Ahmet CANGÖZ

CEO / Sistem Global Consultancy

Ahmet Cangoz is a Partner and the CEO of Sistem Global. Prior to joining Sistem Global he has been a Partner in Deloitte Turkey and he led Tax&Legal Department. During his tenure at Deloite, he also acclaimed the role of Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure Sector Leader. Previously, he served as a tax inspector in the Ministry of Finance and as a top executive in large private companies. At Deloitte and Mazars, Ahmet assumed extensive experience in corporate tax compliance and international tax issues by acting as the lead tax partner for large clients in consumer business, manufacturing and construction industries. He took part of as a buy-side tax advisor in many privatization and M&A projects. He has been a frequent speaker on seminars and interviews in the areas of taxation and tax policies. Ahmet has an MBA from Southern New Hampshire University, a certificate from Cornell University and a BA in Economics from Ankara University. He held the courses in the fields of General Accounting, Managerial Accounting and Accounting Information Systems in Bilkent University as a part time instructor. Ahmet Cangoz has been a member of Tax Working Groups in prominent organizations such as TÜSİAD, YASED, TUROB He is titled as Sworn Financial Advisor and holding license Independent Auditors of KGK

Ahmet FARALYALI

Managing Partner / Mediterra Capital

Ahmet is a co-founder and Managing Partner of Mediterra and serves on the investment committee. Prior to founding Mediterra, Ahmet was with KKR in London where he had the responsibility of expanding KKR’s investing activities in Turkey. He has been involved in several leveraged buyout and growth equity transactions in Turkey and in Europe Ahmet has an MBA from Stanford University, BSc in Applied Mathematics and BA in Business Economics from UCLA. Ahmet has served on the Board of Directors of 10 different companies and currently serves on the Board of Directors of Arzum, Tavuk Dunyasi, Glasshouse and Terra Pizza. He previously served on the Board of Directors of ACP.

Alvaro ORTIZ VIDAL-ABARCA

Chief Economist / GARANTİ BBVA

Alvaro Ortiz is the Head of Transformation of BBVA Research. He also manages as Chief Economist for Turkey and Chief Economist for Big Data Economics. He is also lecturer on Geopolitics at University Carlos III (Madrid). Dr Ortiz holds a PhD in Economics by Universidad Autónoma (Spain) an Advanced Diploma in International Economics and Policy Research by The Kiel Institute for World Economics (Germany) and a Diploma of Machine Learning for Economics by Cemfi (Spain). He has presented his works at the European Central Banks, Bank of England and he has participated as speaker or panellist in several conferences organized by some important International Think Tanks as Bruegel, The Atlantic Forum, IIF. He contributes with his comment in several international newspapers as Financial Times, The Economist, El País.

Ayşem SARGIN

President / YASED

Ayşem Sargın was appointed as the Managing Director and Country Executive for Boeing Turkey in September 2015. Prior to joining Boeing, she was the Government Affairs and Policy Director for General Electric (GE) in Turkey, where she set and led the company’s government engagement and policy strategy, with a focus on expanding growth across all GE businesses. Previously, Sargın worked as the External Affairs Manager for British Petroleum (BP) Turkey, where she worked on an international gas transit agreement, paving the way for realization of a major international pipeline project. Prior to her private sector experience, Sargın worked for more than 10 years in the U.S. Embassy in Ankara as a Senior Economic Advisor. In this role, she worked on strengthening U.S.-Turkey trade and investment portfolio, with specific focus on energy, aviation, healthcare and telecommunications sectors. Sargın graduated from the Middle East Technical University Economics Department. In her early career, she worked in the Treasury Department of Turk Eximbank, where she developed an understanding of financial market operations and export financing mechanisms in Turkey. Sargın was recently elected as the President of the International Investors’ Association (YASED) which represents 85 percent of all foreign direct investments (FDI) in Turkey. Sargın is a Board Member in the American Business Forum in Turkey (AmCham-ABFT).

Burcu ÜNÜVAR

Head of Economic Research / TSKB

Burcu Ünüvar has been working as the Head of Economic Research Department of the TSKB since April 2017. Before joining the TSKB team, Ms Ünüvar worked at İ.D. Bilkent University (Ankara) and Yasar University (İzmir) as lecturer at the Department of Economics. Her fields of academic research focus on financial economics, mainly monetary policy and central bank communication. Before her academic career, she worked 10 years at the investment banking as an economist. Ms Ünüvar holds a Bachelor Degree on Business Administration and an MSc Degree on Applied Economics and Finance from Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. She was also visitor at the Washington State University in USA.

Celal CÜNDOĞLU

Executive Vice President / BKM

Celal Cündoğlu has recieved his BSc in Electronics Engineering from Hacettepe University and MBA in Telecommunication System Planning from Univesrity of San Francisco. He has started his career at Visa International in 1992 and upon returning to Turkey in 1998, has worked at various managment roles at Information Technology departments of Benkar (advantage), Yapı Kredi Bank and Akbank. Celal Cündoğlu has joined BKM, as an Executive Vice President, in 2011. His responsibilities include Business Development and management of IT and Payment Platforms product management functions.

Cenk BAYRAKDAR

CEO / Revo Capital

Cenk Bayrakdar, after numerous management roles in Arçelik between 1994 and 2000, joined Turkcell in 2000. In Turkcell, he has cultivated the GSM ecosystem as the Partnering and Content Business Area Division Head until 2006. He served as the Chief Information Officer of Turkcell Group between 2006-2009 and led the restructuring of IT processes and mission-critical operational platforms for the company, including Campaign Management, CRM, Billing and Data Warehousing. He also led the establishment of the core R&D arm of Turkcell Group, Turkcell Teknology. Following his tenure as the CIO, he served as the Chief New Technology Businesses Officer between 2009 and 2013, envisioning and delivering new lines of businesses for Turkcell’s long-term growth. Utilizing experience both in technology and business management; he acted as Turkcell’s innovation spearhead and led projects such as M2M, Telco 2.0, Mobile Payment, Digital Wallet, Turkcell TV, Turkcell branded handsets (T10,T20) and various Internet ventures. He left Turkcell in 2013 to found one of the first venture capital funds in Turkey, Revo Capital, focusing on early-stage technology opportunities in Turkey and the region. As the Managing Director of Revo, Cenk continues to lead dealflow and portfolio management activities. Under his directorship, Revo Capital has closed a bespoke group of investments that includes Onedio, 8digits, Sky Atlas, Parasut, Foriba, Nuvia, ACL Teslim, Neozeka, Peoplise, Digiform, V-Count, Cardtek, Logiwa, Sinemia, Getir, Trusturk, TransferGo, Sonarworks.

