He graduated from Kazakh State Law University, magna cum laude, and earned his Master of International Development Policy degree, from Sanford School of Public Policy Duke University, North Carolina in 2019. Nurbolat is a “Bolashak” fellow (Kazakhstan) who received a prestigious Presidential International Scholarship in 2013.

He has over twelve years of experience in the Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Education and Science of Kazakhstan focused on numerous public sector reforms and large-scale projects, including e-government, service delivery, corporate governance and development and implementation of intellectual property legislation.

Having started his career from the bottom as an expert in the local justice department of the largest Kazakhstan metropolis of Almaty city, then he worked in senior positions as director of several divisions in the ministries and committees. Nurbolat served as an advisor to the Minister of Justice of Kazakhstan where he gained extensive experience in public policy and law. During his career, he has worked closely with international organizations such as the UN, World Bank, WIPO, and WTO. Nurbolat is fluent in English, Kazakh and Russian.