Expert profile
Career map
Not “extensive experience”, but specific periods, positions and organisations. Each block expands.
Thirty-six years on a single scale
The periods did not simply follow one another: the practice, the association and the international consulting run in parallel.
Career map
Not “extensive experience”, but specific periods, positions and organisations. Each block expands.

1990
The start of the path
Engineering geologist by training — Kazakh Polytechnic Institute, faculty of hydrogeology and exploration technology.
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The specialism was engineering geology and hydrogeology: a discipline that teaches you to read what is not visible on the surface and to draw conclusions from indirect signs.
That foundation — systematic analysis and structural thinking — later shaped the working style in field and analytical work.
1990 — 2007
Law enforcement
17 years of field service. Police lieutenant colonel. Final position: head of the department for combating especially dangerous crime, Organised Crime Directorate, Almaty.
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Areas of work: contract killings, extortion and racketeering, kidnapping, hostage-taking, religious extremism and terrorism.
Operational and investigative work, source handling, lie verification and profiling, crisis management under severe conditions.
Repeatedly recognised with state and departmental awards for solving especially dangerous crimes and for distinguished service.
1998
Law degree
Karaganda Higher School of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, qualification in law.
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Advanced investigative and legal training — a second degree earned while serving.
2007 — 2019
Corporate security
12 years leading security functions and risk audit in major Kazakhstani groups.
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The Gross supermarket chain, ATFBank, Alliance Bank, Transtelecom and the Elektrokabel plant.
Complex internal investigations, countering internal fraud (forensics), and personal security for senior executives and shareholders.
This is where the key difference became clear: in business, security is not about catching someone — it is about prevention and arithmetic.
2015 — present
Own practice — Bureau RM
Owner and principal of Bureau RM LLP (until 2026, the Bureau of Independent Investigations).
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Corporate security, risk management, independent investigations and full legal support.
The firm is not a guard company: the focus is deep analysis and asset protection.
From 2026 the offering expanded into risk management, financial audit, cybersecurity and information security.
2018 — present
Professional community
Chairman of Security Experts Qalqan — eight industry sectors.
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The association gathers and shares best practice across security and detective work.
In 2019 it organised and hosted an international conference in Kazakhstan with leading experts from the field.
Subject-matter expert in the working group drafting the law on private detective activity in the Republic of Kazakhstan, at the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs.
2025 — present
International consulting
Partner for Central Asia at the international firm JOI Consulting Group.
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Integrated security management, risk mitigation and strategic support for cross-border investment projects.
Direct point of contact for enquiries from Central Asia through the group.
Evidence of expertise
What supports it
Education
- Kazakh Polytechnic Institute, 1990 — engineering geologist
- Karaganda Higher School of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, 1998 — law
Positions
- Head of the department for combating especially dangerous crime, Almaty
- Head of security functions in banking, telecoms and manufacturing
- Owner and principal of Bureau RM LLP
- Partner for Central Asia, JOI Consulting Group
Industry work
- Chairman of Security Experts Qalqan since 2018
- Organiser of an international security conference in Kazakhstan, 2019
- Expert in the working group on the private detective activity bill (Atameken)
- Speaker at international conferences on security and detective work
Public expertise
- Lead expert on KTK's documentary series “It Happened…” — 139 episodes
- Regular guest on podcasts and broadcasts
- Own YouTube channel with an archive of case analyses and interviews
Some details — certificates, awards and the full list of conferences — require documentary confirmation before publication and are deliberately not itemised here.
Personal
Discipline shows outside work too
Powerlifting since 2018: champion of Almaty, Kazakhstan, Asia, Europe and the world in masters divisions across leading international federations, master of sport in two federations, and current record holder in Asia and Kazakhstan.
Married, father of five and grandfather of four. Family is what defines an understanding of healthy boundaries — a theme Mental Shield returns to constantly.
Sporting achievements
Awards and titles
Powerlifting since 2018: championships of Almaty, Kazakhstan, Asia, Europe and the world in masters divisions, master of sport titles and standing records.
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