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Athanasius Schneider

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| type = Bishop
| honorific-prefix = His Excellency
| name = Athanasius Schneider
| honorific-suffix = [[Canons Regular of the Holy Cross of Coimbra|O.R.C.]]
| title = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maria Santissima in Astana|Auxiliary bishop of Maria Santissima in Astana]]
| image = Mgr Schneider, Chartres 2015.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Bishop Schneider in [[Chartres]], [[France]]
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| archdiocese =
| diocese = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maria Santissima in Astana|Mary Most Holy in Astana]]
| see = Celerina
| appointed = 5 February 2011
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| other_post = Titular bishop of Celerina

| ordination = 25 March 1990
| ordained_by = [[Manuel Pestana Filho]]
| consecration = 2 June 2006
| consecrated_by = [[Angelo Cardinal Sodano]]
| coat_of_arms = Coat of arms of Athanasius Schneider.svg
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|04|07}}
| birth_place = [[Tokmok]], [[Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic|Kirghiz SSR]], [[Soviet Union]] ''<small>(present day [[Kyrgyzstan]])''</small>
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| previous_post = [[Auxiliary bishop]] of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Karaganda|Karaganda]]
| religion = [[Roman Catholic]]
| motto = Kyrie eleison
| nationality = [[Kyrgyz people|Kyrgyz]]
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'''Athanasius Schneider, [[Canons Regular of the Holy Cross of Coimbra|O.R.C.]]''' (born '''Anton Schneider''' on 7 April 1961) is a Kazakhstani [[Roman Catholic]] bishop. He is the [[auxiliary bishop]] of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maria Santissima in Astana|Astana]], [[Kazakhstan]] and titular bishop of Celerina. He is a member of the [[Canons Regular of the Holy Cross of Coimbra]].

==Biography==
Anton Schneider was born in [[Tokmok]], [[Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic|Kirghiz SSR]] in the [[Soviet Union]]. His parents were [[Black Sea Germans|ethnic Germans]] from [[Ukraine]] who were sent by [[Joseph Stalin|Stalin]] to gulags in the Ural Mountains after the [[World War Two|Second World War]]. They traveled to the [[Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic|Kirghiz SSR]] after being released from the camps and, later, to [[Estonia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zenit.org/en/articles/kazakhstan-s-deep-christian-roots |title=Kazakhstan's Deep Christian Roots – ZENIT – English |website=Zenit.org |date=2010-06-28 |accessdate=2016-04-01}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/issues/january-27th-2017/orthodox-catholicisms-eastern-outpost/ |title= Kazakhstan, Outpost of Catholic Orthodoxy |date=Jan 27, 2017 |accessdate=2017-02-24}}</ref> In 1973, shortly after making his first Holy Communion by the hand of Bl. [[Oleksa Zaryckyj]], priest and martyr, he left with his family for Germany. When he joined the [[Canons Regular of the Holy Cross of Coimbra]], a Catholic religious order, he was given the [[religious name]] Athanasius. He was [[ordained]] a priest on 25 March 1990. Starting in 1999, he taught [[Patristics]] at [[Mary, Mother of the Church Seminary]] in [[Karaganda]]. On 2 June 2006 he was consecrated Bishop at the Altar of the [[Chair of Saint Peter]] in the Vatican by [[Angelo Sodano|Angelo Cardinal Sodano]]. In 2011 he was transferred to the position of auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maria Santissima in Astana|Astana]].<ref name=hier>{{cite web|author=David M. Cheney |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bschna.html |title=Bishop Athanasius Schneider [Catholic-Hierarchy] |website=Catholic-hierarchy.org |date= |accessdate=2016-04-01}}</ref> He is the General Secretary of the Bishops' Conference of Kazakhstan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ucanews.com/dps/html/dps-ka_karaganda.php |title=Archived copy |accessdate=February 21, 2010 |deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104050715/http://ucanews.com/dps/html/dps-ka_karaganda.php |archivedate=January 4, 2010 }}</ref>

==''Dominus est''==
Bishop Schneider defends the traditional form of receiving [[Holy Communion]] (kneeling, on the tongue) in Roman [[Catholic liturgy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.catholicculture.org/news/features/index.cfm?recnum=57981 |title=News Features |publisher=Catholic Culture |date=2008-04-22 |accessdate=2016-04-01}}</ref> This is the theme of his book ''Dominus est'',<ref>''Dominus est - It Is the Lord: Reflections of a Bishop of Central Asia on Holy Communion'' (ISBN 978-0977884612)</ref><ref>[http://www.lms.org.uk/news-and-events/interview-with-bishop-athanasius-schneider Latin Mass Society of England and Wales: "Interview with Bishop Athanasius Schneider"] May 2014</ref> published in Italian, and since translated into English, German, Estonian, Lithuanian, Polish, Hungarian and Chinese. The book contains a foreword written by [[Malcolm Ranjith|Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith]], then the Secretary of the [[Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments]], the current Archbishop of [[Colombo]] and Metropolitan head of the church in [[Sri Lanka]].

Bishop Schneider encourages Catholics who truly believe they are receiving Christ in the [[Blessed Sacrament]] should kneel and receive Communion on their tongues: "The awareness of the greatness of the eucharistic mystery is demonstrated in a special way by the manner in which the body of the Lord is distributed and received".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://marysanawim.wordpress.com/2009/03/16/vatican-newspaper-article-says-catholics-should-receive-communion-kneeling-and-on-the-tongue/ |title=Vatican Newspaper Article Says Catholics Should Receive Communion Kneeling and on the Tongue | Mary\'s Anawim |website=Marysanawim.wordpress.com |date=2009-03-16 |accessdate=2016-04-01}}</ref>

English liturgical scholar and commentator Alcuin Reid wrote in a review of ''Dominus est'' in [[Catholic Herald|''The Catholic Herald'']]: "Bishop Athanasius Schneider, a patristic scholar, appointed a bishop by [[Pope Benedict XVI|Pope Benedict]] in 2006, has raised his voice in prophetic call for the western Church to recall the importance, if not the necessity, of returning to the previous discipline of the reception of Holy Communion kneeling and on the tongue."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/reviews/r0000394.shtml |title=Archived copy |accessdate=December 11, 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091216212113/http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/reviews/r0000394.shtml |archivedate=December 16, 2009 }}</ref>

Currently in the [[Catholic Church]] in many dioceses with the consent of the Holy See, the practice of standing and receiving communion on the hand is permitted. However, many [[Traditionalist Catholics]] consider this an unacceptable break from the Traditions of the Roman Church, and call for the practice to be banned on these grounds, and because of its tendency to spread particles of the [[Eucharist]] that remained on the hands of one who received. All [[Eastern Catholic Churches]] receive communion on the tongue while standing.

