Bazhayeva Nazgul
Director of Regional Digital Development Department
Biography
Nazgul Bazhayeva is a graduate of the Chief Digital Officer program at the Haas School of Business at the UC Berkeley, USA.
She has a Master’s degree in Computer Information Systems from Boston University, USA, a Master’s degree in Law from the Eurasian Law Academy named after D.Kunaev, and also has a Diploma with honors in the specialty “Organization and Technology of Information Security” from the Kazakh National Technical University named after K. Satpayeva.
Has course certificates:
“Artificial Intelligence: Business Strategies and Applications”, “Future of Technology: Trends, Strategies and Innovation Opportunities”, UC Berkeley, USA.
“Leadership Academy for Development in Central Asia”, Stanford University, USA.
“Policy making with Big Data Analytics”, Carnegie Mellon University, USA.
Nazgul Bazhayeva received several honors, including: a certificate of honor awarded as a badge from the First President as the «best civil servant»; State award «For Distinguished Labor», ministerial Badge of Honor «the best digitizer», ministerial Badge of Honor «10th Anniversary of the State Revenue Committee under the Ministry of Finance» and also a certificate of honor from the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan for organizing the international innovation forum «Digital Bridge».
Nazgul contributed to a variety of important and impactful projects from 2008 to 2025, including the development of e-government, the creation of the state corporation "Government for Citizens, the creation of “Digital Government Support Center”, as well as the implementation of the state program "Digital Kazakhstan", development of the national project “Technical breakthrough through digitalization, science and innovation”, development of the Concepts of Digital Transformation, Development of the Information and Communication Technology Industry and Cybersecurity for 2023-2029, Regional Digital Development.
During 2018-2019. a member of the Board of Directors of Zerde National Infocommunication holding JSC.
During 2019-2020, Nazgul Bazhayeva was a Digital Ambassador in San Francisco, USA. Oversaw issues of digitalization and cooperation with international partners, companies and investors from the Republic of Kazakhstan.
