Gulzhan Moldazhanova (born 11 June 1966, Almaty, Kazakhstan) is a Kazakh businesswoman was CEO for Basic Element, and was named among the most powerful women of the mid- to late 2000s.
[4] Moldazhanova began as a personal assistant to Deripaska in 1995, before being targeted as a high potential employee and gaining training as an accountant from Russia's Finance Academy.
[4] In 2005, she was appointed as CEO of Basic Elements, which was a $14 billion private-equity holding company at that time.
The article guessed the Basic Element was looking to be listed on a foreign stock exchange, which didn't happen.
In 2018, Moldazhanova ended her tenure at Basic Elements, while additionally resigning from director position on the board of Rusal.