Founder and Chairman

1993                    PhD in Accounting and Finance, Lüneburg University, Germany

1989                    Master in Business Administration, Hamburg University, Germany

1984                    Bankkaufmann, Commerzbank, Germany

Since 2000          nexum bogazici, Istanbul, founder and chairman,until 2008 CEO

Since 2005          Bosphorus International Consulting (now BIC), Istanbul, founder and chairman

2002 – 2005         nexum group, Köln, Chairman and CEO

1999 – 2002         Bosphorus University, Istanbul, Management Dept., Asst. Prof. Accounting and Finance

1997 – 1999         London School of Economics, London, Department of Accounting and Finance, visiting research fellow, part-time lecturer

1997 – 1999         Birkbeck College, London, Dept. of Accounting and Finance, Visiting Research Fellow, part-time lecturer

1993 – 1997         Marmara University, Istanbul, German-Speaking Dept. of Management, visiting scholar Accounting & Finance

1995 – 2005         Various institutions, Turkey, UK, Germany, consultant

1989 – 1993         Lüneburg University, Germany, academic assistant and lecturer, accounting and finance

1988 – 1996         Own company, Hamburg, tourism sector consulting

1982 – 1986         Commerzbank, Hamburg, bank apprenticeship and several parttime positions

1982 – 1992         Own company, Hamburg, specialist tour operator