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Osman Çelik
T.R. Ministry of Treasury and Finance - Deputy MinisterDear Deputy Minister Osman Çelik was born in Erzincan/Kemaliye in 1964. He graduated from Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Economics. He worked as an Economist at the State Institute of Statistics between 1986 and 1987. He worked as an Expert and Chief Expert at the Project Evaluation and Preparation Directorate of Faisal Finance Institution between 1988 and 1995. He worked as Project and Marketing Manager at İhlas Finans Kurumu between 1995-1999.
He served as Deputy General Manager of Anadolu Finans Kurumu between 2000-2005. Between 2006 and 2015, he served as Deputy General Manager responsible for Loans and Commercial Banking at Türkiye Finans Katılım Bankası, and as General Manager as of June 2015.
Mr. Çelik, T.R. on 29 June 2016. He was appointed as Undersecretary of Treasury. During his time as Undersecretary of Treasury, he served as a Member of the Executive Board of the Islamic Development Bank and served as G-20 Turkey Sherpa. During the same period, he served as Governor of the World Bank, EBRD, Asian Development Bank, Black Sea Trade and Development Bank, Ecobank, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, as well as a member of the FSB, Financial Stability Committee, Interest-Free Financing Coordination Board and KOSGEB Executive Board.
Çelik, who served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Türk Eximbank between 2017 and 2021, served as a Member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Credit Committee at Vakıf Katılım Bankası A.Ş. since October 2018. He was appointed as the General Manager of Vakıf Katılım Bank as of March 25, 2022.
Mr. Osman Çelik was appointed as Deputy Minister of Treasury and Finance on June 21, 2023 and continues to serve in this position.
Mehmet Akif EROGLU
IPPRSA-ChairmanMehmet Akif EROĞLU, who graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences in 1991, started his career in 1992 as a Sworn Bank Auditor Assistant at the Undersecretariat of Treasury. In 2001, he went to Washington D.C. on a temporary assignment to conduct research and studies on “US banking system and deposit insurance”. In 2003, he worked at the “İmar Bankası Research Commission” at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. Between 2004-2006, he completed his master's degree in business administration at the University of Illinois in Chicago, USA. In 2007, he participated in the regular in-service training of the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Institution-Savings Deposit Insurance Fund) in the USA and received the “Audit Group Head” award from the Examination Management School. Subsequently, he was appointed to the "Audit Department" at the Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency. As of September 2009, he joined the founding team of Ziraat Hayat ve Emeklilik as Assistant General Manager for Financial Affairs. He was appointed as the General Manager of the company in 2010 and as the General Manager of Ziraat Insurance Company in 2012. He served as the General Secretary of the Insurance Association of Türkiye in 2015-2020. Eroğlu, who served as the Motor Vehicle Bureau Country Manager in 2020-2022, was appointed as the President of the Insurance and Private Pension Regulation and Supervision Agency on July 7, 2022, with the Presidential Decision. During his tenure, Eroğlu also served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of TARSİM and TII, Pension Monitoring Center, Insurance Association of Turkey, TCIP, Arbitration, Assurance Account, Türk Loydu, Türk P&I Board of Directors, and holds CPA and Independent Audit Certificate.
Uğur Gülen
Insurance Association of Türkiye - ChairmanHe received his undergraduate education at the Department of Industrial Engineering at Middle East Technical University and completed his master's degree in the same department.
Gülen, who started his career in 1991; He worked in various positions at Interbank, Denizbank, Ak Internet and MNG Bank. Between 2004 and 2009, he served as Deputy General Manager at Ak Emeklilik and AvivaSA Emeklilik ve Hayat Inc.
He has been serving as Aksigorta General Manager and Board Member since May 2009.
Ozgur OBALI
Türkiye Insurance Associaton - General SecretaryÖzgür Obalı graduated from Boğaziçi University, Department of Economics, and completed his master's degree in International Banking and Finance at the University of Birmingham.
In institutions such as İşbank and Türkiye Finans; He served in various positions from Inspector to Head of Inspection Board.
