Keynote Speakers

The New Silk Road Forum has welcomed visionary leaders. Here is a list of past years' keynote speakers:

Umut Shayakhmetova, CEO, Halyk Bank

Mary Kate Buckley, CEO, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort​

Melih Han Bilgin, CEO, Turkish Petroleum Corporation​

Çağatay Özdoğru, CEO, Esas Holding​

Dr. Kairat Kelimbetov, Governor (Ret.), National Bank of Kazakhstan, and former CEO, Samruk-Kazyna

İzzet Garih, Chairman, Alarko Holding A.Ş

Sani Şener, founding CEO, TAV Airports

H.E. Fatih Karahan, Governor, Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye​

Prof. Dr. İlber Ortaylı, Professor, Galatasaray & Bilkent Universities, and celebrated historian​

Rabbi Mendel Chitrik, Chairman, Alliance of Rabbis in Islamic States

H.E. Bakytzhan Sagintayev, Chairman, Eurasian Economic Commission​, and Prime Minister (Ret.), Republic of Kazakhstan

Ahmet Burak Dağlıoğlu, President, Investment and Finance Office of the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye

Bob Robotti, CEO, Robotti & Company Advisors

Paul Isaac, CEO, Arbiter Partners

Participating Investors

AKB Investments, Almaty
National Bank of Kazakhstan, Almaty
Narxos University, Almaty
Highway One Asset Management, Belgrade
MITIMCo, Boston
Black Lotus Quantum Ventures, Boston
Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Boston
Solercia Capital, Caracas
Enlight Career Consulting, Chengdu
Saray Capital, Dubai
Neeti Fund, Dubai
McKinsey & Co, Dubai
Multitude Bank, Helsinki
Darkhorse Capital, Hong Kong
Sun Hung Kai & Co, Hong Kong
McDonald's China (CITIC Capital), Hong Kong
Perea Capital, Houston
Tempest Peak Asset Management, Houston

Marmara Capital Management, Istanbul
Esas Holding, Istanbul
Gunung Capital, Jakarta
Valhalla Capital Partners, Johannesburg
Triglav Insurance, Ljubljana
Werner Capital, London
ADB, Manila
Arbiter Partners, New York
Greenwood Investors, New York
Robotti & Company Advisers, New York
BDA Partners, New York
Amber Road Investors, New York
York Lion Ltd, Rio de Janeiro
Praetorian Capital, Rincon
Samuel Terry Asset Management, Sydney
H. Lundén Holding, Stockholm
Capital Markets Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar
MCS Investment, Ulaanbaatar