Derviş ALTINOK

Vice President – Kamu Gözetimi Kurumu

He graduated from Hacettepe University, Economics and Gazi University, Faculty of Law. He did his degree of LLM in International Commercial Law at Essex University, School of Law, UK. He pursues his doctoral degree at Hacettepe University, Private Law. He began to work at Secretariat of the State Planning Organisation, the Prime Ministry. Then he served at Account Experts Board and Tax Inspection Board under the Ministry of Finance. He gave lectures of accounting at Hacettepe University. He was assigned as head of department on November 2014 and assigned as vice president on August 2017 to Public Oversight, Accounting and Auditing Standards Authority of Turkey. He has the certified public accountant license and independent auditor authority.

Dilek DUMAN

Vice President / INTERTECH

Dilek Duman joined DenizBank Financial Services group as the Information Technologies Group Manager in 1997. After she worked as Intertech’s General Manager between 2004 and 2008, she has been COO of DenizBank A.S. since Junary 1st, 2009. She started her career in 1989 as a software engineer and she joined Intertech in 1993 as Technical Consultant. Mrs. Duman received her Bachelors degree in Computer Engineering from Bogazici Universitesi in 1990. Dilek Duman is recently managing Intertech, Central Operations and Card Operations.

Erkut TEKİNKAYA

CFO / Koç Sistem

Erkut Tekinkaya began his career in 1991 as Accounting and Finance Specialist at Ramko Construction Inc. From 1994, he served as Finance Director at Döktaş, as Budget and Administrative Accounting Manager at Ram Trading Inc., as Finance Manager at Koç Bilgi ve Savunma Teknolojileri, and as Group Manager at Koç Net Telecommunication Technologies and Communication Services Inc. In 2006, Tekinkaya was appointed Chief Financial Officer at Koç Net Telecommunication Technologies and Communication Services Inc., and assumed the position of Deputy General Manager Finance & Commercial at Vodafone Net Communication Services Inc. following the merger in 2011. From 2012, Tekinkaya served as CFO at Zer Central Services and Trade Inc. He began his role as the Chief Financial Officer at KoçSistem in May 2017. Erkut Tekinkaya received his Bachelor’s degree from Marmara University, an MBA from Istanbul University, and an Executive MBA in Business Management from Koç University. He is married and has a child. He is a member of KoçDigital Board of Directors. Also the Chairman of the Board of Directors at Koç Bilgi ve Savunma Teknolojileri.

Ethem SANCAK

President / BMC

Ethem Sancak was born in Siirt in 1954 and completed his primary and secondary education in the same city. He graduated from Istanbul University, Faculty of Business Administration in 1976. Sancak gave priority to health sector according to his principles of local development and Turkey’s leadership in global competition and founded Hedef Pharmaceuticals and Medical Warehouse in 1981. Hedef Pharmaceuticals became an international brand in a short time and Sancak formed a strategic partnership with Alliance Boots in 2001. He was the Chairman of the Board of Directors at Hedef Alliance and served as a member of Executive Committee of Alliance Boots until 2014. Sancak established Medical Park Hospitals Group within the scope of health investments and soon left the health sector and turned to media and defense industry investments. With the foresight of “New Turkey vision can only be preserved with the help of defense industry and international media power”, Sancak bought Türk Media Group and Star Media Group and formed “ES Media Group” in 2013 and then, later in the same year, he bought BMC, a Turkish brand. By the end of the last quarter of 2017, he left the media sector and turned to investments in the agriculture and livestock sector. His investments in defense industry are also continuing. Sancak was elected “Business Administrator of the Year” in 2001, and “Entrepreneur of the Year” in 2005. He received the “National Sovereignty Outstanding Service and Honor Award” from the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in 2007. In recognition of his services as Honorary Consul of Brazil in Istanbul from 2006 to 2010, he was honored by the President of the Federal Republic of Brazil, Lula da Silva, with the Medal of Rio Branco, the highest service medal in Brazil. Ethem Sancak is married and has three children.

Fatih AYDIN

Partner / Blue River Capital

Fatih Aydin is a partner at Blue River Capital, a London based asset management firm. He is a member of the investment committee and manages the firm’s special situations investments. Prior to joining Blue River, he was an Executive Director at Goldman Sachs, where he started his career. After spending several years in structuring, sales and trading teams in Goldman Sachs London office, he founded the commodities fund, Etra, in 2012. He ran Etra’s trading arm as well as the investment fund. Mr Aydin re-joined Goldman Sachs in 2014 and was responsible for structured finance and principle investments in Emerging Markets. He holds an MSc degree from Imperial College London. He lectures at various business schools internationally.

Furkan ÜNAL

CFO / Kardemir A.Ş.

Furkan Ünal is currently the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of KARDEMIR (Iron Steel Industry Trade & Company Inc.) Previously he worked as a top level investment banker, investor and Board Member of a VC established in Turkey and independent Board Member of a Technology and a Construction Company working for different countries. He was formerly the Executive Managing Director and Group Head of Corporate Finance in Aktif Investment Bank (the largest investment bank in Turkey), Board Member of a PE established with Islamic Development Bank, Executive Board Member of Istanbul Finance Centre and Chairman of some subsidiaries in the Bank. He became the youngest Bank top- Executive of Turkey. Before his last two positions, he was the founding partner of an advisory/event company and the executive advisor of a global investment bank established in Bahrain-owned by Dubai Group. During his career, he has worked as a Senior Analyst, Project Manager and Partner in two different advisory houses for 6 years. He has worked and managed projects for World Bank, Islamic Development Bank, some selected Turkish Public Institutions and well known Global and Turkish private companies. He is also the Vice Chairman of the Executive and Advisory Board of Istanbul Finance Summit. He has published strategy reports and designed special arguments for Istanbul Financial Center Project. Mr Unal holds BSc.degree in Engineering and MBA degree from Uludag University and Bilgi University. He is a PhD Candidate in Organizational Studies at Istanbul Bilgi University.

