The Team

Stefan Scholz

Managing Director,
Head of Investment Banking

Stefan joined Visor Capital in February 2006 and is responsible for the Investment Banking business, including the Advisory, M&A, Equity Capital Markets, Debt Capital Markets and Structured Finance divisions. Stefan has 17 years experience in banking and gained extensive experience in the origination and execution of medium and large-scale investment banking transactions across different industries in the U.S., Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia at both JPMorgan Chase and Dresdner Kleinwort. Stefan studied Economics and Business Administration in Germany and the U.K. and holds a full-time MBA from the Henley Management College. He is an honorary speaker at major international conferences and member of the International Advisory Board to the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the regulation of activities of the Regional Financial Centre of Almaty (RFCA).

Jose Luiz Gaviao

Managing Director,
Head of Debt Capital Markets

Jose Luiz Gaviao joined Visor Capital in April 2007. Before joining Visor he was involved in the restructuring of Fair CCVM, a Brazilian broker-dealer on behalf of its owner, a private Swiss investor. Prior to that, he worked nine years at ABN AMRO, where at the time of his departure he was Director for all Debt Capital Markets activities in Brazil. During his tenure he was responsible for domestic and cross-border origination and domestic syndication and distribution, having had postings in Amsterdam, New York and Sao Paulo. He holds an MBA from University of Pittsburgh and a bachelor's degree in Engineering.

Sanzhar Kozybayev

Director,
Investment Banking

Sanzhar joined Visor Capital in March 2006 and was previously Executive Director at Visor Investment Solutions where he was responsible for M&A transactions and financial advisory. Before joining Visor, he was CFO of geophysical company JSC KazakhstanCaspiShelf and CFO of a Caspian maritime construction company Keppel Kazakhstan LLP. Additionally, he gained extensive experience in Assurance and Business Advisory Services at PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Sanzhar holds an MA degree fro m the Kazakhstan Institute on Management, Economics and Strategic Researches, and a BS in International Economic Relations with honors from the Kazakh National University. He is currently pursuing a Global Executive MBA from INSEAD.

Indira Kaliaskarova

Vice-President,
Investment Banking

Indira joined Visor Capital in June 2009. Before joining Visor, she worked in the Investment Banking division of Lehman Brothers in London where she executed M&A and corporate advisory transactions across the energy industry in the CIS region. Prior to Lehman, Indira worked in BG Group where she gained extensive oil & gas experience and was responsible for the economic analysis of strategic projects in Kazakhstan, particularly BG Group's interests in Karachaganak, Kashagan and the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC). Indira holds a Master of Economics from Reading University (UK).

Hugh McGregor

General Counsel

Hugh joined Visor Capital in November 2009 from BV Property Investment Partners, where he was General Counsel. Previously he worked as an English-qualified lawyer for Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Skadden Arps in both London and Moscow. During his time in private practice, Hugh worked on a wide range of M&A, joint-venture and private equity transactions. Hugh studied at Manchester University (BA (hons) Philosophy) and Nottingham Law School (Post-graduate Diploma in Law and Legal Practice Course).

Dameliya Akhmetova

Associate,
Equity Capital Markets

Dameliya Akhmetova joined Visor Capital in May 2006. Dameliya has gained an invaluable experience being involved in major deals of Visor Capital executed since its inception, including IPO of KMG EP and acquisition of Bank Center Credit by Kookmin Bank. She has an extensive knowledge in pre-IPO advisory services, financial and business due diligence and company valuations. Dameliya holds a Master’s in Global Banking and Finance degree from European Business School of London ( UK) and a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Kazakhstan Institute of Management and Strategic Research (KIMEP).

Adilet Karabayev

Associate,
Mergers & Acquisitions

Adilet joined Visor Capital in April 2009 following 3 years at Citigroup's London office where he worked as an Associate in the Energy M&A team and covered Oil & Gas and Power sector clients in Western and Central Europe, Northern Africa and the CIS. Before joining Citigroup, Adilet was a senior analyst in the project finance team at Kazkommertsbank where he structured a number of financing deals for Kazakh and Russian blue-chip companies. Adilet holds a BS degree with Honors from KIMEP and a full-time MBA from the London Business School.