Mr. Kuban Ashyrkulov is a Parliament Coordinator of the Business Development and Investments Council under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic. The Council’s main objective is to establish the efficient process of public-private dialogue and partnership. He is also a Project Manager at Kyrgyz Community Based Tourism Association ‘Hospitality Kyrgyzstan.’ Previously Mr. Ashyrkulov served as an Advisor to the President of the Central Asian Corporation, one of the largest investment groups operating in Kyrgyzstan; as the General Director of Andash Mining Company LTD and as an Executive Director of the International Business Council (IBC). Prior to IBC, he worked for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) office in Bishkek, where he implemented projects on economic security, environmental safety and good governance. Mr. Ashyrkulov holds an MBA from the Academy of Management under the President of the Kyrgyz Republic (1998), and an MA in Technical Engineering from the Kyrgyz Technical University (1996).