Azamat Ababakirov was a research manager at LIRNEasia. Prior to joining LIRNEasia he worked at Goodhope Holdings in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, as Assistant Manager, Downstream Business Development. He has also worked in Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP), National University of Singapore (NUS) as a Research Associate and Institute of Water Policy, National University of Singapore (NUS) as a Graduate Research Assistant.