==Call for a papal document on Vatican II==
At a theological conference in Rome in December 2010, Bishop Schneider proposed the need for "a new Syllabus" (recalling the 1864 [[Syllabus of Errors]]), in which papal teaching authority would correct erroneous interpretations of the documents of the [[Second Vatican Council]].<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=8991
|date=January 21, 2011
|title=Bishop calls for new document correcting misinterpretations of Vatican II
|publisher=Catholic Culture (Catholic World News)
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://incaelo.wordpress.com/2011/01/27/bishop-schneider-speaks-again-this-time-on-vatican-ii/ |title=Bishop Schneider speaks again, this time on Vatican II – In Caelo et in Terra |website=Incaelo.wordpress.com |date=2011-01-27 |accessdate=2016-04-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ewtn.com/library/bishops/schneider-proposte.htm |title=Proposals for a Correct Reading of the Second Vatican Council |website=Ewtn.com |date= |accessdate=2016-04-01}}</ref>

==References==
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===Bibliography===
* [http://lccn.loc.gov/00688210 Schneider, Athanasius, ''"Propter sanctam ecclesiam suam" : die Kirche als Geschöpf, Frau und Bau im Bussunterricht des Pastor Hermae''] (Institutum Patristicum Augustinianum 1999 ISBN 88-7961-030-9){{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* [http://lccn.loc.gov/2011276875 Schneider, Athanasius, ''Dominus est, it is the Lord : reflections of a Bishop of central Asia on Holy Communion''] (Newman House Press 2008 ISBN 978-0-9778846-1-2){{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/video-bishop-schneider-12-steps-to-surviving-as-a-catholic-family-in-a-mora Life Site News Interviw: "WATCH: Bishop Schneider's 12 steps to surviving as a Catholic family in a heretical wasteland"] May 27, 2016

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Almaty Management University

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'''Almaty Management University''' (ALMA, {{lang-kk|Халықаралық бизнес академиясы, ХБА}}, {{lang-ru|Международная академия бизнеса, МАБ}}) is a higher educational institution in [[Almaty]], Kazakhstan, providing preparation of specialists of economic fields under [[bachelor's degree]] programs, [[Master of Business Administration|MBA (Master of Business Administration)]] and [[Doctor of Business Administration|DBA (Doctor of Business Administration)]].

ALMA is one of the first business higher schools in [[Kazakhstan]] — the University was organized in 1988 as Alma-Ata School of Managers, in 1996 it became the International Academy of Business. In 2014 it adopted its current name.

== History ==

=== Almaty School of Management ===
In the autumn of 1988 the Alma-Ata City Executive Committee initiated creation of "Union" Republican Cooperative Association, Leonid Solomin was invited to be head of the association. Together with Bazhangali Kozhshibayev, he decided to create the first business school in Kazakhstan.<ref name=10let>{{cite journal |year= 1998 |title= 10 лет на рынке бизнес-образования — это много или мало?| journal= АльПари | issue=4 |pages = 69–70}}</ref> On December 12, 1988 the Alma-Ata School of Managers (ASM) has been organized in Alma-Ata on the basis of "Union" Republican Cooperative Association, its first listeners were engaged in assembly hall of the Soviet district committee of the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Communist party]] exactly during a month.<ref name=10let/> During the first period of existence of the school education was conducted in the form of short-term courses which were listened by the top and medium-level managers, people with higher education.<ref name=neizbezhno>{{cite journal | author= Эльмира Пашина | title = Асылбек Кожахметов: "Учиться и учить бизнесу трудно. Но неизбежно"| journal = Вечерняя Алма-Ата | date = December 11, 1992| issue = | pages =}}</ref><ref name=opening>{{cite journal | author = A. Rotmistrovsky | title = Opening of the World of Entrepreneurship | journal = Kazakhstan| page=5| issue =6| date= February 10, 1993}}</ref>

In October 1989 [[Asylbek Kozhakhmetov]] who was working in the school as the teacher of computer science became the director of ASM. In 1990 the staff of ASM has taken part in the organization of Association of Schools of International Business, the director of ASM Asylbek Kozhakhmetov became a member of its council, assembly of institutes, schools of preparation of entrepreneurs of the [[Commonwealth of Independent States|CIS]].<ref name=neizbezhno/><ref name=opening/>

In 1992 the staff of the school began doing steps to create a [[Master of Business Administration]] program and project on realization of programs for administrative personnel,<ref name=neizbezhno/><ref>{{cite journal| author= Юлия Надеждина | title = Вдогонку за спросом| journal = Вечерний Алматы | date = November 28, 1994 | issue = | pages =}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal| author= Тулеген Издибаев | title = Менеджер — это звучит гордо| journal = Атамура | date = December 1, 1994| issue = | pages =}}</ref> ASM was the first institution in Kazakhstan proposing MBA on the educational market of the country.<ref name=stanovlenie>{{cite journal | author= Гульмира Арбабаева, Куат Ибраев | title = Бизнес-образование Казахстана всё ещё находится на этапе становления | journal = Панорама | page =12| issue = 9 | date=March 5, 2004}}</ref>