Göktekin DİNÇERLER

Director / Turkven Private Equity

Dinçerler started his career as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company in Texas Office in 1994. He later transferred to Istanbul Office where he concluded his ten-year consulting career as a partner. After McKinsey he joined Avea in 2004, a mobile operator in Turkey, as Chief Commercial Officer, responsible for sales, marketing and customer care operations. During his three-year executive tenure at Avea, he managed the merger and oversaw the revenue and profit growth that firmly established Avea as a competitive player in the market. In 2006 he joined Turkven Private Equity where he serves as a Director and actively participates at several portfolio company boards. As Chairman of TOBB Venture Capital Sector Assembly and Vice President of TOBB Young Entrepreneurs Council, he is an active contributor to sectorial activities. He also serves at the board of Türkiye Teknoloji Geliştirme Vakfı (TTGV). Dinçerler has a B.S. in electrical engineering from Bilkent University in Ankara that is followed by an M.S in electrical engineering from Stanford University, California and an M.B.A. from University of Texas at Austin.

Hakan ATEŞ

General Manager / DenizBank

Born in 1959, Mr. Ateş graduated from Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Business Administration after completing his studies at TED Ankara College. He started his banking career in 1981 as an Internal Auditor at İşbank. After serving at various Interbank units from 1986 to 1993, he worked as a Branch Manager at Elmadağ, Şişli, Bakırköy, İzmir and Central Branches. He established Interbank’s Cash Management System and was promoted in 1993 to Executive Vice President in charge of Central Operations. Mr. Ateş worked as Executive Vice President in charge of Financial Affairs and Operations at Bank Ekspres between the years of 1994 and 1996 and led the bank’s restructuring project under the consultation of Bank of America. He established Garanti Bank Moscow in Russia and worked as CEO for one year starting from June 1996. He has continued his duties as the President & CEO at DenizBank, where he started in June 1997 as the Founder President. During his management tenure, DenizBank shares were offered to public in October 2004 where 5.5 times oversubscription was recorded. His management also ran the process of selling Zorlu Holding-owned DenizBank shares to Dexia S.A. in May 2006 for 3.250 Billion Dollars with 4,7 times its book value which is a record in Turkey, the sales process of 99.85% of DenizBank shares owned by Dexia Group to Sberbank 6 years later in June 2012 for 3.6 Billion Dollars with 1.33 times its book value. as well as the sales process of 99,85% of DenizBank shares owned by Sberbank to Emirates NBD for 15,48 billion TL and 1.0 multiplier despite challenging market conditions. In addition, the transfer of Deniz Emeklilik for 256 million Euros with 10 times its book value with a 15-year sales agreement in 2011 and taking over the retail Banking of Citi Turkey with about 1500 employees in 2013 also took place under the management of Mr Ateş. Also serving as the Chairman of the Board of Directors at DenizBank subsidiaries Deniz Yatırım Menkul Kıymetler A.Ş., Intertech A.Ş, DenizBank Moscow and DenizBank AG Vienna, Hakan ATEŞ was granted the “Those who Add Value to Turkey” award presented by Bahçeşehir University in 2015.

Hakan ÇEVİKOĞLU

General Manager / ePTT AVM

Hakan Çevikoğlu, has completed his higher education at Gazi and Bilkent Universities. He went to United States to support his career goals directing his knowledge and experiences. He participated in various training programs related to his career. In the light of the education, observations and experiences he received, he returned to Turkey to work in family companies aiming for continuous development. He started his career as a General Manager in family companies and managed many investments. He assumed the duties of Turkey’s national E-Commerce platform www.epttavm.com as the Founder and CEO which has partnerships and investments domestically and abroad. He also is continuing his works as the founding partner of www.ready2sale.com and the e- export platform called www.turkishsouq.com, which will be put into operation in many countries in order to provide easy export opportunities to SMEs in Turkey. Mr. Çevikoğlu is also a Board Member and CEO of PTTeM Technology and Electronic Services, a subsidiary of PTT.

Hakan YURDAKUL

Commitee of Economic Policies Board Member / Presidency of the Republic of Turkey

He was born in 1973 in Ankara. He graduated from Ankara University, Department of International Relations In 1995. He started his professional career in Istanbul. He held upper management positions in finance and IT sectors. In 2005, he received MBA degree from Koç University. He worked actively in Eastern Europe, Gulf, Sub‐Saharan Africa and Turkic Republics. He was appointed to the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey, Head of Economy Monitoring and Coordination in 2015, then to the Committee of Economic Policies Board Member in 2018, and lastly to the Public Oversight Accounting and Auditing Authority Board Member. He took Ph.D. degree on Business Administration with his thesis of “Evaluation and Future of the Turkish PPP Practice in The Light of Worldwide Impact and Determinants Analyses of PPP Projects” in 2018. He is fluent in English and had been a professional translator. He is married and has two children.

Haluk YALÇIN

President / PwC

Halûk joined PwC Turkey Istanbul office after graduating from the Economics Department at Istanbul’s Bosphorus University in 1988. He was admitted to PwC partnership in 1998. In 2012, Halûk was appointed as the Territory Senior Partner of PwC Turkey. He is also a member of PwC Europe Leadership Team since July 2016. During his distinguished career, Halûk Yalçın has gained extensive experience in audits, due diligence and public offering projects, not only during his work in Turkey but also in Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkmenistan. He is specialised in the Financial Services, Communications and Technology industries. Before taking his role as the Country Leader, in addition to the services he provided to his clients, he also served in different intervals as PwC Turkey’s Financial Services and Communications Industries Leader, Human Resources Leader, Territory Risk and Quality Leader as well as PwC Azerbaijan’s Assurance and Business Advisory Services Leader. Halûk Yalçın is Vice Chairman of YASED Board of Direcotors and Board Member of AmCham Turkey. He is one of the Istanbul delegates of TURMOB – The Union of Chambers of Certified Public Accountants of Turkey and the vice chairman of BDD – The Independent Auditors Association. He is member of TUSIAD – Turkish Industry and Business Association and the Risk Managers Association of Turkey.

Hasan KILIÇ

Deputy Chairman / Deloitte

Hasan Kılıç joined Deloitte Turkey in 1990 and became partner in 2002. At Deloitte Turkey, he is experienced in audit and financial due diligence of banks and other financial institutions and holdings in Turkey. He is responsible from coordination and management of audit services given to financial institutions such as banks, leasing, factoring, broker, portfolio management and funds. He has significant audit experience in the framework of International Financial Reporting Standards («IFRS»), Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the US («US GAAP»), and Turkish Accounting Standards («TAS») and in Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency («BRSA») regulations. Besides audit, he lead projects of merger and acquisition of banks and conglomerates. He has been the leading partner for the major financial due diligences of banking transactions. He has an important role in improving audit, financial reporting and audit standards in Turkey. Previously, he was Ethics Leader, Director of Independency, Risk and Reputation Leader and Audit Services Leader and the chairman of the Supervisory Board of Deloitte Turkey. He is currenly the Senior Partner, Clients & Industries Leader and the Financial Services Industry Leader. At the same time he is a member of Turkish Independent Auditors Association. He is graduated from Middle East Technical University department of Business Administration.

