Kunduz Bergen Sayevna Kurbasheva is a Kyrgyz national, born on 11 March 1984 and residing in Bishkek. From 2005 to 2011, she studied banking at Jusup Balasagyn Kyrgyz National University and obtained a higher-education qualification. She subsequently completed several professional training programs, including securities-market specialist training at the Kyrgyz Stock Exchange (2012), training by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (2010), BPN financial analysis (2017), and business-organization training by Sequa GmbH in Germany (2017), building a solid foundation in financial and economic analysis.

Since 2022, she has served as Chair of the Energy Committee of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Kyrgyz Republic, Adviser on Renewable Energy to the Ministry of Energy of the Kyrgyz Republic, and chair of an association. She also served as Head of the Innovation Monitoring Department at the National Agency for Intellectual Property and Innovation under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic from 2014 to 2015. During her service at the Ministry of Energy, she was mainly responsible for comprehensive analysis and research in the power sector, with a focus on new opportunities in renewable energy; preparing materials and reports on renewable-energy projects; analyzing the legal and regulatory framework for the regulated electricity market and proposing improvements, including regulatory drafts, financial and economic justifications, and presentation materials; participating in working groups, round tables and industry forums organized by relevant institutions, legislative and administrative bodies; presenting industry developments to experts; and publishing analytical articles in industry publications.

As head of the Association of Green Renewable-Energy Power Plants, she leads this non-profit public organization in representing renewable-energy industry participants in the Kyrgyz Republic. The association works to remove barriers to the development of renewable energy and hydrogen energy, create competitive conditions for integrating technologies into energy systems, and promote sustainable development. It has made significant contributions to renewable-energy policy development, including participating in working groups supporting presidential decrees, expanding the list of renewable-energy equipment, and initiating instructions for VAT exemptions. The researcher has extensive professional knowledge and capabilities, a deep understanding of the regulation and operation of electricity markets in Kyrgyzstan and abroad, and a strong command of the technical foundations and economic analysis of renewable-energy-based generation and transmission, financial and economic modeling, and the preparation of information and analytical reports, industry reviews and research reports.