In 1994 the Ministry of Economy of Kazakhstan announced a tender for the project on consultation of the enterprises, financed by the [[World Bank]]. Five of six western organizations participating in the tender (the [[European Foundation for Management Development]], [[École de management de Lyon]], the [[Maastricht School of Management]] and others) named ASM as the most preferable partner.<ref>{{cite journal | title = Не создавайте выгодную школу бизнеса, создавайте выдающуюся! | journal = Караван| page =2| issue = |date=October 7, 1994}}</ref> In 1995 the educational institution has been renamed into Almaty School of Management (ASM).<ref name=stanovlenie/>

In October 1995, the competence, reliability and actual success of the Almaty School of Management was highly appreciated by the [[People to People International]], which awarded the “Torch of Birmingham” for successful economic survival and development under conditions of the emerging market relations.<ref>{{cite journal | title = Алматинская школа менеджмента. Не просто красивое словосочетание, но пример успеха | journal = Мир деловой книги | page =2| issue = 4|date=September 1996}}</ref><ref name=proryv>{{cite journal |author = Алевтина Донских | title = Философия экономического прорыва: 1+1>2 | journal = Казахстанская правда | pages =1, 3| issue = |date= December 21, 1996}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | author = Эльмира Пашина | title = Президент Международной академии бизнеса Асылбек Кожахметов: "Дальновидный предприниматель заботится и о прибыли, и о социальной значимости бизнеса"| journal = Казахстанская правда | date = September 11, 1998| issue = | page =7}}</ref>

In 1996 ASM organized the international conference «Management of human resources: strategy and practice» with participation of more than 100 delegates from 15 countries, the Minister of Economy [[Umirzak Shukeyev]], an adviser of the [[President of Kazakhstan]] for economic issues Altay Tleuberdin, the first secretary of representation of the [[European Union]] in Kazakhstan Onno Simons, the representative of the [[United Nations]] in Kazakhstan Nigel Ringrose and others.<ref>{{cite journal | author =Наталья Вержбицкая | title = Фраза "кадры решают всё" наполняется новым смыслом| journal = Казахстанская правда| date= May 4, 1996| page=3 | issue=}}</ref>

=== Transformation to IAB ===
On November 14, 1996, according to the Order of [[Government of Kazakhstan|Government of Republic of Kazakhstan]] #1387 Almaty School of Management has been transformed to the International Academy of Business (IAB).<ref>{{cite journal | title = Обучение по МСФО: программа вуза | journal = Евразийский вестник аудитора |date=September 2003 | issue =9 | pages=26–28}}</ref> The first intake to evening program of MBA with corporate management specialization has been carried out the same year.<ref name=proryv/>

In 1998, the [[International Development Association]] of the World Bank chose the Academy as a partner in realization of the program of creation of research base for working out of 1998–2001 economic policy in the countries of [[Central Asia]].<ref>{{cite journal| author = Лена Ларичева | title = АШМ отмечает 10-летие на рынке бизнес-образования| journal = Время ПО | date= December 21, 1998 | issue = | page = }}</ref>

In 1999, the Almaty School of Management had an agreement with the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[McGill University]] about start of joint program of preparation of financiers under the name "Professional Financial Diploma".<ref>{{cite journal | title = Где готовят профессиональных финансистов международного класса?| journal = Банки Казахстана | year = 1999 | issue = 6 | page = 15}}</ref> At the same year an agreement of cooperation with the [[HEC Paris]] ([[France]]) has been signed with support of embassy of France in Kazakhstan and the first intake to the program «Master of Professional Management» was done.<ref>{{cite journal | author = Адиль Джалилов | title = Группа слушателей получила сертификаты об успешном завершении программы одной из лучших бизнес-школ Франции | journal = Панорама | date = June 30, 2000 | issue = |page =}}</ref>

On January 14, 2000, official opening of the International Academy of Business in a new building (the corner of Abay Avenue and Bayzakov Street in Almaty) took place with participation of the President of Association of Financiers of Kazakhstan, the Chairman of the Council of Trustees of IAB [[Daulet Sembayev]], the Vice-Mayor of Almaty Kozy-Korpesh Janburchin, diplomats and businessmen.<ref>{{cite journal | title = International Business Academy Opens in Almaty | journal = The Times of Central Asia | date = January 27, 2000 | issue = | pages=}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | author= Олег Хе | title = Состоялось официальное открытие Международной академии бизнеса | journal = Панорама | issue = 31 | date= January 21, 2000 | page=}}</ref> At the time of opening IAB included eight institutions providing economic education: Almaty School of Management, Almaty Center of Bank Education, educational center of network and telecommunication technologies «CISKO», Institute of Managers McGill — ASM, Institute of Economy and Finance, Kazakhstan Institute of Marketing and Management, business class, program «Begin and improve your business».<ref>{{cite journal |author= Жаннетта Ким | title = Презентация Международной академии бизнеса | journal = Интернет и Я|date=January 2000 | page=}}</ref>

In July 2000, IAB has received a grant from [[Philip Morris International|Philip Morris Kazakhstan JSC]] for purchase of computers.<ref>{{cite journal |title = Вчера ОАО "Филип Моррис Казахстан" вручил Международной академии бизнеса грант на 10 тысяч долларов для покупки компьютеров, которые пополнят техническую базу учебного заведения| journal = Казахстанская правда | date = July 13, 2000 |page=1 | issue = }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | title = "Филип Моррис" предоставил грант Международной академии бизнеса | journal = Панорама | date = July 14, 2000 | page= | issue=}}</ref>

In 2000, the Academy started the program of the higher professional education.<ref>{{cite journal | title = День открытых дверей| journal = Білім әлемі | date=March 15, 2004|page= | issue=5}}</ref>

