From insight to execution in complex transactions
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Firm Story & Founding Vision
On-the-ground presence
Institutional pedigree
Capital and conviction
What Makes Odhin Different
A Central Asian specialist
Our management team originates from Kazakhstan, bringing cultural fluency, deep market expertise and relationships. This allows our clients to access proprietary deal flow in the region.
We speak institutional language
Our partners have held roles across leading financial institutions, including Goldman Sachs and Apollo; and Central Asia's leading natural resources companies such as Kazatomprom and KazMunaiGas joint ventures.
We back our own judgement
On select transactions, Odhin acts in the capacity of a principal — committing capital to the opportunities we recommend. It reflects the conviction we bring to the transactions we are involved in, and it aligns our interests directly with the outcome.
Relationships first
Discretion
Conviction over volume
Aligned interests
Services offered
Capital Introduction
We introduce institutional investors — private equity funds, family offices, and corporates — to specific Central Asian opportunities. We look to understand the specific criteria of an investor and match them to opportunities where we have proprietary access.
Transaction Advisory
We sit side-by-side with clients through the full life of a transaction. We assemble the right legal, financial and technical advisers around each opportunity. Our role is to anticipate how decisions will be made on each side of the table and to ensure our clients are represented accordingly.
Market Entry
Entering Central Asia requires more than a market study. We provide a considered entry strategy grounded in the regulatory environment, commercial conventions, and access to key stakeholders across government, capital markets and industry.
Strategic Partnerships
Local partnership is the cornerstone of any successful market entry into Central Asia. We guide clients through the critical process of identifying the right partners across sectors and stages of growth — opening doors and establishing a meaningful presence from day one.
Yelena Don
Yelena Don
Yelena Don
Yelena Don
Yelena Don
Yelena is a founding Partner of Odhin. Prior to establishing the firm, she was an Investment Professional at Goldman Sachs Investment Management, where she led the development of the market entry strategy for Central Asia’s private clients. She brings over fifteen years of advisory and direct investing experience across Emerging Markets, with particular depth in Kazakhstan and the wider CIS region. Yelena combines institutional rigour with deep regional access.
Yelena holds a Master in Finance from London Business School and a BSc from the London School of Economics.
Yerlan Tuleugozhin
Yerlan Tuleugozhin joined Odhin in 2025 as Regional Partner for Central Asia. He brings over two decades of senior executive experience. He served as Chief Strategy Officer and Member of the Management Board at Kazatomprom — the world's largest uranium producer. He oversaw governance across 35 subsidiaries and ten joint ventures with global partners. Prior to that he held senior roles across the oil & gas industry, including CFO roles at KazMunaiGas JVs, and most recently CCO of Texol Group, a railway logistics group.
Yerlan holds two degrees from London Business School: a Sloan Fellows Master in Leadership and Strategy and a Master in Finance.
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Anna Wisniewska
Ania Winiewska joined Odhin as a Partner in 2020 and transitioned to an Advisory role in 2025, supporting the firm's capital introduction activities across the Financial Institutions practice. Beforehand, she was an Investment Banking Executive Director at Goldman Sachs covering Financial Institutions in EMEA. Ania spent her entire career in banking working at Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank and Citi.
Ania holds an MBA from London Business School and a Master in Finance from University of Gdansk.
Mazhit Sharipov
Mazhit Sharipov has served as an Advisor to Odhin since 2025. He is the former Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Management Board of NAC Kazatomprom JSC, where he led the company through its post-pandemic recovery and a period of significant geopolitical complexity. Prior to his appointment as CEO, he served as Chief Nuclear Fuel Cycle Officer and held senior roles across Kazakhstan's nuclear and energy sector spanning over three decades, including positions at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and the Atomic Energy Agency of Kazakhstan. He provides Odhin with guidance on transactions related to critical minerals in Central Asia.
Brooks Newmark
Brooks is an Advisor and Investor in Odhin, providing co-investment capital for transactions where the firm acts as principal. He was a Senior Partner at Apollo Global Management, one of the world's largest alternative asset managers. He subsequently served as a Member of Parliament from 2005 to 2015, sitting on the Treasury Select Committee and serving as a Cabinet Office Minister in the Cameron Coalition Government. Brooks is the Founder and Chairman of Anglo REM, a critical minerals business in Central Asia. He has served on the Board of the Harvard Alumni Association and the Advisory Board of London Business School.
Brooks holds a BA from Harvard College, an MBA from Harvard Business School and an MSc from the University of Oxford.
