Mr. Baktybek Asanov is the CEO at Victory Group LLC, a private equity management company based in Bishkek. He is also an Expert of the Business and Investment Development Council under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic, where he is responsible for assisting the Secretary in improving policy dialogue between government and business. Prior to his current position, Mr. Asanov worked as an Adviser to the First Vice Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic, as Managing Director of Closed Joint Stock Company, Textonic, an oil and gas exploration company under the Australian companies Santos and Caspian Oil and Gas, and as a Commercial Attaché at the Embassy of the Kyrgyz Republic in Japan. Mr. Asanov holds an MA in Social Science (International Economics) from the Iwate University, Japan (2003), and a BA in Oriental Studies and International Relations from Bishkek Humanities University (1999).