YERNAR ZHARKESHOV
PRINCIPAL
Contact mePrincipal at Whiteshield Partners with about 10 years of experience in public policy analysis and implementation of reforms in the civil service, governance and city management, anti-corruption, public sector human resources management and public-private partnerships
Prior to joining Whiteshield Partners Yernar worked as Managing Partner and CEO of the Center for Strategic Initiatives LLP, a leading private management consulting firm in Kazakhstan where he contributed to firm-building and led governance related projects. He had joined the consulting industry after a career in the public sector with the Government of Kazakhstan and the United Nations Development Programme in several leadership positions where he contributed to the civil service transformations across the Eurasia region, including the introduction of a senior executive service and anti-corruption measures, and spearheaded the establishment of a formal international partnership initiative of governments of 40 countries, which is currently growing further. He is a graduate of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore where he also served as an editor at the Asian Journal of Public Affairs.