İlhami KELEŞ

Secretary General / Saha İstanbul

He was born in 1962 in Çorum / Alaca. He completed his primary and secondary education in Alaca and his high school education in Işıklar Military High School in Bursa. He graduated from the Land Force Academy in 1982 and from the Artillery and Missile School in 1983 as an Artillery Lieutenant. After serving in various units, he joined the Air Defense class and was one of the founders of the Air Defense School in 1997. He completed his postgraduate education at Gazi University in 2000, his commands and headquarters training at the Military Academy in 2003, and his master’s degree at Beykent University in 2005 on Education Management and Supervision. He was the project manager of the Air Defense Early Warning Command Control System HERIKKS ; Air Defense Radar KALKAN produced by the consortium under the leadership of ASELSAN, STM, HAVELSAN, TUBITAK and AYESAS and NATO Low Altitude Air Official Interface – LLAPI project. He retired in 2013 from Hadımköy Barracks Command, which he founded in 2010 and was the commander of it. In 2014, he established GOLD Electricity Company. İlhami Keleş is the first Secretary General of SAHA Istanbul Defense Aviation and Space Clustering Association which was established in March 2015 and still serving as Secretary General. İlhami KELEŞ is also Vice President of Defence and Aerospace Industry Manufacturers Association-SaSaD, member of TOBB Turkish Defence Industries Council, member of the Executive Committee of Presidency of Defence Industries-SSB, member of SSB high board and board member of TUBITAK SAGE.

Işıl AKDEMİR EVLİOĞLU

General Manager / Garanti Ödeme Sistemleri

Işıl Akdemir Evlioğlu has worked at Garanti Payment Systems as Executive Vice President of Marketing from 2012 to 2017 and was in charge of product management (credit and debit cards), card portfolio management, customer satisfaction and process optimization, marketing communication and advertising. She continues her career as CEO since 2017 at Garanti Payment Systems. She has 15 years of experience on marketing, strategy and operations projects in banking and payment systems. She started her professional life in 2003 as a management consultant in McKinsey. Mrs. Akdemir Evlioğlu was responsible for and leading Retail Banking and payment system practices in Turkish market as a Junior Partner with various projects locally and internationally before joining Garanti Bank.

İrtek URAZ

Director of Corporate Finance / ÜNLÜ & Co

İrtek Uraz is the Director of Corporate Finance in ÜNLÜ & Co. Uraz, who provides consultancy to the leading global and domestic companies on M&A, has closed one of the biggest sales deals with 2.4 billion TL in 2019. Before joining ÜNLÜ & Co; Uraz has worked as manager in international capital fund NBK Capital Partners and took part in many investments made by the firm in Turkey and Dubai. He has been a long time management consultant in Booz & Co responsible from Middle East and Europe. Throughout his career, he has taken several roles in investments made worth more than 2 billion USD both as an investor and a consultant. He is still the board member of two companies of which he is also an investor. Uraz has a global education background who holds a MBA degree from Columbia Business School, a Msc in Geostatistics from Stanford, a MSc in Computer Engineering along with a BSc in Petroleum Engineering both from Ortadoğu Teknik Üniversitesi. Before finance sector experience, Uraz was working in the global technology and energy company Schlumberger. He has several academical researches and thesis published about artificial intelligence and earth science.

Kerem GÜZEL

CFO / Limak

He is working as the Corporate Finance Director of Limak Group of Companies leading the M&A transaction, Capital Market Issuances, Investment Analysis and Financial Modelling related activities in the group. He has been working with in the group for 13 years in various roles and currently acting as the Board Member and Executive Committee Member in several subsidiaries under Limak Investments. Kerem is holding an engineering degree METU and completed its double Master program both in Engineering and Business Administration from Sabancı University and currently doing his PHD in Banking in Marmara University. He is married and has a daughter.

Koray Gültekin BAHAR

Founder Partner and CEO / Foriba

Koray Gültekin Bahar was born in Üsküdar, İstanbul, 1981 and graduated from Eastern Mediterranean University, Department of Computer Engineering. In 2006, Koray started to work as a software developer at FIT Solutions, which is now Sovos Foriba. He managed SAP projects of enterprise companies such as IDO, Ulker, Borusan, and Temsa and gained international experience with projects such as ECI, IATCO, Unilever, and PG. In July 2015, he became the CEO of Foriba and played an important role in the company’s restructuring and global expansion. Bahar is one of the leading players who contributed to the exit of a major initiative from Turkey and took quite a strategic role in the acquisition of Sovos which is a leading global provider of software that safeguards businesses from the burden and risk of modern tax. Today, Bahar serves as Chairman of the Board of Sovos Foriba and continues to contribute to the e-Transformation processes of companies worldwide.

M. Rifat HİSARCIKLIOĞLU

President / TOBB

M. Rifat Hisarciklioglu has been the President of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) since 2001. Hisarciklioglu has earned his B.A. degree in Economics and Management from Gazi University in Ankara and is currently the Chairman of Eskihisar Group, operating in the fields of construction, export and import, food and automotive sector. Along with his TOBB Presidency, Hisarciklioglu is the Vice President of EUROCHAMBRES, Islamic Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Asia-Pacific Chambers of Commerce, President of D-8 Chambers of Commerce and Industry and the Turkic Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Board Member of the Association of Balkan Chambers and ECO Chamber of Commerce and Industry, International President of the Jerusalem Arbitration Center, Chairman of B20-Turkey, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of TOBB University and Board Member of Turkey Wealth Fund Management. Hisarcıklıoğlu has received the Legion of Honour by the French Republic, Gold Medal of Merit by the Austrian Republic, the ‘Commendatore’ from the Italian Republic, Spanish Order of Civil Merit with degree of Encomienda, the Medal of Inspiration from Mongolia, Medal for Development of Friendship and Cooperation from Kazakhstan and the Mediterranean Leadership Award by John Hopkins University. Hisarciklıoğlu holds honorary doctorate degrees from the Kyrgyzstan-Turkey Manas University, Karadeniz Technical University, Izmir University of Economics, Niğde University, Bayburt University, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University and Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University in Turkey.

