Asset Bizhan is a Private Sector Specialist at the World Bank’s Finance, Competitiveness and Innovations Global Practice. He supports the Kazakhstani program focusing on innovation, private sector development and competition. He has worked on the implementation of several World Bank lending operations in Central Asia, Eastern Europe and Western Africa, as well as a number of Reimbursable Advisory Projects in Kazakhstan with focus on productivity, competition and innovation. Asset holds Master's degree in Economics from the George Washington University.