Biloliddin (Bill) Abzalov

Bill Abzalov is a Vancouver-based business developer from Tashkent who builds partnerships between Canada and Central Asia. As Business Development Coordinator at University Canada West, he leads international programs that have brought more than 30 delegates and university investors from Uzbekistan to Vancouver. He is now leading GELIP 2027, an executive education program for 40 professionals from Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.

He is also Project Development Manager at MDC (Microsoft Development Conference) Uzbekistan. His cybersecurity project ALATOR won a $100,000 President Tech Award. Earlier, he founded IELTS Academy, which grew to more than 200 students, and he served in sport diplomacy with Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He is an HPAIR (Harvard) alumnus and an Associate of Chartered Managers Canada, and he speaks Uzbek, Russian, English and German.