In 2002, IAB as a pilot high school participated in public accreditation passing by criteria of [[European Quality Improvement System]] (EQUIS) initiated by the Central Asian Foundation for Management Development (CAMAN). From 65 high schools from Kazakhstan, [[Kyrgyzstan]] and [[Uzbekistan]] applied for accreditation, only four educational institutions including IAB were able to pass it successfully.<ref>{{cite journal | author = Татьяна Королёва | title = Лишь 4 из 65 университетов Центральной Азии смогли пройти экспериментальную общественную аккредитацию фонда CAMAN в сфере бизнес-образования | journal = Панорама |date=June 19, 2002 | page = | issue=28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= http://news.gazeta.kz/art.asp?aid=158411 | title = Фонд CAMAN провел пробную общественную аккредитацию бизнес-школ в трех странах ЦА | publisher=Gazeta.kz | date= July 18, 2002 | accessdate = September 7, 2011 | language=Russian}}</ref>

According to the results of 2002, the Academy became the winner of “With Overall Quality to the 21st century” competition of the Republican Quality Association in the category “Education” for the best management system.<ref>{{cite journal | author = Алина Гудебская | title = Ударники капиталистического труда | journal = Технологии управления |date=February 2003 | pages = 36–37}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | author = Татьяна Половникова | title = Международная академия бизнеса. Лучший менеджмент | journal = Обучение | date = February 26, 2003| issue = 8 | page = 6}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://news.gazeta.kz/art.asp?aid=166757 | title = В Алматы состоится церемония награждения победителя конкурса на лучшую систему управления "В XXI век — со всеобщим качеством" | publisher=Gazeta.kz | date=March 5, 2003 | accessdate = August 25, 2011 | language = Russian}}</ref>

In 2003, the International Executive MBA (IE MBA) program was developed in cooperation with [[HEC Paris]] and [[Louvain School of Management]] ([[Belgium]]). This program became a development of the one-year program «Master of Professional Management» operating from 1999.<ref>{{cite journal |author= Гульмира Арбабаева | title = МАБ предлагает новую программу MBA, ориентированную на нефтегазовую и энергетическую отрасли | journal = Панорама | date= June 13, 2003 | issue = 23 | page= }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author= Matvei Sobolev | title = French activity increasing in Kazakhstan | journal=The Kazakhstan Monitor | date =June 13, 2003| issue = 23 | page=}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author= Айгуль Абугалиева | title = Бизнес образование в Казахстане: от обучения до консалтинга | journal=MARKETинг |date=December 2003| issue = 12 | pages= 4–16}}</ref>

In 2003, the representative office of the International Academy of Business was opened in [[Astana]] for realization of MBA programs, organization of corporate seminars, trainings and consulting services.<ref name=history>{{cite web| url = http://www.iab.kz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7&Itemid=5 | script-title=ru:История МАБ | publisher = МАБ |accessdate=September 7, 2011 | language=Russian}}</ref>

In July 2003, the Kazakhstan-European Center of Strategic Management of Universities was created on a basis of IAB, the founders of the center were the Ministry of Education and Science of Kazakhstan, the [[European Foundation for Management Development]], Association of High Schools of Kazakhstan, Association of Institutions of Professional Education of Kazakhstan, the Central Asian Foundation for Management Development (CAMAN).<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.inform.kz/rus/article/39745 | script-title=ru:В Алматы откроется Казахстанско-Европейский центр по стратегическому управлению университетами | publisher=Казинформ | date=June 26, 2003 | accessdate = September 7, 2011 | language = Russian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://news.gazeta.kz/art.asp?aid=171348 | script-title=ru:В Алматы будет подписано соглашение об открытии Казахстанско-Европейского центра по стратегическому управлению университетами | publisher=Gazeta.kz | date=June 24, 2003 | accessdate = September 7, 2011 | language=Russian}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | author= Баян Мирханова | title = Сделать нам ещё предстоит... | journal=Обучение |date=July 9, 2003| issue = 27 | page = 2}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author= Куат Ибраев | title = Создан центр по подготовке менеджеров вузов | journal =Панорама | date=June 27, 2003 | issue = 25 | page = 10}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | author= Наталья Тодорова | title = Университеты объединяются | journal = Казахстанская правда | date =July 26, 2003 | issue = | page= 2}}</ref>

The same year in Kazakhstan business schools rating under МВА programs conducted by the ''National Business'' magazine the International Academy of Business has won the first place outstripping [[Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics and Strategic Research|KIMEP]] and [[University of International Business|UIB]].<ref>{{cite journal | author= Ерден Шодыров | title = Рынок MBA в Казахстане | journal=National Business |date=October 2003| issue = 1 | pages= 30–33}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | author = Дарья Мустафина | title = Образование — это ключ для карьеры. По результатам рейтинга журнала "National Business" программы МАБ заняли первое место среди всех программ MBA в Казахстане | journal=Assandi Times | date=January 16, 2004| issue = | page= }}</ref>

=== Recent history ===
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| [[File:IAB. Ulytau-1.jpg|upright|thumb| 150px| Ulytau cultural-linguistic camp.]]
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| [[File:IAB. Country teachers.jpg|upright|thumb| 150px| Awarding with certificates in framework of the program «Support of rural schools by high schools».]]
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In 2009 the president-rector of MAB [[Asylbek Kozhakhmetov]] initiated the program «Support of rural schools by high schools»; according to the initiative it was offered to each of 144 Kazakhstan high schools to look after one of 200 [[Districts of Kazakhstan|rural districts]] of the country. IAB within the framework of the program has been incurring support of educational institutions of [[Aiyrtau District]] of [[North Kazakhstan Province]]. Within the framework of the program teachers of Aiyrtau District schools are gratuitously invited to Almaty for improvement of professional skill during spring and autumn school vacations.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://news.gazeta.kz/art.asp?aid=143805 | script-title=ru:Социальные проекты казахстанских ВУЗов: поддержка сельских школ | publisher =Gazeta.kz |date= March 19, 2010 | accessdate = September 7, 2011 | language = Russian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| author= Екатерина Ионова | url = http://www.kazinform.kz/rus/article/2319895 | script-title=ru:Сельские учителя проходят повышение квалификации в Алматы | publisher =Казинформ |date= November 5, 2010 |accessdate=September 7, 2011 | language= Russian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| author= Ирина Борисова | url = http://zonakz.net/articles/28754 | script-title=ru:Сельское образование: не хватает учеников и учителей | publisher =Zonakz.net |date= March 30, 2010 |accessdate=September 7, 2011 | language = Russian}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal| author= Виктория Зайцева | url = http://www.dknews.kz/article.php?archid=127&id=4867 | title = МАБ помогает селу | journal =Деловой Казахстан |date= November 13, 2009 | issue = 44 | page=}}</ref>

