Board of Directors

Mikheil Lomtadze joined our board of directors in January 2025 as the Chairman.

He is the co-founder of Kaspi and has been with Kaspi since its inception. He currently serves as the Chairman of the Management Board, the Chief Executive Officer and an executive director of Kaspi. Prior to joining Kaspi in 2007, Mr. Lomtadze was a partner at Baring Vostok Capital Partners. From 1995 to 2000, Mr. Lomtadze founded and developed GCG Audit, a strategy consulting and auditing firm in Georgia, which later became part of the Ernst & Young global network. From 2018 to 2022, Mr. Lomtadze was named as the best CEO in Kazakhstan by members of the Kazakhstan Growth Forum. He was also named as the best CEO in Kazakhstan according to the survey carried out by Forbes and Pricewaterhouse Coopers from 2017 to 2022.

Mr. Lomtadze received a bachelor s degree from the European School of Management (Georgia) and holds an MBA degree from Harvard Business School (class of 2002). Mr. Lomtadze is currently a member of the Harvard Business School s Middle East & North Africa Advisory Board.

Yuri Didenko joined our board of directors in January 2025 as the Deputy Chairman.

He joined Kaspi as a member of the founding management team in 2007 and serves as Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, responsible for capital markets and treasury. Mr. Didenko has extensive experience in investment and financial analysis. Prior to joining Kaspi, Mr. Didenko was a director of investments at Baring Vostok Capital Partners.

Mr. Didenko graduated from the Kyiv National Economic University with a degree in finance and is a CFA charter holder. Mr. Didenko also graduated from the Harvard Business School GMP program (class of 2015).

Sandro Berdzenishvili joined our board of directors in January 2025.

He is the Head of the Kaspi Pay. Mr. Berdzenishvili joined Kaspi in 2014. Prior to that, he worked as Head of Business Development in Universal Card Corporation (Georgia).

Mr. Berdzenishvili received an MBA from the Free University of Tbilisi Business School in 2010 (Georgia). He also graduated from the Harvard Business School GMP program (class of 2024).

Pavel Mironov joined our board of directors in January 2025.

He joined the Kaspi as a member of the founding management team in 2008 and currently serves as Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, responsible for daily operations. Mr. Mironov has extensive experience in technology. Prior to joining Kaspi, he worked at Tieto, a European IT and software company, and covered projects in Russia, Georgia, Kazakhstan and other CIS countries.

Mr. Mironov graduated from the Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics of the Higher School of Economics with a degree in computer science. Mr. Mironov also graduated from the Harvard Business School GMP program (class of 2015).

Tengiz Mosidze joined our board of directors in January 2025.

He joined Kaspi as a member of the founding management team in 2008 and currently serves as the Deputy Chairman of the Management Board and the Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Mosidze has extensive experience in the area of finance. Prior to joining Kaspi, Mr. Mosidze worked at Ernst & Young as a financial manager for the Caucasus and Central Asia region. Prior to that, Mr. Mosidze was part of the World Bank team responsible for the development of microfinance organizations in Georgia.

Mr. Mosidze received a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in finance from the European School of Management (Georgia). Mr. Mosidze also graduated from the Harvard Business School GMP program (class of 2013).

Erman Kalkandelen has served as a member of our board of directors since August 2020.

Mr. Kalkandelen currently serves as the CEO and Chairman of Franklin Templeton Turkey. Mr. Kalkandelen previously co­managed the Templeton Emerging Market Small Cap strategy. He is currently heading the private equity practice of Franklin Templeton in Turkey and CEE and focusing mainly on the technology industry. He is a member of the board of directors of Netlog Lojistik, Gözde Girişim and Gozde Tech Ventures, Fibabanka, Şok Marketler, Bleckmann, Penta Teknoloji and Bizim Toptan.

Mr. Kalkandelen holds an MBA, with honors, from Sabanci University. During his MBA, he also studied strategic management at the Warrington School of Business Management, Florida University and graduated with honors from the Labor Economics Department of the Political Sciences Faculty, Ankara University.

