the development of programs for the modernization of higher education in Russia.

In 2013, Volkov became a Professor at the SKOLKOVO Business School and Deputy Chair of the Council for Promotion of Competitiveness of Leading Universities of the Russian Federation.

Eldor Mannopov is the Managing Partner of Dentons’ Tashkent office. He specializes in corporate, contract, commercial, construction, and tax law. Eldor assists clients in various sectors, including energy, chemical and petrochemical, oil and gas, infrastructure and transportation, as well as corporate and investment sectors.
Eldor has significant experience advising both Uzbek and foreign clients on matters such as incorporation of limited liability companies, litigation and dispute resolution, due diligence, M&A transactions, the purchase of immovable assets, and privatization of state-owned property.
Additionally, he provides expertise in taxation regulations affecting local and foreign corporations, permanent establishments, tax optimization structures, and the licensing of design, construction, and operational activities in various fields, including EPC and FIDIC contracts.
Recognized as a leading lawyer in projects and construction, Eldor plays a crucial role in assisting clients with drafting commercial agreements, including EPC, procurement, construction, services, and/or works agreements, adhering to both Asian Development Bank and World Bank standards.

Nazira Beishenalieva is an alumna of the American University of Central Asia (AUCA) and Harvard Business School (HBS). She leads a family-owned business and currently serves as the Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of CJSC “Bank of Asia”. Additionally, she is the Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in the Kyrgyz Republic.
Nazira is also a member of the Board of Trustees at the American University of Central Asia, a board member of the HBS Club of the GCC (UAE, Dubai), and a board member of the Asia Pacific M&A Association, a platform that unites M&A professionals and various M&A associations from the Asia Pacific region.
Nazira is the co-founder of Pro KG Club, a platform that brings together professionals from both the Kyrgyz Republic and abroad. The mission of ProKG Professionals' Club is to create a platform for professionals who inspire and mentor young leaders. The club’s activities focus on enhancing the educational and professional capacity, as well as fostering the personal growth of young people.

Zafar Khashimov – Entrepreneur, innovator, and leader of the Uzbek retail industry.
Education:

• Master’s in Management Information Systems, University of Sussex (Brighton, United Kingdom)
• Master’s in Mathematics, Tashkent State University

Founder and CEO of korzinka.uz, the largest supermarket chain in Uzbekistan, which has transformed shopping culture and set a new standard for retail quality.
Owner of FLO, Red Tag Uzbekistan, and Balton Trading Asia Company – leading international brands in retail and trade, successfully operating in the Uzbek market.
A business visionary and mentor who shares his experience and supports the development of entrepreneurship in Uzbekistan.

Roza Gazizova, Managing Partner at SOGD Advisory and former Deputy CFO at MegaFon, is a highly experienced corporate finance and investment professional with over 20 years of expertise in various companies and roles across multiple countries. Roza has a strong track record in capital raising, M&A, and fostering organic corporate growth. Her extensive international experience includes improving operational efficiency, while strengthening corporate control and governance.

Roza holds an Executive MBA from the prestigious TRIUM Global Executive MBA program, a collaborative program between the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), New York Stern School of Business, and HEC Paris.

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