Nurzhan Kosbayev is the Director of the Legal Department of the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan. He previously held senior positions in the Administration of the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC), the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of the RoK, the Ministry of Justice of the RoK and other state bodies. He has experience in the field of financial and international law, rule-making and legal expertise.

As the head of the Legal Department of the AIFC Administration, he worked together with international experts on the development of the legal framework and acts of the AIFC, as well as the key AIFC institutions. Under his leadership, the Legal Department of the National Bank was ranked among the Top 15 best legal departments in Asia in 2025 by Asian Legal Business magazine (owned by Thomson Reuters). He is a graduate of Duke University School of Law (USA).