Renewal of “Samruk-Energy” JSC Project Portfolio

Renewal of “Samruk-Energy” JSC Project Portfolio

Renewal of Transformation projects portfolio represents a continuous process of improvement. The content is updated every year proceeding from the company’s needs.

An online meeting of the Extended Modernization Council (EMC) was held at “Samruk-Energy” JSC. The Directorate for Asset Management of “Energy” Sector, representatives of the Digitization Office of “Samruk-Kazyna” JSC Fund, Borankulova Lyazat, the Managing Director for Strategic Development, as well as Shashkenova Maral, Director of the Strategic Development Department, chief executive officers of subsidiaries and affiliates of the energy holding company, managing directors of the Head Office and supervisors of potential projects and activities participated in the meeting.

Bakitzhan Zhulamanov, the Chairman of the Executive Board of “Samruk-Energy” JSC, opened the meeting of the Modernization Council: “Much attention was directed to addressing production issues, using techniques for collecting ideas and proposals based on “bottom-up” that helped us to identify the growing needs of subsidiaries and affiliates of the group. As a result now we have a short list of initiatives”.

The preparatory work for updating the portfolio over six months comprised communications with all subsidiaries and affiliates, expanding channels for collecting ideas and propositions, studying the feasibility and economic efficiency of more than 60 potential projects and activities.

15 projects that survived an elimination process were submitted to the Modernization Council members. Discussions and voting resulted in consideration of the possibility of allocating a budget and other resources for further implementation of 10 business proposals of the updated Project Portfolio. The remaining five projects are planned to be implemented outside the Digital Transformation Program.

“Several projects contain advanced digital solutions and are aimed at enhancing production efficiency. The pandemic has also influenced the content of the Project Portfolio, which involved services automation, paperless circulation. The projects and activities that we offer for consideration are aimed at achieving strategic goals, increasing the company's value and reducing operating costs,” said Yedil Kopenov, Managing Director for Business Transformation at “Samruk-Energy” JSC during the meeting.

Yedil Kopenov encouraged chief executive officers of “Samruk-Energy” JSC subsidiaries to be actively involved in the implementation of projects, to consider allocating of resources for this and comply with project management methodology: “Please provide the options for the Portfolio management structure both at the HO and at SA level for consideration”

Chief executive officers of companies that are part of the energy holding company were assigned with controlling over the implementation of decisions of the Modernization Council and preparing budgets in accordance with developed financial and economic models. It is planned to obtain approval of the Project Portfolio from “Samruk-Energy” JSC Board of Directors in October.