Mehmet Fatih GÜÇLÜ

Deputy General Manager of Financial Managements/ ASELSAN

Mehmet Fatih GÜÇLÜ was born in 1976. He completed his undergraduate studies at the Faculty of Economics of Istanbul University in the field of Economics. He started his professional career in 1996 at Eksim Dış Ticaret A.Ş. and held various positions in various sectors. He worked as the Finance Director and CFO at Tatex Group in between 1999-2003. Mehmet Fatih GÜÇLÜ served as the Subsidiaries and Budgeting Department Reporting Manager, Financial and Administrative Affairs Manager and Finance Director at subsidiaries of Çalık Holding Group in between 2005-2009. GÜÇLÜ, who served as the CFO and Assistant General Manager at Medicalpark Hospitals Group in between 2009-2011, also worked as the Assistant General Manager and CFO at BH Airlines, a partnership of THY in Bosnia and Herzegovina in between 2011-2012. In between 2012-2016, he served as the CFO and Assistant General Manager of SunExpress in Antalya and Germany and in between 2016-2017, he was the General Coordinator at Deima Electromechanical Products. Throughout these years, he also carried out the tasks as the Chairman of the Advisory Board and Strategic Committee of Iran Airtour. GÜÇLÜ started to work as the Accounting and Financial Affairs Director at ASELSAN in 2017 and as of September 2019, he was appointed as the CFO and Vice President by the resolution of ASELSAN Board of Directors. Among the prominent areas in which he has experience and expertise; the coordination of ASELSAN’s secondary public offering process, turn around and exit strategies in enterprises, start-ups, share offers, investment and aircraft financing, Enterprise Resource Planning and Cost Reduction Programs management, financial control, budget and reporting, decision support management, tax planning, incentives, exemptions, investor relations and affiliate management and reporting stand out. Mehmet Fatih GÜÇLÜ is fluent in English and intermediate in German. He is married and has three children.

Metin CANOĞULLARI

Country Managing Partner / EY Türkiye

Metin Canogullari is the Country Managing Partner at EY in Turkey. He has almost 30 years of experience in Assurance services industry. After 13 years of work experience in the industry, he joined EY as an Assurance partner in 2002 and provided services to international and local companies as well as financial organizations headquartered in Turkey. Metin Canogullari’s experience includes services in telecom, consumer products, retail, manufacturing, cement and finance industries. In addition to his role as the country managing partner, he is also the Growth Markets Leader of EY Central, Eastern and Southern Europe and Central Asia (CESA) and Family Business Leader of Turkey. Metin has played a key role in the development of Middle Market, Family Business and IPO markets. He is also an independent public accountant and financial advisor in Turkey, having a certificate for the independent audit in capital markets. He has been involved in financial statements’ auditing prepared in IFRS, US GAAP, CMB principles since 1990. He is also a member of TUSIAD (Turkish Industry and Business Association). Metin Canogullari graduated from Istanbul Technical University (ITU). He was a faculty of Management Engineering and holds an MBA from Bogazici University in Istanbul. He is married and has two sons.

Murat ÇETİNKAYA

Deputy Governor / CBRT

Born in 1970, Murat Çetinkaya graduated from TED Ankara College in 1988 and earned his B.S. degree from the Middle East Technical University, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering in 1992. He received his M.A. degree from Marmara University Banking and Insurance Institute, Banking Department. Murat Çetinkaya started his career at T.C. Ziraat Bankası A.Ş. Fund Management Department, and then worked at the treasury departments of Tekstilbank A.Ş. and Diler Yatırım Bankası A.Ş. He served as the CEO and Board member of Halk Yatırım Menkul Değerler A.Ş., and as the founding Deputy Chairperson of Halk Portföy Yönetimi AŞ (portfolio management company) between 2010 and 2017. Mr. Çetinkaya joined Borsa Istanbul Group in June 2017 and acted as Deputy Chairperson and CEO. He also served as the Chairman of Takasbank A.Ş. During his term of office at Borsa Istanbul, Mr. Çetinkaya focused on Turkish lira financial architecture and share market structuring.

Nesrin TUNCER

Partner and Head of Audit and Assurance / KPMG Turkey

Nesrin Tuncer joined KPMG in 1994 and now she is working as a partner of audit practice. She has carried out a number of special assignments including due diligence reviews, bond issuance in domestic and international markets, initial public offerings, and privatization. She has been extensively involved with audits of the companies operating in pharmaceuticals and chemicals, energy, construction, food-beverage and service sectors in the industrial markets. She has worked as a partner of Quality and Risk Management and Ethics and Indepence practices from 2011 to 2017. She is Head of Audit as of January 2017.

Numan NUMAN

General Manager / 212

Numan is a co-founder and partner at 212. He has spent the past three decades focused on investments and technology in three continents. Numan got his start in 1994 at Credit Suisse in Tokyo before moving on to Goldman Sachs in 1996, first in Tokyo than New York City. Numan oversaw the firm’s global engineering teams with an eye on identifying cutting-edge innovations. His main role was to ensure business growth. In 2010, Numan shifted his attention to the Emerging Europe and MENA where he focused on scaling up startups. Numan is technologist by education and holds B.Sc. in Computer Sciences from Ege University. He lives in Istanbul, Turkey where he is actively involved in building the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the region. At 212, Numan currently serves on the boards of HemenKiralik.com, HotelRunner, iyzico and OMMA.

Oscar ARCE

Director General Economics, Statistics and Research / Banco de España

Oscar Arce is the Director General for Economics, Statistics and Research. He is a member of the Executive Commission of the Banco de España and Alternate to the Governor on the Governing Council of the European Central Bank. He is also a member of the Economic and Financial Committee of the European Union and of the Monetary Policy Committee of the European System of Central Banks. In 2018 he was appointed member of Spanish Higher Statistics Board, Board of Trustees of CEMFI and FEDEA, sitting in this latter case on this Foundation’s Executive Board. Since 2019, he has been a member of the Board of the International Center for Monetary and Banking Studies (ICMB). He also served as Associate Director General of Economics and Research, Director of Monetary and Financial Studies and as Head of the Division of Macroeconomic Analysis and Forecasting at the Banco de España. Before, he was the Director of the Research and Statistics department at the Spanish securities markets commission (CNMV), Deputy Director General at the Economic Bureau of the Spanish Prime Minister and prior to that he worked as a senior economist at the Banco de España. He was involved in the work of several international bodies with responsibilities on the fields of capital markets and systemic risk, including the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO). Mr Arce holds a PhD in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a MSc Economics from the University College London, and has written extensively on macroeconomic, monetary and financial issues, including some articles published in top academic journals.

