Hello again! Today we are introducing our last speaker candidate. We are very close to meeting on Saturday, April 6, at the Zorlu PSM Main Stage. We are working hard to offer you a great experience. We also thank you very much for the great interest you have shown. Our aim in writing these blog posts was for you to get to know our speakers better and form a connection with them. Our last speaker candidate is Erkin Şahinöz.
Who is Erkin Şahinöz?
Born in Istanbul, Erkin Şahinöz completed his undergraduate studies in Mechanical Engineering at Boğaziçi University. In the USA, at the University of Nebraska, he first completed an MBA on a scholarship and then completed graduate studies in economics at the same university.
In 2002, Şahinöz received the award for the most successful young businessman in the state of Nebraska. He began his professional career in 1999 as a Research Assistant, and between 2000 and 2002 he provided consultancy at Business Development Center, a national US consultancy firm, to companies in a wide range of sectors and lines of business, from banks to the real economy. Among the firms he advised were First National Bank of Omaha, Oberon Entertainment Properties , American Title, Ashley Furniture and Ryan Enterprises.
In 2002 he was recruited as an economist by the US Federal Reserve (FED). He was promoted for the financial model he developed using options to forecast central banks' interest rate changes, and was appointed Director of the Economic Research Group at the FED.
In 2007 he returned to Turkey and founded the Strategy Coordination and Business Development department at Arıkanlı Holding, which also owns Yurtiçi Kargo. In 2009 he was appointed General Manager for Turkey of Erste Bank, Austria's largest bank. He built the Turkish operations from scratch and provided brokerage/investment banking services to foreign and domestic institutional investors with investments in Turkey. He managed the corporate finance and IPO processes of many companies.
Şahinöz writes columns for many national magazines and newspapers, above all Dünya Gazetesi. He also regularly comments on the economy and markets on TV channels such as NTV, CNN Türk, TRT Haber and TGRT. In addition, since September 2018 he has been hosting the program Ekoparazit.
Erkin Şahinöz, who provides consultancy to many real-economy firms in risk management, efficiency, strategy development and finance, also serves as an independent board member at several companies. He also delivers training to banks and real-economy firms in a wide range of areas and provides consultancy services.
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