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Rustam Shanazarov

Associate PartnerAlmaty

Leads projects in finance and telecom in Central Asia and supports clients on strategy, large scale transformations, and operational improvements.

Rustam serves financial institutions and telecom companies in Central Asia on strategy, large scale transformations, and operational improvements.

His expertise includes retail and small and medium-size enterprise (SME) accelerated growth, digital-product launches, and fintech. He is also an active member of our private-equity sector, where he advises clients globally on acquisitions in variety of industries including pharmaceuticals, automotive, software, and entertainment.

Rustam has also extensively served large pharmaceutical companies in global expansion work. His projects included new drug launches, market expansions, portfolio growth, and optimization for companies in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

Prior to joining McKinsey, Rustam held a corporate strategy role in a leading global chemicals company, and was also an associate in a US-based private-equity group.

Past Experience

Dow
Finance manager, chemicals

Ironstone Partners
Project manager

Sarkor Telecom
Marketing manager

Media.uz
Founder

Education

Carnegie Mellon University
MBA

Westminster International University in Tashkent
BS, economics