TEAM University Tashkent

TEAM is partnering with London South Bank University[6] (LSBU) in the UK to validate its programmes. LSBU was chosen as a partner of TEAM after a through consideration of other potential candidates from the UK, and has been selected for its support and outstanding record of entrepreneurial education for which it has been award a title of “Entrepreneurial University of the year” in 2016 by The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide.[7]

The founders of TEAM University established an independent Board of Trustees to oversee and ensure that the university demonstrates and promotes those values. Since the beginning of the university, the Board has been constituted and is chaired by an independent member with extensive experience in the administration of higher education institutions. The Board drafted a constitution with a majority of representatives who are independent(non-sharing). This ensures that the position and interests of the founders and shareholders are limited. The constitution requires the Board to safeguard against financial self-interest and allows the university to be regulated by strong standards of management and business principles. The Board is composed of the following members:

• Alan Peter France, OBE - Independent Chair

Alan P France – Honoured with the Order of the British Empire, MBA, BA with Honours in Economics and Cert FE, ITP and CIM. Alan entered the University of Westminster in Tashkent in 2002 as 1st Deputy Rector and was responsible for policy growth and all academic affairs, personnel, academic assistance, academic administration, teaching services, as well as the general infrastructure of management and leadership. In 2011, Alan was awarded the Order of the British Empire by the Queen for his services to higher education in an international context. In January 2020, Alan left WIUT in order to become the Chair of a new international institution – TEAM University, the first private university in Uzbekistan founded by a group of leading entrepreneurs in the region.

• Zafar Khashimov - Founding Member

Zafar Khashimov is a co-founder and member of the Board of Trustees of TEAM University. He holds:

• M.Sc in Management Information Systems, Sussex University, Brighton, UK;
• M.Sc. in mathematics from Tashkent State University, Tashkent, Uzbekistan;
• B.Sc. in mathematics from Tashkent State University, Tashkent, Uzbekistan;

He is: CEO and founder of korzinka.uz; Owner of FLO, Red Tag Uzbekistan, Balton Trading Asia Company;

• Hikmat Abdurakhmanov - Founding Member

Hikmat Abdurakhmanov is a co-founder and member of the Board of Trustees of TEAM University. Hikmat has successfully graduated from the University of World Economy and Diplomacy. Earning his Bachelors (2001) & Masters (2004) in International Economics with excellence at UWED. He earned his second Master’s degree from the prestigious University of St Andrews in International Business in the UK(2006). This allowed him to calibrate his skills in the business world, launching prosperous enterprises in fields such as business tourism, leasing, business development & trade (HMPartners, GroundZero, TechnoPlaza, CLG Leasing, UzAutoLeasing, Uzbek-Chinese Trading House, IBT, GEN Uzbekistan, MediTech, Western Production Technologies, Batiskaf Consulting).

• Muzaffar Kasimov - Founding Member

Muzaffar Kasimov is a co-founder and member of the Board of Trustees of TEAM University. Muzaffar Kasimov and Hikmat Abdurakhmanov are partners since they entered the University of World Economy and Diplomacy in Tashkent and continue their educational journey at Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO.

• Timur Abdukayumov - Founding Member

Timur Abdukayumov Entrepreneur is a co-founder and member of the Board of Trustees of TEAM University. He is an entrepreneur, co-founder of Batiskaf Consulting. Has over 15 years of experience in business leading. Before starting his business, he worked in the Intersok Group of Companies and the Center for Economic Research under the Office of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

In 2008 he graduated from the State Technical University, the Institute of Oil and Gas, Oil and Gas Management (Uzbekistan), and in 2017 the Professional Management Program (PMP) at the Uzbek-Japanese Center for Human Resources Development (Uzbekistan).

The areas of his competencies are situated in the field of project management, building effective business processes, organizational development of companies with different types of activities - from industry to services.

