AIAC AT THE KAZAKHSTAN BUSINESS AND INVESTMENT ROUNDTABLE WITH PRESIDENT TOKAYEV AND THE HEADS OF CHEVRON AND EXXON MOBIL
For Immediate Release
September 22, 2025 – New York, NY American Industrial Acquisition Corporation (AIAC) Chairman L. M. Levie joined US business leaders in the Kazakhstan–U.S. Business Roundtable at The St. Regis New York, a high-level summit led by His Excellency Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
The private, invitation-only program opened with a networking reception before moving into the formal Roundtable session, during which President Tokayev addressed assembled business and finance leaders. This was followed by presentations by senior government officials, global investors, and business leaders. Formal remarks focused on large scale trade and investment projects in Kazakhstan's resources industry, AI-based education sector, and consumer finance and banking sector.
In his remarks to the assembled business community, President Tokayev emphasized the strength of the U.S.-Kazakhstan partnership: "We view the United States as an important strategic partner and reaffirm our commitment to further strengthening multifaceted cooperation. Currently, over 630 American companies are successfully operating in our country. Among them are well-known brands such as Chevron, ExxonMobil, Boeing, Visa, Mastercard, Meta, Wabtec, and Citibank."
The President further underscored Kazakhstan's commitment to transparency and partnership, stating: "Our commitment to deep political and economic reforms, transparency and investment-friendly policy ensures equal conditions for American companies doing business in Kazakhstan and allows them to remain our reliable and long-term partners."
AIAC Chairman Levie personally greeted the following distinguished participants in the Roundtable:
Nurlan Zhakupov, CEO of Kazakhstan's Sovereign Wealth Fund
Erzhan Kazykahn, Assistant to the President of Kazakhstan for External Affairs
Rauan Tieulin, Consul General of Kazakhstan
Suzanne P. Clark, President and CEO of the US Chamber of Commerce
Mike Wirth, Chairman and CEO of Chevron
Darren Woods, Chairman and CEO of Exxon Mobil
Collette Hirstius, President of Shell USA
Landon Loomis, President for Latin America and Caribbean, Vice President for Global Policy at Boeing
Raphael Santana, President and CEO of Wabtech
Lisa Scalone, Head of Worldwide Consumer Division, Amazon
Calista Redmond, VP for Global AI Initiatives at Nvidia
Kelly Tulier, Vice Chair, VISA
Robert Friedland, Chairman of Ivanhoe Mines
Kevin Mills, Head of Education and Government GTM at OpenAI
Greg Hart, CEO of Coursera
Jim Masso, President and CEO, Honeywell Process Solutions
Paul C. Johnson, President of the Colorado School of Mines
Rich Lesser, Global Chair of BCG
Roberto Sifen-Arevalo, Director of Sovereign Debt Ratings, S&P Global
Jimmy Samartzis, CEO of LanzaJet
Stephane Thion, Vice President of Commercial, LanzaJet
Martin Kon, President and CEO of Cohere
Shawn Fagan, Chief Legal Officer of Citadel
Jenny Johnson, President and CEO of Franklin Templeton Funds
Tom Kempner, Co-Founder of Davidson Kempner Capital Management
Robert Lowenthal, President and CEO of Oppenheimer Holdings Inc.
AIAC actively assisted the Kazakhstan Consulate in organizing the event by curating and inviting VIP guests from the US business and financial community. On Sunday, September 21, a day prior to the Roundtable, AIAC Chairman Levie and Richard Wiese, President of the Explorers Club, met for tea with Erzhan Kazykahn, Assistant to the President of Kazakhstan for External Affairs, Nurlan Zhakupov, CEO of Kazakhstan's Sovereign Wealth Fund, and Rauan Tieulin, Consul General of Kazakhstan, to discuss the opening of an Explorers Club Chapter in Kazakhstan. AIAC is a Partner of The Explorers Club and Mr. Levie serves as a Member of its Board of Trustees.
Following the Roundtable session, Mr. Levie hosted a reception and lunch for selected Kazak, US, Japanese, and French business and government leaders at the Metropolitan Club of New York, during which they discussed business opportunities in Kazakhstan. The lunch was followed by a private tour of The Explorers Club.
"AIAC is committed to supporting positive dialogue that drives growth and creates lasting partnerships," said L. M. Levie, Chairman of AIAC. "Kazakhstan's ambitious vision for economic development, combined with its transparent and investment-friendly policies, offers a compelling pathway for collaboration with U.S. and global investors. The business climate in Kazakhstan is the most welcoming and the growth rate is the most dynamic in Central Asia. We enthusiastically encourage our customers and friends in the American industrial, technology, and finance communities to learn more about the opportunities present in Kazakhstan, which is experiencing an astonishing economic transformation.”
Mr. Levie further remarked, “AIAC's active involvement in the Kazakstan Roundtable underscores our position as a trusted corporate and governmental supplier to global industry, serving the aviation, space, defense, automotive, truck, rail, marine, petrochemical, solar, nuclear, food, confectionary, beverage, civil engineering and infrastructure, commercial construction, mining, dredging, disaster relief, education, medical devices, and pharmaceuticals sectors, with critical materials, components, assemblies, systems and equipment which enable transformative global economic development projects. We are profoundly proud of our roster of global blue chip customers and the important programs on which we serve.”
