Oleg Kruk was born in 1967 in Pavlodar. In 1992 he graduated from the Pavlodar Industrial Institute with a degree in industrial heat power engineering.

He began his career in 1988 as a fitter at Pavlodar CHPP-3. After graduating from the university, he continued to work at the combined heat and power plant, where he worked as a process engineer in the boiler department, and later as a deputy chief engineer. In 1997, Oleg Kruk became the head of the procurement department of CCL-Energo Company LLP. From 1999 to 2002 he worked in the Pavlodar branch of North Kazakhstan Energy Company LLP, Kazsnabtsentr LLP, Kazpromresurs LLP, and Teplocenter-Severny LLP. In 2002 he became the director of heating networks of Pavlodarenergo OJSC. In 2006, he headed Pavlodar Heating Networks JSC. In 2007, Oleg Kruk moved to the civil service, heading the Department of Energy and Utilities of the Pavlodar region. In 2008 he was appointed deputy akim of Pavlodar and worked in this position for more than four years. Later he worked in the private sector, was engaged in entrepreneurship. In 2020, he headed the Chamber of Entrepreneurs of the Pavlodar region, where he worked until his current appointment.

Zhenis Shakatov has been appointed head of the finance department. He was born in 1972 in Pavlodar. In 1994 he graduated from Pavlodar Kazakh State Technical University with a degree in industrial heat power engineering, and in 1996 - from the Republican Intersectoral Institute for Training Accounting Personnel of the State Statistics Committee and the Ministry of Labor of the Republic of Kazakhstan, with a degree in Accountant-Economist.

He began his career as a supply engineer at the Fregat company. From 1995 to 2016 he worked in the fiscal authorities of the Pavlodar region, including in leadership positions. In 2016, Zhenis Shakatov was appointed deputy akim of Pavlodar, the next year - deputy akim of Ekibastuz. In 2018, he took the position of deputy head of the finance department of Pavlodar region. In 2019, he headed the department of statistics of the Pavlodar region, where he worked until his current appointment.

 

 

Press service of the akim of Pavlodar region

 

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