Place and date of birth: Ankara, Turkey, 17th September 1970
Professional Experience: 1994 – 1995:
Bear Stearns Bank GmbH Frankfurt, Germany
Assistant in the US Equity Sales Department
Sept. 1996 – March 1998: Lehman Brothers Bank AG, Frankfurt, Germany
Trader (in the role of a market maker) for German equities
April 1998 – February 2001: Lehman Brothers International (Europe), London
Trader (in the role of a market maker) for German, Swiss, Belgium, Austrian and EASDAQ equities
March 2001 – December 2004: Morgan Stanley & Co. International Limited, London
Market Maker for several sectors (Technology, Telecommunication, Financials) for European and UK equities, Sector head for the European banks sector
January 2005 – July 2006: Morgan Stanley & Co. International Limited, London
Propriety Trader trading an European Long /Short book as an Executive Director for MSPS (Morgan Stanley Principal Strategies)
August 2006 – Juli 2007: Lehman Brothers International (Europe), London
Propriety Trader trading an European and US Long /Short book as an Executive Director for GPS (Global Principal Strategies)
September 2007 – January 2009:Morgan Stanley Menkul Degerleri A.S. (Turkey), Istanbul
CEO and Board Member.
Education:
October 1991 – June 1996:Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Degree in Business Administration, Thesis:”Fundamentals and Applications of Neural Networks in Financial Analysis”
Foreign Languages
English: fluent
German: mother tongueTurkish: mother tongue