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About American Industrial Acquisition Corporation
American Industrial Acquisition Corporation (AIAC) is a diversified industrial group with 122 manufacturing and distribution sites in 24 countries in North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia-New Zealand. AIAC has acquired and grown non-core subsidiaries and divisions of Boeing, Siemens, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Johnson Controls, Merck, Pfizer, Astellas, Visteon, Carlyle, Ahlstrom, Tolko, Groupe Suez, Groupe Rexel, and many other leading multinational corporations.
AIAC companies serve companies and governmental entities worldwide in all major sectors, including aviation, space, defense, automotive, truck, rail, marine, petrochemical, solar, nuclear, food, confectionary, beverage, civil engineering and infrastructure, commercial construction, mining, dredging, disaster relief, education, medical devices, and pharmaceuticals. In addition, AIAC companies are exclusive, authorized distributors of leading branded industrial and consumer products and serve as critical suppliers for the construction of major airports, schools, hospitals, performing arts and sports centers, offices and hotels throughout Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. AIAC is a leading manufacturer of building, street, and highway signage in Europe, signage and illumination structures in North America, and a distributor of electrical products throughout France.
Of note, AIAC purchased Boeing Canada in 2005 and has produced over 10,000 unique components for every Boeing jet plane ever since, reliably serving Boeing from manufacturing facilities in North America. A leader in ultra-high precision jet engine component manufacturing, AIAC companies produce 2,200 fan blades for each jet engine produced by GE, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls Royce, and Honeywell.
AIAC companies actively support exploration into outer space, manufacturing critical components for launching and propelling spacecraft and satellites. AIAC customers in this sector include NASA, the European Space Agency, SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Boeing. AIAC companies also lead in the design and manufacture of undersea umbilical cables for worldwide oceanographic research.
AIAC companies produce the critical automotive wire and cable for Tesla, GM, Ford, Chrysler-Fiat, Toyota, and Nissan. In connection with its kraft paper manufacturing interests in Canada and the US, AIAC controls and sustainably manages 22 million acres of Manitoba, Canada forestland, an area equivalent in size to the nation of Hungary. AIAC affiliate, Metallwarenfabrik Gemmingen GmbH, located in Germany, designs, manufactures and distributes high performance, emergency portable power generators utilized in global conflict zones and during natural disasters.
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About AIAC Philanthropy
AIAC and the AIAC Foundation support a wide range of nonprofit, nonsectarian, bipartisan organizations which promote international conflict resolution, disaster relief, economic development, environmental sustainability, exploration, and the performing arts. The exploration-focused nonprofit organizations which they actively support include the Explorers Club, the National Geographic Society, the Royal Geographical Society, the American Museum of Natural History and the Hayden Planetarium, the Victoria & Albert Museum, the National Air and Space Museum, the National Space Society, and the United States Space Foundation.
AIAC's other beneficiaries include the Appeal of the Nobel Peace Laureates Foundation Inc., the Asia Society, the Atlantic Council, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation - Gates Philanthropy Partners, the Bretton Woods Committee, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the Carter Center, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Economic Club of New York, the Foreign Policy Association, the Institut Française des Relations Internationales, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Crisis Group, the International Rescue Committee, the Japan Society, the JFK School of Government of Harvard University, the Peterson Institute for International Economics, the Richardson Center for Global Engagement, the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House), the Sierra Club, the Trilateral Commission, and the Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute.
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About The Explorers Club
Founded in 1904, The Explorers Club is a prestigious international multidisciplinary professional society dedicated to the advancement of field research and the ideal that it is vital to preserve the instinct to explore. Based at its historic headquarters in New York City, the Club has served as a meeting point and unifying force for explorers and scientists worldwide for over a century.
The Club's membership includes many of history's most renowned explorers and scientists, from polar explorers Robert Peary and Roald Amundsen to oceanic pioneers Jacques Cousteau and Robert Ballard, from aviation legends Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart to space pioneers like Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Jim Lovell himself. The Club continues to support cutting-edge exploration in every realm—from the deepest ocean trenches to the highest peaks, from archaeological discoveries to space missions.
The Explorers Club is renowned for its rigorous standards of membership, requiring nominees to have made significant contributions to exploration or the sciences that advance our understanding of the world. The Club's Board of Trustees, Legacy Society, and various committees work to preserve the Club's mission while fostering new generations of explorers through grants, expeditions, and educational programs.
The Club's famous annual dinner, featuring exotic cuisine and presentations by leading explorers, has become legendary in New York society. More importantly, The Explorers Club continues to fund and support expeditions that push the boundaries of human knowledge, from climate research in Antarctica to biodiversity studies in remote rainforests to preparations for future Mars missions.
AIAC Chairman L. M. Levie serves as Member of its Board of Trustees and as Poet Laureate and Member of its Legacy Society. As Poet Laureate, Mr. Levie contributes to the Club's cultural mission by capturing the spirit of exploration through verse, honoring both historical achievements and contemporary discoveries that continue to expand the frontiers of human knowledge and experience.
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