Dastan Shukanayev

Senior Payments Technology & Strategy Marks and Spencer

Dastan is an experienced professional with a founder and a bias for action mentality. Proven track record of success managing projects in technology, large infrastructure, industrial IoT, organisational digital transformation, finance, strategic investments planning and foresight. An excellent problem solver with strong analytical, negotiation and interpersonal skills. Fluent in English, Russian, Kazakh and a good level of French.

Work experience in the following areas:

- Banking / Fintech

- E-commerce / Retail / Electronic payments

- Information and Communication Technology (ICT / TMT)

- Business Process Automation (BPM)

- Higher Education / EdTech

- Oil & Gas / Energy / AgriTech / Refinery Technology

- Asset management & UHNWI Family Office

He is interested in Digital Transformation, Robotics, AI, Quantum Computing as well as Energy Transition and Climate Change initiatives, especially in R&D. Regularly follows the topic of how Climate Change could affect corporate valuations and how corporations should make investments in sustainable initiatives.

He is a professional alpinist and a mountain tourism instructor. He regularly organises and participates in expeditions, one of them being winter ascent attempt of K2.