• Andrew Wachtel - Independent Member

Andrew Wachtel received his BA from Harvard University and his MA and PhD from the University of California, Berkeley (Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures). He has immense practical and professional experience in leading educational departments in a number of universities. Andrew is currently living in Bishkek, where he involved in a variety of research advisory projects in Kyrgyzstan, Russia, China, and Uzbekistan.

• Andrei Volkov - Independent Member

Andrei Volkov is director of the Institute for Public Strategies Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO. He is deputy chair of the council for the promotion of competitiveness of the leading universities of the Russia among the world’s leading scientific and educational centers. One of the leading experts in the field of educational policy in Russia. In 2005 Volkov became Advisor to the Minister of Education and Science of Russia.

• Eldor Mannopov - Independent Member

Eldor Mannopov is the Managing Partner of Dentons’ Tashkent office. He specializes in corporate, contract, commercial, construction, and tax law. Recognized as a leading lawyer in projects and construction, Eldor assists clients in drafting commercial agreements including EPC, procurement, construction, services, and/or works agreements (according to both Asian Development Bank or World Bank standards).

• Nazira Beishenalieva - Independent Member

Nazira Beishenalieva is an entrepreneur, an alumna of the American University of Central Asia (AUCA) and Harvard Business School (HBS), chairwoman of the Board of Directors of CJSC “Bank of Asia”, member of the Board of Trustees of the American University of Central Asia board member of HBS Club of the GCC (UAE, Dubai) and board member of Asia Pacific M&A Association, a platform which unites M&A professionals and a number of M&A associations from Asia Pacific countries (regions). Nazira is co-founder of Pro KG Club a platform that unites professionals living in the Kyrgyz Republic and abroad.

• Alisher Khasanov[8] - CEO/Rector

Alisher Khasanov is a Rector at TEAM University. He graduated from Tashkent State Technical University, Faculty of Business Administration, with a BA degree in Finance and Credit in 1997. Postgraduate MA degree in International Business Management he got from Westminster International University in Tashkent in 2011. Currently he is PhD Fellow on the subject area of transition to corporate governance in higher education institutions of Uzbekistan.

Meeting-room

Nelson Mandela room, TEAM University

Discussion Area at the Learning Resource Center of TEAM University,

TEAM university support diversity and implements its vision and mission statements throughout its operations. This is reflected in the architecture of the building and thematic styling of the rooms. Teaching rooms and social areas are personified to reflect various characters: scientists, artists, social entrepreneurs, investors, businessman for the range of countries, backgrounds, genders and abilities. The university dedicated areas to, Nelson Mandela, Malala Yousafzai, Stephen Hawking, J.K. Rowling, Pavel Durov, Sundar Pichai, Sheryl Sandberg, Warren Buffett, Elon Musk.

Focus in building design is on social and self-study areas. Those are scattered around the building and often serve a combined purpose. The Ground floor area is designed as an amphitheater with a variety of sitting arrangements, which is located in the open area and can be used for lectures, social interactions, study, extracurricular activities and other purposes throughout the day.

The vault of the main building is transferred into the learning resource center, which provides a multitude of spaces for learning. The design of the learning resource center is implemented with the philosophy of openness and transparency. The center contains lecture areas, personal study spaces, group work enclosures, café, book repositories, personal lockers, meeting rooms, video shooting facilities.

The first and second floor is a mixed area with formal teaching rooms, social areas and offices. The Mansard is given to the executive offices of the university and contains a variety of office spaces, meeting rooms and technical specific-purpose facilities.

Façade TEAM University

TEAM university is located in a vibrant rapidly developing area of Tashkent in Yashnobod District. Major urban development projects are taking place around the university including construction of the Tashkent overground metro (TEAM is served by 2-bekat), Parkent and Makhtumkili street urban development projects, Karasu housing development project. The area around the university is diverse and reflects the cultural mixes natural to Tashkent and Uzbekistan. There is a mosque, and Armenian orthodox Church of st. Pillip, Do’stobod mahalla, Korasuv channel embankment (Temur Malik street), Tuzel airport in the close proximity to TEAM.

The address of the university is 146, Temur Malik street, Yashnobod District, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 100050

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