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The first annual summit on sustainable tourism in the countries of Central Asia – Central Asian Sustainable Tourism Annual Summit 2026 (CASTAS’26) was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The event brought together about 150 representatives of the tourism industry, government bodies, business, international ...

GITEX AI Central Asia is the debut for the Central Asian region of the global GITEX network forum, held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

The event, organised with the support of the Ministry of AI and Digital Development of Kazakhstan, Astana Hub and the Akimat of Almaty, brought together 336 companies ...

The Central Asian office of IGM Advisers Group is now headed by Tatyana Alexeeva in the role of Managing Partner in the region. Previously Tatyana had already participated for many years in the projects of IGM Advisers Group and established herself as a strong analyst with 12 years of experience in ...

Maxim Handrabura, Senior Partner of IGM Advisers Group and CEO of STDF, took part in the panel discussion “From Climate Risks to Business Opportunities: The New Sustainable Development Economy in Central Asia” within the framework of the Regional Ecological Summit 2026 (RES 2026) — the largest environmental ...

IGM Advisers Group has opened a new division in Astana — XYZ Venture Studio. This is a venture studio specialising in the development of online services and applications using artificial intelligence technologies, crypto settlements and blockchain.

The key difference of XYZ from classic technology ...

The Sustainable Tourism Development Foundation (STDF), jointly with the British, French and Austrian Chambers of Commerce in Kazakhstan, held an online webinar “Opportunities in Kazakhstan’s Growing Tourism Sector” addressed to foreign potential investors and partners considering the tourism sector ...

The Sustainable Tourism Development Foundation (STDF) has been officially established — the first specialised regional non-profit foundation fully dedicated to the development of sustainable tourism in Central Asia. Registration took place on the platform of the Astana International Financial Centre ...

Senior Partner of IGM Advisers Group and Executive Director of the Qazaq National Parks Foundation, Maxim Handrabura, took part in the presentation of the master plan for the development of green tourism within the framework of the Almaty–Bishkek Economic Corridor (ABEC) project of the Asian Development ...

Within the framework of the Kazakhstan Global Investment Roundtable 2025, Senior Partner of IGM Advisers Group, Maxim Handrabura, spoke at the panel session “Key Minerals and the Energy Transition: Shaping Kazakhstan’s Sustainable Resource Path”.

During this important discussion, participants ...

The Kazakhstan Global Investment Roundtable (KGIR 2025) is a key investment event of the Republic of Kazakhstan that has been held annually since 2017 under the leadership of the Prime Minister of the country and brings together representatives of the state, global business and international investors ...

The consulting company IGM has come a long way since 1998: from a single founder to an international team of business consultants in investments, development and marketing. Today we announce the completion of the rebranding.

IGM Advisers Group is a global group of next-generation business ...

Systemic development of sustainable tourism in Kazakhstan has been carried out by Qazaq National Parks (QNP) since 2020. Consultants of IGM Advisers Group have been accompanying these clients since the foundation of QNP and are grateful for the opportunity to support the non-profit Qazaq National ...

We are pleased to announce that the first IGM internship program in Central Asia has started its work. Students who have passed the selection and listened to the webinar "Introduction to Management Consulting and Profession Prospects" are already solving real cases from leading companies ...

In Almaty, at the Shymbulak ski resort, an international forum "Problems and Prospects for the Development of Mountain Tourism" was held.

Among the participants and speakers were representatives of the Akimat of Almaty, the national company "Kazakh Tourism", the leadership ...

İlyas ŞAHİN became the Official Partner of IGM in Turkey.

He has many years of experience in developing and supporting the Turkey-Kazakhstan business. Deep understanding opportunities of Turkey and Central Asia region is his advantage.

By re-evaluating a company's management systematic, ...

Senior partner Maksim Gandrabura led the IGM team in the New York office on the famous Wall Street. Main tasks: strengthening international cooperation, developing a global network of business consultants and transferring Western management technologies to companies in Central Asia.

IGM Kazakhstan took part in the first international conference on the fruit and vegetable business ASIA Fruit&Veg, held on February 23-25, 2022, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

This event included:

• Plenary part of the event with presentations by leading industry experts and practitioners;
• B2B ...

Due to the ongoing military actions of Russia on the territory of the independent state of Ukraine, we have taken the difficult decision to temporarily close our office in Russia.

We believe that we must demonstrate a sharply negative attitude towards any military escalation in the world. In ...

Maxim Gandrabura, Managing Partner of IGM, spoke at an orientation meeting for participants in the Tech Garden start-up competition with a report "How to build a business in Kazakhstan".

The Autonomous Cluster Fund "Park of Innovative Technologies", operating under the Tech ...