Owner and principal
Rustam Mirzabayev
A professional path that began in 1990. Below are periods, roles and organisations rather than adjectives about experience.
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Professional path
1990
Engineering degree
Kazakh Polytechnic Institute, engineering geologist — a discipline that teaches you to draw conclusions from indirect evidence.
1990 — 2007
Law enforcement
Seventeen years of operational work; lieutenant colonel of police. Final post: head of the serious crime unit of the organised crime department, Almaty City Police Department.
1998
Law degree
Karaganda Higher School of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, jurisprudence. A second degree earned alongside service.
2007 — 2019
Corporate security
Twelve years leading security and risk audit functions in major Kazakhstani organisations: retail, banking, telecoms, manufacturing. Internal investigations, forensics, asset protection.
2015 — present
Own practice
Owner and principal of the company — the Bureau of Independent Investigations until 2026, Bureau RM today.
2018 — present
Professional community
Chairman of the Qalqan Security Experts association. Involvement in industry expertise and in work on the regulation of private detective activity in Kazakhstan.
2025 — present
International consulting
Central Asia partner of the international firm JOI Consulting Group.
Education
- Kazakh Polytechnic Institute, 1990 — engineering geologist
- Karaganda Higher School of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, 1998 — law
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