Osman TANAÇAN

General Manager / Ziraat Technology

Osman Tanaçan graduated from the Department of Statistics of the Middle East Technical University Turkey in 1989. He has completed his master’s degree in Marketing Communication from Institute of Social Sciences at Istanbul Bilgi University. After serving as the Service Manager at Retail Banking in Pamukbank, Assistant General Manager at Bileşim A.Ş. and Head of Department at Akbank Payment Systems, he was appointed as the President of Payment Systems Department of Ziraat Bank in January 2012. Since June 2015, he has served as the General Manager of Ziraat Teknoloji A.Ş.

Ozan ACAR

Head of Industry Councils and Entrepreneurship / TOBB

Ozan Acar is the Head of Industry Councils and Entrepreneurship Department at the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey. He coordinates the activities of 61 different industry councils which brings together 2500+ most prominent private companies with the purpose of facilitating the contribution of the private sector to the sectoral policy making processes. Acar also leads TOBB’s activities for entrepreneurship ecosystem building through TOBB’s young and women entrepreneurship councils active in nation’s 81 provinces. He also coordinates TOBB’s strategic engagements with technology companies. Before joining TOBB, Acar was working at the Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV) as the founding director of the competitiveness program. At this capacity he led various projects on industrial and technology policies. He was appointed as the rapporteur of the International Development Cooperation Ad-Hoc Commission for the Tenth Development Plan of Turkey’s Ministry of Development while he was at TEPAV. Ozan Acar has also extensive experience in international organizations including the World Bank, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Court, Brookings Institution, and Harvard’s Center for International Development. Acar received his BA and MA degrees in economics from Bilkent University in Ankara. He also holds an MPA in international development from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.

Dr. Ömer ARAS

Chairman / QNB Finansbank

Dr. Omer Aras is the Chairman of QNB Finansbank, Turkey – a position he has been holding since 2010. Dr. Aras worked as the founding manager of Finansbank in 1987. He was the Assistant General Manager in charge of Corporate & Investment Banking and Treasury till 1989. He worked as the General Manager (CEO) between 1989 and 1995 and served as the Executive Board Member between 1995 and 2006. During this period, he also served as the Vice Chairman of Fiba Holding ; Board member of Finansbank’s international subsidiaries in Switzerland, France, Holland, Romania and Russia; Chairman of Marks & Spencer in Turkey and Board member of Gima a food retailer. In 2006, upon the acquisition of Finansbank by the National Bank of Greece (NBG), Dr. Aras became the Vice Chairman and Group CEO of the bank. In 2008 he joined the Executive Committee of NBG being responsible for the international subsidiaries. (Serbia, Romania, Albania, Bulgaria, Macedonia) In 2010 he became the Chairman of Finansbank. Dr. Aras has also been serving as the Chairman of Cigna Finans Life and Pension, Finansbank’s joint venture company in Turkey with Cigna Corporation since 2012. In June 2016 Finansbank is aquired by QNB, since then Dr.Aras is continuing as the Chairman of QNB Finansbank. Prior to his career at Finansbank, Omer Aras has worked for Citibank (1984-87) and Yapı Kredi Bank (1987) in Turkey. He has also served on the Board of TUSIAD (Turkish Businessmen Association) between 2003 and 2007. Dr. Aras received his MBA and PhD (81) degrees from Syracuse University School of Management and served 3 years (81-84) at the business school faculty at the Ohio State University. Currently he is serving as the Vice President of the High Advisory Council of TUSIAD and a Member of the Higher Advisory Board, Darüşşafaka Cemiyeti. He is married, has 2 sons.

Özgür ÖZEL

Deputy Executive Director for Banking and Financial Institutions Department / CBRT

Özgür Özel is Deputy Executive Director for Banking and Financial Institutions Department at the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey. He holds a Ph.D. in Financial Mathematics from the Middle East Technical University. He has an M.A. degree in Economics from the Sabancı University and an M.Sc. degree in Financial Mathematics from the University of Chicago. Özgür Özel has published articles about term structure of interest rates, monetary policy transmission, funded pension system, unit-root testing. He has a number of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey Working Papers on a broad-based research area also including term-premium, nowcasting and foreign trade. Earlier, he served as an economist at the Research and Monetary Policy Department in financial markets, monetary policy and real sector developments analysis teams.

Özlü YALAZA

Managing Director / PRAGMA

Özlü Yalaza has twenty two years of experience in investment banking. Throughout his career in investment banking, he has contributed to numerous projects in mergers & acquisitions advisory, privatizations, IPOs and project finance transactions. Özlü has extensive experience in various industries, mainly infrastructure, construction materials, logistics, food, and chemicals. He received his BS Degree in Chemical Engineering from Boğazici University and MBA Degree with a concentration in finance from University of Texas at Austin, USA.

Dr. Rıdvan ÇABUKEL

CFO – YDA Group

Born 1974, Kahramanmaraş. Dr. Dr. Rıdvan ÇABUKEL obtained his undergraduate degree from the Ankara University, Dept. of Political Science, School of Management in 1994. In 1990 he started his career at the Ministry of Finance and Customs. He enrolled at Gazi University’s graduate program in Economic Theory, and the MBA program in Financial Management at Pace University (New York). He completed his PhD in Accounting & Finance at Gazi University in 2006. He worked in the field of finance in New York and worked as Research Assistant at Kırıkkale University. He joined Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency in 2001 and worked there until 2006 at the Risk Management and Regulation Department. In 2006, he established the risk management system at the Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) as Chair of the Risk Monitoring Department. Between 2007-2013, he acted as TMSF Vice President in charge of Insurance and Risk Monitoring, Strategy, Asset Management, Finance and Liquidation Departments. During his tenure, he sat on the Board of various financial institutions representing TMSF. He represented TMSF on the Boards of the International Association of Deposit Insurers (IADI) and the European Forum of Deposit Insurers (EFDI). He joined committees and special working groups with CBT, BRSA, CMB and the Undersecretary of Treasury. Following his role as Director for The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. (BTMU) Turkey, between 2013- 2015, Mr. ÇABUKEL joined Energy Exchange Istanbul (EXIST) as Director between 2015-2017. He is currently Group Finance Coordinator at the YDA Group. Holder of licenses in Financial Risk Management (FRM) and CMB, Mr. ÇABUKEL has conducted academic studies.

