Alfais Adilkhan
Economics with Management Science at the University of Edinburgh. From Astana.
Education
- MA Hons Economics with Management Science — University of Edinburgh
GPA 3.78. Coursework: Statistical Methods for Economics, Business Analytics and Information Systems.
Founder & Treasurer, Central Asian & Turkic Society.
- IB Diploma — Haileybury Astana
38/45, graduated with high honors. Financial Times Student Advocate; Student Council; built a mentoring website.
Experience
- Assistant Manager — KAZYTEC
Organized six meetings with senior government officials (Ministry of Defense, National Guard, State Security Service, KNB, the Navy); reached an agreement to sell 50 drones — $2.4M total.
Reduced the language barrier across 15 employees; helped delegate so contracting ran ~30% faster.
- Interpreter / Translator — Alisha Development / STM
Interpreted a 12-section, three-hour catalogue presentation to government officials; worked with STM's business-development managers toward an exclusivity agreement.
Translated 20+ documents — contracts worth ~$2M — and cooperated with the CEO on professional letters.
- Junior Analyst — Edinburgh University Trading & Investment Club
Take-Two Interactive (TTWO) equity report in Excel and Capital IQ — DCF, comparable-company analysis, EBITDA valuation.
- Treasurer — Central Asian & Turkic Society, Edinburgh
Founded the first-ever Central Asian society in Edinburgh (30+ members); ties with the Kazakh embassy; certified funds for 6+ events a year, including Nowruz.
Build
- Core Sample — this site
Three.js WebGPU with automatic WebGL2 fallback, TSL shader pipeline, scroll-driven camera, GSAP + Lenis. Designed, written, and shipped by one person.
Skills & Interests
- MySQL · Capital IQ · Python · Stata · R · Excel · Access · HTML · CSS · JavaScript
Russian & English (fluent) · Kazakh & French (conversational).
5-a-side football, reading, competitive gaming, debating, technology.