Full name:  Darmenova Yuliya Victorovna

Education:

2015-2019 Ph.D in Development Studies, POLIS department (Politics and International Studies), University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.

2010-2012 MSc Management (distinction), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK.

1997-2001 BSc Economics and Management (Honours),

A. Baitursynov Kostanay State University, Kostanay, Kazakhstan

Work experience:

Academic:

Current position

2019 – present: Lecture at Economics and Business Department, Karagandy State Industrial University, Temirtau.

Taught courses: «Economics and Management of an Enterprise», «Economics and Productions Management».

Non-academic:

2014-2015: Business development director “RK-Telecom Kazakhstan” LLC, Astana branch, Astana, Kazakhstan

Senior Management member, coordinating business development, responsible for the overall management of all strategic and operational activities. Planning and coordinating the implementation of business plans.

2012-2013: Commercial director “RK-Telecom Kazakhstan” LLC, Head Office, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Senior Management member, responsible for commercial strategy, business development, revenue and profit maximisation. Responsible for activities related to marketing, sales, operational processes in the company.

2004-2009: Head Manager of sales department “DESCom” LLC, Almaty, Kazakhstan Managing the sales team, developing a business plan. Assist executives in developing marketing plans, and sales forecasts.

Awards and achievements:

2010 Anglia Ruskin award for academic excellence.

2016 Cambridge University, Annual Fitzwilliam College Senior Scholarships Award, for excellent intellectual achievements.

2017 Cambridge University, Annual Fitzwilliam College Senior Scholarships Award, for excellent intellectual achievements.

Publications and Presentations:

2017 Darmenova Y. “Understanding Corporate Social Responsibility and the Case of Small and Medium Enterprises in a Kazakh Context”. NAWRUZ- NOORUS ANNUAL POSTGRADUATE CONFERENCE, Newcastle University, UK

2018 Darmenova Y. “The driving forces of Corporate Social Responsivity in the context of SMEs in Kazakhstan”. Cambridge Central Asia Forum