Serra AKÇAOĞLU

CEO – Citibank Turkey

Serra Akçaoğlu is the CEO and Board Member for Citibank Turkey. In addition, Serra Akçaoğlu is responsible for 60 countries in EMEA where Citi doesn’t have physical branches or subsidiaries but provides corporate banking services. Prior to assuming her current position, Serra Akçaoğlu was Head of Consumer & Commercial Banking and a Board Member at Citi Turkey. Previously, Serra Akcaoglu was the EMEA Trade Services & Finance Head for Citi’s Global Transaction Services based in London. In this role, she was responsible for trade finance and the regional strategy of the trade products, new product development and positioning of 50 countries located in this wide region. At the same time, she was a member of the Citi Global Trade Management Committee. Serra Akçaoğlu joined Citi in 2000. Other previous roles have included: Cluster Head of Global Transaction Services for Turkey, Israel & Turcic Republics covering GTS, FI, NPC & GSG as well as Head of Trade for Turkey. Prior to joining Citi, Serra Akçaoğlu has worked in the local Kocbank and served as the Regional Head of Corporate, Commercial, Consumer Businesses and Risk. Prior to that, she has worked as a Senior Banker in the Corporate Bank at Manufacturers Hanover and Chemical Bank (now JP Morgan). Serra Akçaoğlu is the Chairman of the American Business Forum in Turkey (AmCham Turkey/ABFT), Board Member and Economy & Finance Roundtable Leader of Turkish Industry and Business Association (TUSIAD) and Board Member of The Banks Association of Turkey (TBB). Serra Akçaoğlu graduated from the Bosphorus University with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration.

Simone KASLOWSKI

President / TÜSİAD

Simone Kaslowski was born in Torino, Italy in 1963. He graduated from Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1984, after completing primary education in Istanbul. He began working in the sales department at Organik Kimya, a family business, in 1985. Kaslowski significantly expanded exports of Organik Kimya products and was appointed head of sales in 1993. After actively working on various investment projects for the firm, Kaslowski was appointed CEO and became member of the board of directors in 1995. His leadership was instrumental in the growth and expansion of Organik Kimya. Organik Kimya operates in 80 countries and has a 250-thousand-ton production capacity in facilities in Kemerburgaz and Tuzla in Istanbul; Rotterdam, Holland; and Lugano, Switzerland. Simone Kaslowski worked to develop the chemical sector in Turkey and contributed to the Chemport project of the Turkish Chemical Manufacturers Association. Kaslowski was Chairman of the Chemical Industry Task Force of TÜSİAD. He has been on the Board of Directors since 2013 and has chaired the EU Affairs Committee and the Global Relations and EU Roundtable, significantly contributing to the international efforts of the association. Kaslowski has been Vice President of TÜSİAD since 2017 and was elected President in February 2019. He is fluent in English, French, Italian and Turkish.

Tanıl DURKAYA

Consulting Department, Partner / KPMG Turkey

Tanıl has more than 17 years of work experience in the area of Advisory, IT Advisory and IT Audit. He has worked for 4 years for the banks and retail firm as an Internal IT Auditor. He joined KPMG Turkey in 2005 and he currently holds the position of Partner in Advisory services. He is practice leader in KPMG Turkey for developing and implementing information security program, which includes procedures and policies designed to protect enterprise communications, systems and assets from both internal and external threats. Tanıl is lead various project in the areas of CIO Advisory Services, Strategy Development, Project Management, Business and Accounting Processes, Internal Controls, Information Security, Risk Management, ERP systems. Strategized projects with development of digitalization, vendor product selection and system implementation, project management including ERP and IT Process Automation tools and applications. Experienced project manager offering 13 years of success leading all phases of diverse technology projects and a proven ability to analyse business processes, develop and implement enterprise applications. Lead large scale IT Transformation Project and provided consultancy in IT strategy development and implementation within large scale clients. Lead Project/Vendor Management projects in all stages of the Vendor Management process, including Request for Proposal, evaluation, vendor selection, negotiations, on-boarding and vendor performance scoring. Managed project/program risks, issues, and escalations through appropriate mitigation strategies. Managed risk-based audit programs in application controls environments and business processes in various national and international banks. Managed statutory Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) audit programs including both IT and business processes in telecommunication sectors. Lead IT General Control programs and ISO27001 certification readiness projects in banking, finance, telecommunication, retail, industry and automotive sectors in order to increase the maturity level of the IT processes. Industry and sector experience: Banking and Finance; Manufacturing; Automotive; Healthcare; Information Technologies Services.

Prof. Dr. Temel KOTİL

General Manager / TUSAŞ

Born in 1959, Mr. Kotil graduated from Aeronautical Engineering Department at Istanbul Technical University (ITU) in 1983. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1991. After founding and managing the Aviation and Advanced Composite Laboratories of ITU, he also served as chair and associate dean of Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering. He served as the Head of Research Planning and Coordination Department in Metropolitan Municipality of Istanbul. Prof. Kotil started his career with Turkish Airlines in 2003, as the Deputy General Manager in Turkish Technic, Inc. He became the CEO of Turkish Airlines in 2005. He was appointed as President & CEO of Turkish Aerospace Industries, Inc. (TAI) as of October 21, 2016. Mr. Kotil, married with 4 children, has authored many articles and publications in the aeronautical science journals, and papers in seminars and conferences.

Tevfik ALTINOK

Former Undersecretary of State Treasury and Foreign Trade

Born in Urfa, 1943. Graduated Ankara University Political Science Faculty, in 1964. Completed English Language Education at Cambridge University. Senior Lecturer, starting with Marmara University at more than 10 Universities and currently at İstanbul Aydın University for PhD Programs. Honorary Chairman for Finance Club and also Turkish Financial Research Foundation, Chairman of Turkish Europe Foundation. Member of Economic and Financial Affairs Committee at TÜSİAD. Between 2003-1993 Executive Advisor to the Chairman of Doğan Holding, Board Member of Higher Educational Council, Chairman of 16 Banks taken over by SDIF, Board Member of Koç Holding and President of Financial Services Group and Chairman of Koç Holding’s Financial Services Companies. Between 1991-1993 Undersecretary of Treasury and Foreign Trade, Governors to Islamic Development Bank, World Bank and Asian Development Bank representing Turkey, Between 1984-1991 Executive Vice-President of Koç Holding Finance Group and Board Member of several Group of Companies. Between 1984-1974 General Director of Treasury, Secretary General of Treasury International Economic Cooperation and Governor or Deputy Governor for Islam Development Bank, World Bank and IMF, Board Member of Turkish Petroleum Company. Chief Counsellor Financial and Economic Affairs at the Turkish Embassy in Washington, USA, General Director of Traseury, Deputy General Director of Trasury. Between 1964-1974 Finance Inspector and Education in UK. Marmara University Senate awarded Mr. Altınok as Honorary Doctorate for the contribution of educational services for Banking Degree, at the same time Ministry of Financa awarded as Honorary Finance Inspector. Published 4 books by himself, “Ministry of Finance and Connected Establishments’ Laws; The problems of Economic State Enterprises and Solution Approaches; Global Financial Markets, Restructuring and Turkey; Financial Management” and written more than 200 articles related with economy and finance.

