OREANDA-NEWS. On March 24, 2009 Alliance Bank announced new appointment in its Management Board. Askar Bishigayev was appointed as an acting Deputy Chairman of the Bank’s Management Board by the resolution No. 15 adopted by the Board of Directors on March 17, 2009, reported the press-centre of Alliance Bank.

Prior to this appointment, a competent expert in telecommunications and software technologies, Ph.D. in Physics and Mathematics, academician of Russia’s International Academy of Communications, a 44-year-old Askar Bishigayev was with the Kazakh Agency for Informatization and Communications as Deputy Chairman, then joined national telecommunications operating company, Kazakhtelecom, as an executive manager in charge of company’s business development both in Kazakhstan and Russia.

At the new office, Mr. Bishigayev will be responsible for Alliance Bank’s IT infrastructure and information projects' development.

Shareholders and top management of Alliance Bank believe that an extensive and successful experience Mr. Bishigayev has gained at top positions in Kazakh state and private telecommunication companies will allow for further IT development in Alliance Bank.