Zhibek Karamanova is the founder of KEREMET International Art Business Conference, KEREMET Holding, the firm rendering the legal, brand management services, and management consulting, and KEREMET Art, the project established to promote young talented artists and advise interested parties on various issues of the art market.

Zhibek has more than 12 years of experience working in major Kazakh, UK, US law firms, and large Central Asian investment company, dealing with issues related to the international commercial arbitration, structuring of international deals, subsoil use, corporate, environmental, and copyright law. Graduate of Kazakh Humanitarian Law University in Almaty (LLB in international law), Queen Mary University in London (LLM in international business law), and Lehigh University in the USA (marketing and business management). Arbitrator of the International Arbitration Court under the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Member of International Bar Association.