Thierry BOREL

Economic Section Deputy Head and Finance Counsellor / French Embassy

Mr. Thierry Borel was graduated from Sciences Po Paris and earnt a master degree in business administration at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Mr. Borel has been working for Banque de France, for more than 20 years occupying several positions within the bank supervision department (off site and on site), the international relations department and the financial market department. He has also been holding several positions abroad as Technical Advisor in Tunisia and Financial Counsellor and Deputy Head of the Economic Section of the French Embassy in Abu Dhabi, Beirut and Ankara. His fields of expertise include bank supervision, interest rate markets and monetary policy implementation.

Tom RAFTERY

Global Vice President, Futurist and Innovation Evangelist / SAP

Inspirational international keynote speaker Tom Raftery is a Global Vice President for SAP, a guest lecturer at the Instituto Internacional San Telmo, and a board advisor for a number of start-ups. Before joining SAP Tom worked as an independent industry analyst focusing on the Internet of Things, Energy and CleanTech and as a Futurist for Gerd Leonhardt’s Futures Agency. Tom has a very strong background in technology and social media having worked in the industry since 1991. He is the co-founder of an Irish software development company, a social media consultancy, and is co-founder of hyper energy-efficient data center Cork Internet eXchange. Tom also worked as an Analyst for industry analyst firm RedMonk, leading their GreenMonk practice for over 7 years.

Ussal ŞAHBAZ

CEO / The Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies (EDAM)

Ussal Sahbaz is the CEO of EDAM, one of the top-ranked think-tanks in Eastern Europe and Middle East, and the founder of Ussal Consultancy, a boutique consultancy house on government and innovation, advising to startups including Iyzico, Mutlubiev, Neozeka and Tapu.com. Until July 2018, Ussal been the founding director of GE’s Istanbul Innovation Center, one of the eight innovation centers established by world’s digital industrial company around the world. Prior to that, he managed the Business 20 and Think 20 engagement groups when Turkey chaired the G20 in 2015. At the Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV) between 2011-14, he started Turkey’s first innovation policy studies program. Ussal started his career as a case officer at Turkish Competition Authority (Antitrust Department of the Government of Turkey) .He has been an adviser to Turkish president’s office, and to the World Bank in Washington D.C. Ussal’s work has been featured in Foreign Affairs magazine, Forbes USA and TechCrunch. He holds a master’s degree in international development from Harvard University, and master’s and bachelor’s degrees from Bilkent University and METU respectively, both in economics.

Utku BARIN

CFO / Memorial Health Group

Mehmet Utku Barın was born in 1978 in Gaziantep. He started his career at Abalioglu Textile Company as Industrial Engineer at 2002 and got promoted to Production Planning Supervisor position after his first year. After the completion of his military service, he was hired by Memorial Healthcare Group as a Business Analyst at 2005. He held several managerial roles in the company like Financial Analysis and Reporting Chief, Budget and Reporting Manager, International Marketing Manager until 2013. He has been working as the Chief Financial Officer and Member of Executive Committee of the company since 2013. Within this period he took active and managerial roles in the acquisition of new hospitals, merger&acquisition operations, finding project financing for new acquisitions, share sale to private equities, the preparation of the company to IPO and contributed to the growth of the company from a single hospital to a hospital chain with 11 hospitals. He was graduated from Bilkent University Industrial Engineering Department and got a master degree in Financial Economics from Istanbul Bilgi University.

Zehra TAŞKESENLİOĞLU

Member of Parliament / TBMM

Zehra Taşkesenlioğlu was born in 1972, Erzurum. She is Deputy for Erzurum (Turkish Grand National Assembly – 25th, 26th and 27 th Parliament) and Spokesperson of The European Union Harmonization Committee as well. She has graduated with Master Degree from Marmara University in “Economics” and from Bahçeşehir University in “ EU Relations” and she has also PhD Candidate from University of New Orleans on “Financial Economy”. She had also Congress Internship experience in USA – Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2011. She has worked in several project-based jobs up to today. The main job experiences are in Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality as advisor of Mayor, in Zeytinburnu and Eyüp Municipality as director and project manager, between 1999 and 2015. She had also coordinated so many investments in Rwanda, Uganda, Sudan and Tanzania such as Power Generation with Mini-Refinery, Rehabilitation of Non-agricultural Land, Setting-up Operating System of Copper Mines and Setting-up Medical Distribution Network. Regarding the political activities, she had started her carrier in 1993 for Refah Party. She had also worked for Fazilet Party until 1998. After 2003, she has worked for AK Party as Commissioner of İstanbul and as Member of İstanbul Provincial Board of Directors between 2007-2015. Taşkesenlioğlu had also written books, articles and reports on migration integration, local governments, innovation at Public Sector, Social Dialogue Mechanisms, International Fund and Sources for Local Development and Turkey’s Service Export Report etc. Taşkesenlioğlu speaks English, French and Swahili.

Zeynep ÖZBATUR ATAKAN

Founder / ZEYNOFİLM

Born in İstanbul, Zeynep Atakan graduated from the Department of Film and Television at the Faculty of Fine Arts at Marmara University. From 1986 to 1999, she worked in various roles in the television advertisement industry and specialized as a producer. After 1994, she continued her work at the company she co-founded. In 1999, Atakan transitioned to the film industry and started producing international film projects. In 2007, she started Zeynofilm, a company dedicated to producing film projects. In 2010, Atakan was awarded the European Film Academy’s Best European Co-Producer award. The same year, she launched the Yapımlab Workshops, with which she aims to share her experience and knowledge as a producer with young filmmakers. Zeynep Atakan is still the Vice President of EWA, the European Women’s Audiovisual Network, which works towards equal opportunities for women working in the audiovisual industries in Europe and around the world. In 2014, Atakan was awarded the Uçan Süpürge Bilge Olgaç Achievement Award, and her latest production Winter Sleep won the Palme d’Or at the 67th Cannes Film Festival, the festival’s most prestigious award Zeynep Atakan started the Antalya Film Forum, a co-production and project development market organized as part of the International Antalya Film Festival since 2014, and continues to work as its director. Atakan also organizes the Turkey section of the Young Audience Award, a project by the European Film Academy. She is the art director of the Sabancı Foundation Short Film Platform. Atakan is a member of the European Film Academy and the Asia Pacific Screen Academy.

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