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Spotlight | Kazakhstan, United States
Arcanum boss Ron Wahid draws even closer to Nazarbayev

Published on 27.07.2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 4 min

The chairman of the corporate intelligence firm Arcanum Global Intelligence, Ron Wahid. © Arcanum

Ron Wahid, director of the corporate intelligence firm Arcanum Global Intelligence, has made part of his relationship with Nursultan Nazarbayev official, as Kazakhstan readies to embark on a global hunt for assets linked to its former head of state.

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Spotlight | Kazakhstan, United States
Arcanum boss Ron Wahid draws even closer to Nazarbayev