Since 2009 within the framework of republican competition "ZachOT" founded by the International Academy of Business more than 20 Kazakhstan journalists and mass-media are annually awarded for the best illumination of vital topics in sphere of Kazakhstan education.<ref>{{cite web| author= Галия Бекмуратова | script-title=ru:Получили свой "ЗачОт-2010" | url= http://www.np.kz/index.php?newsid=7644| publisher= Новое поколение| date= February 18, 2011| accessdate= September 7, 2011 | language = Russian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| author= Елена Ильинская | script-title=ru:Корреспонденты Казинформа — лучшие в оперативном освещении новостей в области образования в РК — итоги конкурса "ЗачОт-2010" | url= http://www.inform.kz/eng/article/2351933 | publisher= Казинформ | date=February 15, 2011| accessdate = September 7, 2011 | language = Russian}}</ref>

In autumn of 2009 teachers of IAB published the book «Business Express Course» within the framework of the project "Business Adviser" — gratuitous methodical support of individual entrepreneurs in village areas organized by Damu Entrepreneurship Development Fund.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://news.gazeta.kz/art.asp?aid=136935 | script-title=ru:МАБ готовит учебное пособие по ведению бизнеса в рамках программы Фонда "Даму" "Бизнес-Советник" | publisher =Gazeta.kz | language=Russian | date= September 9, 2009 |accessdate=September 7, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | author=Константин Ким | title=Даму советует бизнесу | url=http://www.kursiv.kz/1195202653-damu-sovetuet-biznesu.html | journal = Курсив | date =September 17, 2009 |issue=| page=}}</ref>

Since June 2010 IAB holds the international summer session Business Education Teachers Academy (BETA-2010) directed on development of professional skills and personal growth of teachers of Kazakhstan and foreign high schools.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.inform.kz/rus/article/2392027 | author = Айгуль Турысбекова |script-title=ru:Преподаватели Казахстана сдали сессию на "отлично" — летняя школа "ВЕТА-2011"| date= July 7, 2011 |accessdate =September 7, 2011 | language =Russian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://news.gazeta.kz/art.asp?aid=310120 |script-title=ru:В МАБе пройдет лекция, освещающая тенденции, проблемы и вопросы развития современного образования | date= June 24, 2010 |accessdate =September 7, 2011 | language = Russian}}</ref>

Since 2010 IAB organize Ulytau cultural-linguistic camp — the project for studying of the [[Kazakh language]] with immersing to the language and cultural environment. In summer of 2010 the first participants of camp-[[aul]] were 83 persons — heads and experts of the national companies of [[Samruk-Kazyna|National Welfare Fund "Samruk-Kazyna"]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.inform.kz/rus/article/2395825 | script-title=ru:Пресс-тур по изучению госязыка организует Международная академия бизнеса для представителей СМИ в Боровом | publisher =Казинформ |date=July 29, 2011 |accessdate=September 7, 2011 | language = Russian}}</ref> In 2011 60 participants passed "immersing" in Ulytau camp.

In 2010 the International Academy of Business has opened representative office in the West Kazakhstan region ([[Atyrau]]).

Since autumn of 2011 the Academy became the first private high school in Kazakhstan technically ready to accept students and listeners with the limited possibilities (with infringement of the [[Human musculoskeletal system|musculoskeletal system]] and [[visual system]]); toilets, [[wheelchair ramp]]s and special [[elevator|lift]] were equipped for this purpose.<ref name=ogran>{{cite web| url = http://inform.kz/rus/article/2399265 | script-title=ru:С нового учебного года Международная академия бизнеса готова принять студентов с ограниченными возможностями | publisher =Казинформ |date= August 18, 2011 |accessdate=September 7, 2011 | language = Russian}}</ref>

In 2014, the International Academy of Business changed its name to Almaty Management University, with ALMA University used as a shortened form of the new name.<ref>International Association for Management Development in Dynamic Societies. [http://www.ceeman.org/news/iab-has-obtained-the-university-status B has obtained the UNIVERSITY status!] Viewed April 2, 2015.</ref>

== Academics ==
Almaty Management University uses the model for continuous educational process which includes:
* [[College]] of IAB
* [[Bachelor's degree|Baccalaureate]] (Higher professional education)
* [[Master of Business Administration]] (MBA)
* [[Doctor of Business Administration]] (DBA)
* [[Distance education]]
* Short-term training and retraining

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| [[File:IAB. College.jpg|150px|upright | thumb | Studies in College of IAB.]]
| [[File:IAB. Bachelors.jpg|150px|upright | thumb | Studies in Baccalaureate.]]
| [[File:IAB. MBA Graduation.jpg|90px|upright | thumb | MBA graduation.]]
| [[File:IAB. DBA Graduation.jpg|150px|upright | thumb | DBA graduation.]]
| [[File:IAB. Trainings.jpg|150px|upright | thumb | Trainings of Centre for Management Development.]]
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College of IAB was created in 2009 and prepares specialists for seven specialties of technical and economic education: [[economics]], [[marketing]], [[management]], [[accounting]] and [[audit]], [[finance]], [[information systems]], [[Educational assessment|assessment]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.iab.kz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=22 | script-title=ru:Колледж МАБ| publisher=МАБ | accessdate=September 7, 2011 | language=Russian}}</ref>

