JSC National Atomic Company "Kazatomprom" announced that the Company's Board of Directors has approved the appointment of Mr. Yerzhan Mukanov as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Mukanov, who has been acting CEO since July and Chief Operations Officer since March 2022, brings a great deal of expertise to his new position, having years of experience within the nuclear industry. He has served in numerous nuclear industry roles over his 23-year career, starting as an engineer of the laboratory of special methods of enrichment and hydrometallurgy at the Institute of Metallurgy and Enrichment under the Republic of Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences, joining the Kazatomprom Group in 2006 first as a process engineer at JV KATCO LLP, then as production development coordinator at AREVA Mines, before moving through senior executive positions in Kazatomprom's subsidiaries and affiliates including JV KATCO LLP, Kazatomprom-SaUran LLP, Karatau LLP and Semizbay-U LLP.

With the promotion of Mr. Mukanov to CEO, the Company, with the support of the Board of Directors, has initiated a recruitment process to assess appropriate candidates for the Chief Operations Officer position. Kazatomprom's senior management team currently consists of: Yerzhan Mukanov, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Management Board; Kamila Syzdykova, Chief Financial Officer, member of the Management Board; Askar Batyrbayev, Chief Commercial Officer, member of the Management Board; Dosbolat Sarymsakov, Chief Nuclear Fuel Cycle Officer, member of the Management Board; Alibek Aldongarov, Chief HR and Digitalization Officer, member of the Management Board; Kazbek Shaimerdinov, Managing Director of Legal Support and Risks.