{"id":36006,"date":"2025-08-19T10:12:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T07:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/?post_type=news&#038;p=36006"},"modified":"2025-08-25T10:31:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T07:31:07","slug":"gabit-bekakhmetov-joins-the-board-of-trustees-of-mnu","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/en\/news\/gabit-bekakhmetov-joins-the-board-of-trustees-of-mnu\/","title":{"rendered":"Gabit Bekakhmetov Joins the Board of Trustees of MNU"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><em>Gabit Bekakhmetov has become a member of the Board of Trustees of Maqsut Narikbayev University. He is an education sector leader with over 15 years of professional experience.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 22%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Mr. Bekakhmetov<\/strong>&nbsp;is the founder of the Paradigm Shift and Maruf Education Trust projects, which foster innovative school networks, leadership development programmes, and educational technologies. As Chair of the Board of the Republican Physics and Mathematics School, he played a key role in the modernisation of Kazakhstan\u2019s STEM ecosystem. He is a graduate of the University of Oxford and Duke University, and the author of several books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">It should be noted that the Board of Trustees is a collegial advisory and consultative governing body of MNU.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/photo_2025-08-25_11-45-23-1-683x1024.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36009 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/photo_2025-08-25_11-45-23-1-683x1024.webp 683w, https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/photo_2025-08-25_11-45-23-1-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/photo_2025-08-25_11-45-23-1-768x1151.webp 768w, https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/photo_2025-08-25_11-45-23-1.webp 854w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":36004,"template":"","news-cat":[],"news_tag":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Gabit Bekakhmetov Joins the Board of Trustees of MNU - MNU<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/en\/news\/gabit-bekakhmetov-joins-the-board-of-trustees-of-mnu\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gabit Bekakhmetov Joins the Board of Trustees of MNU - MNU\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gabit Bekakhmetov has become a member of the Board of Trustees of Maqsut Narikbayev University. 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