Dr. Abduvali is finance professional with more than fifteen years of academic and business experience in Kazakhstan. He has an MBA from Frank Zarb School of Business (Hofstra University) and a PhD from Manchester Business School (the University of Manchester). Prior to joining NU GSB Dr. Abduvali had held academic and administrative positions at KIMEP University, and had delivered lectures at KBTU, UIB and the MBA program of the National Bank.