Ahmet Fadıl Ashaboğlu joined our board of directors in May 2022 as an independent board member.

He began his career as a Research Assistant at Massachusetts lnstitute of Technology (MIT) in 1994, followed by various positions in capital markets within UBS Warburg, New York (1996-1999). After serving as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company, New York (1999-2003), Ahmet Ashaboğlu moved back to Türkiye and joined Koç Holding as Finance Group Coordinator in 2003. He was appointed as the Group Chief Financial Officer at Koç Holding in 2006 and served in that position until April 2022. Ahmet Ashaboğlu is currently a board member of various public and private companies including Yapi Kredi Bank, Koç Financial Services, Koç Finansman and Sirena Marine.

Mr. Ashaboğlu holds a BSc degree from Tufts University and a Master of Science degree from MIT, both in Mechanical Engineering.

Tayfun Bayazıt has been a member of our board of directors since July 2021 as an independent board member.

Mr. Bayazıt started his banking career at Citibank in 1983. He subsequently worked in executive positions within Çukurova Group for 13 consecutive years (Yapı Kredi as Senior EVP and Executive Committee Member, Interbank as CEO, Banque de Commerce et de Placements S.A. Switzerland as President and CEO). In 1999, he was appointed as the Vice Chairman of Doğan Holding and Executive Director of Dışbank. In 2001, he assumed the CEO position at Dışbank. In 2003,he was also appointed as the Chairman and was requested to remain as the CEO of Fortis Türkiye and the region in July 2005 after its acquisition. Subsequently, he was elected as the Chairman of Fortis in 2006. Mr. Bayazıt came back to YapıKredi in 2007 (at which time Yapı Kredi was a joint venture owned by UniCredit and Koç Group) as the CEO and two years later he was elected as Chairman. He served as the Chairman of all Yapı Kredi subsidiaries including Yapı Kredi Sigorta (property and casualty insurance) and Yapı Kredi Emeklilik (privatepension and life) for 4 years. Yapı Kredi was the fourth largest high streetbank in Türkiye with subsidiaries in the Netherlands, Bahrain and Russia,actively involved in mortgage lending among other individual banking activitieswith a strong digital focus.

Mr. Bayazıt left this post in August 2011 to setup his own firm "Bayazit Consulting Services." He was then appointed as the Country Chairman for Marsh McLennan Group, Türkiye in September 2012 and now serves as the Chairman at Polisan Holding, and, board member at Zorlu Holding and Boyner Holding.

He is an independent board member at Adel Kalemcilik. He is a member of TUSIAD (Turkish Industry and Business Association) High Advisory Board and takes an active role in other non-governmental organizations such as the World Resources Institute, and the Corporate Governance Association of Türkiye. He is a member of the board of trustees of the Bosphorus University and Turkish Education Volunteers Foundation.

Mr. Bayazıt holds a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering (1980) and an MBA from the Columbia University, New York (1983).

Dr. Stefan Gross-Selbeck joined our board of directors in January 2023 as an independent board member.

He has over twenty years of experience insenior leadership roles including as a CEO and he held a number of boardmemberships. Dr. Gross-Selbeck was a Senior Partner and the Managing Directorof the Boston Consulting Group until March 2024. Since January 2023 he has beenserving as the Global Topic Leader Climate Technologies at BCG. He previouslyserved as the Global Managing Partner of BCG Digital Ventures, the corporateventure arm of the Boston Consulting Group and as the Managing Partner fortheir European operations. Prior to joining BCG Digital Ventures in 2014, Dr.Gross-Selbeck served as the CEO of New Work SE (formerly known as XING AG), aleading social network for professionals in Europe, between 2009-2013. He alsohad different management roles at eBay, ProSiebenSat1 and Boston ConsultingGroup GmbH. Dr. Gross-Selbeck is a member of the advisory boards of the GermanStartup Association and several ventures built by BCG Digital Ventures.

Dr.Gross-Selbeck holds an MBA from INSEAD and has a PhD in law from University ofKonstanz, Germany. He studied law and economics at the Universities ofFreiburg, Lausanne Montpellier and Cologne.