Begüm Şeren Güler
Ph.D. Economist, Directorate for EU Affairs, Department of Economic, Financial, and Social Policies, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey
After earning her bachelor’s degree from METU’s Department of Economics, Begüm Şeren Güler began her career in the Tax Department at Ernst & Young. She also earned a master’s degree from METU’s Department of Economics and worked at institutions such as Aselsan, TEPAV, and the European Commission. In 2011, she completed her master's in Economic Studies at the College of Europe as one of the first scholarship recipients under the coordination of the then General Secretariat of the European Union, supported by the private sector and civil society organizations. In 2016, she earned her doctoral degree from Ankara University with a dissertation titled "The Impact of Reforms on Growth in the European Union." She has served as a part-time lecturer at Hacettepe University and Bilkent University and currently works at the Directorate for EU Affairs, conducting research on European Economic Integration, economic criteria, total factor productivity, and growth reforms.
Bengisu Özenç
Founding Director, Sustainable Economics and Finance Research Association (SEFIA)
Bengisu Özenç earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Bilkent University’s Department of Economics. From 2005 to 2017, she served as a researcher, project manager, and finally the Director of the Macroeconomic Studies Program at the Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV). During these years, she participated in impact analysis studies across various sectors and has focused on the intersection of energy, economics, and climate change since 2012. Bengisu Özenç has been working as an independent consultant since 2017 and teaches courses in Environmental Economics.
Hakan Demirelli Partner
Transaction Services, KPMG
Hakan Demirelli began his career in 2005 in the field of independent auditing and has been a member of KPMG Turkey’s Advisory team since 2008. He has provided financial due diligence and share transfer agreement review services to over 100 corporate investors and private equity firms, both domestic and international. He had the opportunity to work with leading foreign investment funds at KPMG’s London office, gaining international experience in this field. He also possesses extensive knowledge of accounting practices and IFRS in Turkey. His areas of expertise include the energy, services, and real estate sectors, apart from the oil and gas sector.
Arda Tunca Economist
Columnist at PolitikYol
Arda Tunca graduated from Kabataş Erkek Lisesi in 1988 and from Istanbul University’s Faculty of Economics, Department of Economics, in 1992. He completed his master’s degree in Monetary and Banking at the same university in 1993. From 1992 to 1996, he engaged in academic studies and lived in Berkeley (USA) between 1994 and 1996 for academic purposes. In 1996, he started working at the European headquarters of DuPont de Nemours International S.A. in Geneva (Switzerland) with an AIESEC scholarship. He returned to Turkey in 1998 and worked in the banking sector, taking on managerial roles at various financial and real sector organizations over time. His areas of work included market research, supply chain management, market development, finance, and financial consultancy. In addition to his professional life, he has appeared as a commentator on economic programs on various TV channels and has written for professional journals.
Canberk Yalçın
(Record Currency Management) Canberk Yalçın earned his bachelor's degree in economics from Bahçeşehir University and his master's degree from the University of Warwick. He works as a fund manager at Record Currency Management.
Serenay Demir
(Calvin Klein Global)
Fırat Cem Gök
(Foreign Borrowing Specialist, Yapı Kredi | Financial Institutions, Treasury Management)
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