Higher Professional Education Department of Almaty Management University prepares bachelors in the following specialties: economics, management, marketing, accounting and audit, finance, information systems, assessment, [[catering]] and hospitality business, [[logistics]].<ref name=vpo>{{cite web| url = http://www.iab.kz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11&Itemid=12 | script-title=ru:Высшее профессиональное образование (ВПО) в МАБ| publisher=МАБ | accessdate=September 7, 2011 |language=Russian}}</ref>

[[Master of Business Administration]] Department of the Almaty Management University provides educational services according to the following MBA programs:<ref name=mba>{{cite web| url = http://www.iab.kz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10&Itemid=45 | script-title=ru:Магистр Делового Администрирования (МВА) в МАБ| publisher=МАБ | accessdate=September 7, 2011 | language=Russian}}</ref>
* Kazakhstan MBA program «Common Management»;
* Kazakhstan MBA program «Innovation-technological management» (with the [[Nanyang Technological University]], [[Singapore]]);
* «Common and strategic management» with the [[Maastricht School of Management]] ([[Netherlands]]), in framework of the program 2 weeks modul in [[Maastricht]] is provided;
* «Master of Economics and Business» with [[EADA Business School]] ([[Spain]]), 2 week modul in [[Barcelona]] is provided.

There are plans of development of new joint MBA programs with leading business schools of the European Union and [[ASEAN]].<ref name=mba/>

[[Doctor of Business Administration]] (DBA) program in IAB is maximally individualized and allows to listeners to create variants ofstudying programs consisted from various moduls of basic and special cources. Education includes auditorian work in groups and independent work under direction of a supervisor of studies, and also individual work of listeners of the program without direct participation of a teacher on chosen educational and research trajectory. The DBA programs are joint products of IAB and the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Service under the President of Russia and Maastricht School of Management.<ref name=dba>{{cite web| url = http://www.iab.kz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9&Itemid=10 | title=Доктор Делового Администрирования (DBA) (МВА) в МАБ| publisher=МАБ | accessdate=September 7, 2011 | language = Russian}}</ref>

== Student life ==
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| [[File:IAB. Sport complex game.jpg|upright|thumb| 150px| In the sport complex of IAB.]]
| [[File:IAB. KVN team Capital.jpg| upright| thumb| 150px| [[KVN]] team "Capital".]]
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Since 2001 the University has hosted theoretical and practical conference «Young Sharks of Business», since 2007 the conference has an international status. The organizers of the conference are the International Academy of Business in cooperation with students' scientific organization «Dixi!».<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.dialog.kz/?lan=ru&id=92&pub=2287 | script-title=ru:Молодые акулы бизнеса | publisher =Dialog.kz |date= December 8, 2010 |accessdate=September 7, 2011 | language = Russian}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | author = Яна Тареева | title = Молодые акулы бизнеса | url = http://www.dknews.kz/article.php?id=2908&archid=82 |journal= Деловой Казахстан |date= December 19, 2008 | issue = 49 |page=}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | author= Серик Байтанаев |title= Молодые акулы бизнеса |url= http://www.dknews.kz/article.php?id=5058&archid=132 |work= Деловой Казахстан |date= December 17, 2009 |issue= 49 |page=}}</ref>

Since 2001 student council works in the Academy,<ref>{{cite journal |author= Гульдана Тлеубаева | title = Выборы в студенческий совет | journal = Білім әлемі | issue = 24 | date = December 15, 2003 |page = }}</ref> election of council's members is made by student voting.<ref>{{cite journal |author = Серик Темиргалиев | title = Демократия в отдельном вузе | journal = Время молодых | issue = 24 |date=December 2004 |page = }}</ref>

Since 2003 best students of IAB are annually awarded in 10 nominations at annual ceremony «Gold [[Snail]]» with encouragement of winners in form of 10—60% discount for education fee.<ref>{{cite journal | title = Премия "Золотая улитка" | journal = Білім әлемі | issue = 11 | date = May 30, 2003 |page =}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= http://news.gazeta.kz/art.asp?aid=307824 | script-title=ru:В Международной Академии Бизнеса пройдет церемония вручения премии "Золотая улитка" | publisher= Gazeta.kz | date= May 21, 2010| accessdate=September 7, 2011 | language= Russian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= http://vesti.kz/conference/75/ | script-title=ru:Интервью. Ректор МАБ Асылбек Кожахметов | publisher= Vesti.kz | date= July 13, 2011| accessdate=September 7, 2011 | language=Russian}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | title = Магия МАБовской культуры | journal = Страна и мир | issue = 16 | date = April 22, 2004 |page = }}</ref>

Students of IAB were among winners of the republican competition for the best scientific work of students on natural, technical and humanitarian sciences at the II international youth forum «Youth in Science-2010» organized by the Foundation of the First President of Republic of Kazakhstan.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.presidentfoundation.kz/ru/mer/arhiv/smu/030510/ | script-title=ru:Международный форум "Молодёжь в науке-2010" | publisher= Фонд первого президента Республики Казахстан | accessdate=September 8, 2011 | language=Russian}}</ref> Students of the Academy are winners and prize-winners of international, republican, city student olimpiads.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.iab.kz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=257&Itemid=38 | title= Студенческая олимпиада | publisher= МАБ | accessdate=30 August 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.iab.kz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=507&Itemid=1 | script-title=ru:И отличились, и обучились! | publisher= МАБ | accessdate=September 8, 2011 | language=Russian}}</ref>

