A regular meeting of the KFICA executive committee members was held today to discuss FIC modernization proposals, as well as the progress in the preparation for the upcoming 33rd FIC Plenary Session and for the first thematic meeting with the Prime Minister.

The meeting was moderated by KFICA Board Chairman, EY Managing Partner for Kazakhstan and Central Asia Erlan Dossymbekov. He announced outcomes of meetings with the government, including meetings with the External Advisor to the President of Kazakhstan Sir Suma Chakrabarti on FIC modernization proposals.

He also reported on preparatory work to hold the plenary session on the topic «Development of non-resource exports» together with the Investment Committee, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the RoK.

ExCom members were also informed about holding a round of thematic meetings with the Prime Minister more than once a year with different topics each time. This was announced earlier, at the regular meeting of the Supreme Council for Reforms. The topic for the first thematic meeting was defined to be dedicated to Returning to normal visa processing and visa on arrival option considering the start of mass vaccination, as was first suggested by Yerkin Zikibayev of Chevron.

At the end of the meeting, ExCom members discussed general epidemiological situation in the country and shared opinions on vaccination.

The meeting was attended by KFICA company-members EY, Anadolu, Arcelor Mittal, ADB, Baker & McKenzie, Cameco, Chevron, Citi, CNPC, Deloitte, Deutsche Bank, EBRD, ENI, ERG, EDB, ExxonMobil, Glencore, GE, JP Morgan, KNAUF, Lukoil, Marubeni, METRO Cash&Carry, Mitsubishi, Philip Morris, Polpharma, Polymetal, Rusal, Sberbank, Sembol, Shell Kazakhtan, TOTAL, Inpex, KPMG, PwC, TMK, The World Bank.