Saltanat Sandykbayeva

Partner, Deal Advisory

KPMG in Uzbekistan

Saltanat started her career in September 2010 at KPMG Kazakhstan and participated in the audit of financial companies such as ATF Bank JSC, ATF Finance JSC, HSBC Bank JSC, HSBC Securities JSC, Alliance Bank JSC, JSC "Open accumulative pension fund "Otan", and the industrial corporation EPK JSC. From 2012 to 2017, Saltanat was part of the Financial Advisory Department at KPMG Kazakhstan, participating in various projects involving financial research, valuation, and M&A in sectors such as agriculture, banking, oil and gas, industry, pharmaceuticals, automotive, industrial goods, and consumer products. In 2022, Saltanat joined KPMG Uzbekistan as the Director of the Investment and Capital Markets Department. Since 2023, she has become a Partner at KPMG Uzbekistan.

Saltanat's experience in transaction support includes:

  • Comprehensive M&A support for the sale of the "Hyatt Regency Tashkent" hotel
  • Comprehensive M&A support for the sale of the "Lotte City Hotel Tashkent Palace"
  • Comprehensive M&A support during the privatization of JSC "Fergana Oil Refinery" and 10 distilleries in Uzbekistan
  • Pre-sale research for Coca-Cola Bottlers Uzbekistan as part of the first privatization in Uzbekistan
  • Pre-investment research for a thermal power plant in Uzbekistan for a major private fund from the UAE
  • Pre-investment research for an international airport in Uzbekistan for a private investor
  • Pre-sale investment research for the largest bitcoin mining company in Kazakhstan
  • Pre-investment research for a Kazakh IT company focused on geological exploration
  • Pre-investment research for Kazakh gas and oil assets for potential acquisition by investors from China
  • Pre-investment research for Samruk-Energo
  • Pre-investment research for oil and gas companies in Kazakhstan for a Malaysian energy corporation
  • Lomonosov Moscow State University, Bachelor’s Degree in Economics

  • Lomonosov Moscow State University, Master’s Degree in Business Administration