Annually IAB organizes various competitions for students: winners among business projects developed by students of IAB within the framework of competitions "Business Safari" and "Business Incubator" are awarded,<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.iab.kz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=295&Itemid=38 | script-title=ru:Идеи студентов будут развивать казахстанский бизнес | publisher= МАБ | date = May 28, 2010| accessdate=September 8, 2011 | language=Russian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.dialog.kz/?lan=ru&id=93&pub=1813 | author= Майгуль Кондыказакова| script-title=ru:Мы в ответе за тех, кого приручили… | publisher = Dialog.kz | date = December 7, 2009| accessdate=September 8, 2011 | language=Russian}}</ref> intellectual games ''[[What? Where? When?]]'' and Brain Ring are held.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.iab.kz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=420&Itemid=38 | script-title=ru:Интеллектуальные игры | publisher= МАБ | date = December 4, 2010|accessdate=September 8, 2011 | language=Russian}}</ref> The Career Centre of IAB regularly organizes fairs of vacancies and presentations of the companies-partners for the purpose of employment of students of the Academy.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.iab.kz/index.php?Itemid=30&id=22&option=com_content&task=view | script-title=ru:Центр планирования карьеры МАБ | publisher= МАБ | accessdate=September 8, 2011 | language=Russian}}</ref>

A student newspaper ''Primus inter pares'' is published in the Academy; in 2010 by an initiative of students IAB held the I National Forum of Student Mass-Media with support of ''[[Open Society Institute|Soros Foundation Kazakhstan]]''.<ref>{{cite web| author=Галя Галкина |url= http://www.np.kz/index.php?newsid=6759 | script-title=ru:Молодые и дерзкие | publisher= Новое поколение |date=October 15, 2010| accessdate=September 8, 2011 | language=Russian}}</ref>

Annually IAB organizes competition «Mister and Miss IAB»,<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.iab.kz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=234&Itemid=38 | script-title=ru:Определены Мисс и Мистер МАБ 2010! | publisher= МАБ |date=March 20, 2010| accessdate=September 8, 2011 | language=Russian}}</ref> and also [[mayovka]]s on the nature,<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.iab.kz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=527&Itemid=146 | script-title=ru:Маёвка-2011 | publisher= МАБ |date=May 22, 2011| accessdate=September 8, 2011 | language=Russian}}</ref> thematic evenings in the Academy's building and clubs and other entertaining actions,<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.iab.kz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=425&Itemid=146 | title= На Ретро-Party в астанинский филиал МАБ приехала сама "ABBA"! | publisher= МАБ |date=December 15, 2010 | accessdate=September 8, 2011 | language=Russian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.iab.kz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=518&Itemid=150 | script-title=ru:Философы МАБ встретились в "Саду Эпикура" | publisher= МАБ | accessdate=September 8, 2011 | language=Russian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.iab.kz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=519&Itemid=150 | script-title=ru:В МАБ прошел литературный вечер к 75-летию Олжаса Сулейменова | publisher= МАБ | date= May 6, 2011 | accessdate=September 8, 2011 | language=Russian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.iab.kz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=503&Itemid=150 | script-title=ru:Хочешь сниматься в кино — иди в МАБ! | publisher= МАБ | date= April 12, 2011 | accessdate=September 8, 2011 | language=Russian}}</ref> there are [[KVN]] teams in IAB.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.iab.kz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=263&Itemid=38 | script-title=ru:Команда МАБ — в лидерах КВН! | publisher= МАБ | date= April 29, 2011 | accessdate=September 8, 2011 | language=Russian}}</ref>

== Material and technical basis ==
The International Academy of Business is located in a building in Almaty with total area of 8,732.1 m², there is also a sport center with area of 1,024 m², a parking for 250 cars, a dining room with 190 seats. Buildingof the Academy is technically ready to accept students and listeners with the limited possibilities (with infringement of the [[musculoskeletal system]] and [[visual system]]); toilets, [[wheelchair ramp]]s and special lift were equipped for this purpose.<ref name=ogran/>

The Academy's library was created in 1996, listeners of the Almaty School of Management were its first users. In 1997 the library received a grant of [[Eurasia Foundation]] for the project «Development of library and reading room» which main purposes were equipment by technics and replenishment of library fund by the necessary literature for maintenance of educational process of the academic programs, and also providing of access to [[Internet]]. In 2001 a grant was received for the project «Formation of book fund and development of library of the International Academy of Business» with purposes of further development of book fund, improvement of given services due introduction of program «IRBIS» to library processes. Library of IAB is a member of the Information Consortium of Libraries of Kazakhstan.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.iab.kz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=390&Itemid=121 | script-title=ru:История библиотеки МАБ | publisher= МАБ| accessdate = September 8, 2011 | language=Russian}}</ref> The library's fund consists of 203,000 books.

On December 4, 2009 solemn presentation of sport club and new sport complex of the International Academy of Business has taken place with participation of Mayor of Almaty [[Akhmetzhan Yessimov]], known Kazakhstan sportsmen, actors, representatives of mass-media, students and employees of IAB. Opening was visited by Olympic champions [[Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov]] and [[Olga Shishigina]], Olympic bronze winner, youth world champion [[Nurbakhyt Tenizbayev]], the Vice-President of [[Football Federation of Kazakhstan]] Seilda Bayshakov and others.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://news.gazeta.kz/art.asp?aid=140558 | script-title=ru:Международная академия бизнеса вводит в эксплуатацию новый спортивный комплекс | publisher= Gazeta.kz | date= December 1, 2009| accessdate = September 8, 2011 | language=Russian}}</ref>

== Awards, ratings, accreditations ==
[[File:IAB. 3 palms. Eduniversal.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Awarding to the International Academy of Business by [[Eduniversal]] rating agency.]]
* In December 2009 accreditation council of the National accreditation centre of the Ministry of Education and Science of Kazakhstan decided to accredit the International Academy of Business for a period of 5 years. IAB was of the first ten high schools which have made an application and have received the state accreditation in 2009.<ref>{{cite web| url =http://nac.edu.kz/index.php?view=article&catid=103%3A2011-03-02-16-54-58&id=237%3A2011-02-03-04-47-29&format=pdf&option=com_content&Itemid=1&lang=ru | script-title=ru:Внешняя экспертная оценка деятельности вузов РК, 2009 г.| publisher=Национальный аккредитационный центр МОН РК| language =Russian | accessdate = August 26, 2011}}</ref><ref name=contur>{{cite web| url =http://www.contur.kz/node/1065 | script-title=ru:Национальная аккредитация МАБ — признание на государственном уровне | publisher=Контур | language =Russian | date= December 30, 2009 | accessdate = September 17, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url =http://inform.kz/rus/article/2224142 | author=Елена Ильинская | script-title=ru:МАБ получила национальную аккредитацию на соответствие качества образовательной деятельности | publisher=Казинформ | date= December 30, 2009 | accessdate = September 17, 2011 | language = Russian}}</ref>
* In 2008-2010 IAB was admitted as business high school #1 in Kazakhstan by [[Eduniversal]] rating agency.<ref name=contur/><ref name=bostandyk>{{cite web| url = http://www.bostandyk.almaty.kz/page.php?page_id=42&lang=1&news_id=7978 | script-title=ru:Социальная ответственность бизнеса | publisher= Аппарат акима Бостандыкского района | date = August 17, 2011| accessdate = September 17, 2011 | language =Russian}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | author=Светлана Шестернёва | title = По оценке рейтингового агентства Eduniversal, МАБ стала лучшей бизнес-школой Казахстанa | journal = Панорама | date = June 12, 2009 | issue =22|page=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://inform.kz/rus/article/239362 | script-title=ru:Международная академия бизнеса признана лучшей бизнес-школой в Казахстане | author = Даурен Жайлин | date= June 11, 2009| accessdate = September 17, 2011 | language=Russian}}</ref>
* In January 2010 IAB became the first high school in Kazakhstan which has received International Quality Accreditation (IQA) of the [[Central and East European Management Development Association]] (CEEMAN) for a period of 6 years in the field of quality of business education.<ref>{{cite web| url =http://www.np.kz/index.php?newsid=5345 | script-title=ru:Прорыв | publisher=Новое поколение | date= March 5, 2010 | accessdate = September 17, 2011 | language = Russian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://news.gazeta.kz/art.asp?aid=143070 | script-title=ru:Казахстанское бизнес-образование получило мировое признание | publisher=Gazeta.kz | date= February 24, 2010 | accessdate = September 17, 2011 | language = Russian}}</ref>
* By results of the competition "Senim-2010" organized by [[Samruk-Kazyna|Welfare Fund "Samruk-Kazyna"]], IAB received 2nd degree diploma in nomination "the Best employer company in two capitals (from 50 to 250 employees".<ref>{{cite journal | url =http://dknews.kz/node/33 | author = Раушан Айдарбекова | title = HR. На волне трансформации| edition=Деловой Казахстан| date = March 24, 2011 | issue = 10 | page=}}</ref>
* In September 2010 the Academy was awarded by the people's quality symbol "Bezuprechno" (Perfect) of the National League of Consumers of Kazakhstan.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.iab.kz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=360&Itemid=1 | script-title=ru:МАБ – БЕЗУПРЕЧНОе качество! | publisher=МАБ | date= September 18, 2010 | accessdate = September 17, 2011 | language=Russian}}</ref>
* In September 2010 the International Academy of Business signed the [[Bologna Process|Magna Charta Universitatum]] in [[Bologna]] ([[Italy]]).<ref>{{cite web| url =http://news.gazeta.kz/art.asp?aid=321449 | script-title=ru:МАБ стала членом Великой Хартии Университетов | publisher=Gazeta.kz | date= September 20, 2010 | accessdate = September 17, 2011 | language = Russian}}</ref>

==Management==
[[File:Asylbek Kozhakhmetov.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The president-rector of IAB [[Asylbek Kozhakhmetov]].]]
Since 2008 Asylbek Kozhahmetov is the president-rector of the International Academy of Business. He worked as a teacher of the Alma-Ata School of Managers since January 1989, since October of the same year he worked as the Director of the School of Managers of the "Union" Republican Cooperative Association, since 1990 he was the Director of small collective enterprise «Alma-Ata School of Managers», since 1992 he was the General Director of «Almaty School of Managers» JSC, in 1998-2002 he was the President of the International Academy of Business.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://toiganbayev.kz/index.php?newsid=112 | script-title=ru:Кожахметов Асылбек Базарбаевич | accessdate = September 17, 2011 | language = Russian}}</ref>

In December 2009 the Council of Trustees of IAB was created with the purpose of maintenance of financial and information support, assistance to strengthening of material base and a social infrastructure, working out and solution of tasks of strategic development, contribution to personal growth of staff and students of the Academy. The Chairman of the Council of Trustees is the President of Commercial and Industrial Chamber of Kazakhstan, the Chairman of Board of Directors of «Parasat Holding» JSC Yerlan Kozhasbay. Council also includes the Chairman of the Council of the Association of Financiers of Kazakhstan Serik Akhanov, the Vice-Mayor of Almaty Serik Seidumanov, a member of the Council of Businessmen under the President of Kazakhstan, the Chairman of the Council of the Forum of Businessmen of Kazakhstan, the Chairman of the «Raimbek Group» company Raimbek Batalov, the President of «Astana Group» JSC Nurlan Smagulov, the Vice-President of Board of Directors of [[Kazkommertsbank]], the ex-chairman of the [[National Bank of Kazakhstan]], the ex-vice-premier of the Government of Kazakhstan Daulet Sembayev, the Chairman of a Board of Trustees of the Association of Economists of Kazakhstan, the ex-chairman of National Bank of Kazakhstan, the ex-vice-premier of the Government of Kazakhstan, ex-Minister of Finance Uraz Dzhandosov and other known economists and businessmen.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.inform.kz/rus/article/2217822 | author = Айгуль Турысбекова | script-title=ru:В Алматы члены Совета попечителей МАБ встретились со студентами | date= December 4, 2009 | accessdate= September 17, 2011 | language = Russian}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal| url= http://www.dknews.kz/article.php?archid=131&id=5023 | journal = Деловой Казахстан|author = Ерлан Тулеуов | title = Мудрый совет| issue = 48 | date = December 11, 2009 |page=}}</ref>

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