Between 2012 and 2016, Human Resources, Support Services, After Sales Services at Vakıf Emeklilik; Obalı, who assumed the position of Deputy General Manager of Marketing, Operations and Information Technologies; He served as the General Manager of Vakıf Emeklilik between February 2016 and July 2020.
Obalı has been working as the Secretary General of the Insurance Association of Turkey since August 2020.
Vedad GÜRGEN
Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change - Deputy Minister
Kerem ALKİN
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Türkiye to the OECD
Naci GORUR
Geologist, Seismologist, AcademicianNaci Gorur was born in 1947 in Elazig. After completing his undergraduate and graduate studies in Istanbul Technical University, Mining Faculty, Department of Geological Engineering in 1967, he worked as a lecturer at ITU until 1973. He completed his doctorate at Imperial College London in England in 1977 with a scholarship from the Ministry of Education.
Returning to Turkey in 1978, he became an associate professor in 1983 and a professor in 1989 at ITU. In 1983, he won the TÜBİTAK Encouragement Award, which is given to brilliant scientists who are under the age of 40. He received the Science Award for Peace and Security (NATO Science Award) given at the NATO Summit held in Istanbul in 2004.
He was elected to the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA) in 1997. Naci Görür is one of the scientists who resigned from this institution in 2011 with the change in the law stipulating the appointment of TÜBA members by the government. He is a full member of the Academy of Sciences.
As of October 17, 2022, he was listed under the Academy of Sciences in the list of the world's most influential scientists made annually by Elsevier and Stanford University.
Christian PIEROTTI
France Assureurs - Director of European and International RelationsChristian Pierotti has been the European and International Relations Director of the French Insurance Federation France Assureurs since January 2013. He also chairs the Climate Risks Working Group of the Global Federation of Insurance Associations (GFIA).
Christian Pierotti is a graduate of the University of Wuppertal in Germany and the University of Paris I - Panthéon Sorbonne in France.
Prior to joining the French Insurance Federation, he served as Deputy Head of Public Policy and Regulatory Affairs at Aegon NV from 2008-2013 and Head of European Government Relations at PMI Mortgage Insurance Ltd. from 2005-2008.
He started his career as a Senior Advisor at the European Commission's Directorate General for Competition (1993-1999) and was the Head of International Relations and Corporate Affairs of the European Insurance and Reinsurance Federation (now Insurance Europe) from 1999 to 2005.
Arnaud R. KOPP
Swiss RE Türkiye - Head of Property and Accident Insurance DepartmentArnaud Kopp is senior client underwriter and responsible for Turkish P&C business for Swiss Re since 2019. He joined the Zurich based reinsurer in 2015 and has held several positions in treaty underwriting, client management in the Mediterranean region and innovation.
Arnaud is as well active in the Insurtech sector as lecturer, mentor, and board member.
He holds a bachelor's in law and Masters in Insurance, Management and Law.
Eline PAPASPYROPOULOU
Association of Greek Insurance Companies - General ManagerElina Papaspyropoulou graduated from the Law Faculty of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She also studied at the Leibniz University, Faculty of Law in Hannover, Germany. She has been working as the General Manager of the Association of Greek Insurance Companies since April 2022. She is also the Vice Chairman of the Board of the Greek Institute of Insurance Studies.
Elina has 25 years of experience in the insurance industry, specializing in liability insurance for major commercial and industrial risks. She started as a Liability insurer at Gerling VAG in 1997 and took over the management of the company's Liability Division in 1999. From 2015 to 2019, she was the Technical Director of HDI Global SE for the company's operations in Greece, the Balkans and the Southeast Mediterranean. In September 2019, she took over the management of the Optional Reinsurance Department for the Greece and Cyprus operations of AON Greece SA.
She was a member of the Accountability Committee of the Association of Greek Insurance Companies from 2007 to 2011 and Vice-President from 2011 to 2019. She also served as a Board Member of the Insurance Companies Representatives and Managers Association.
Elina, Greek Insurance Research Institute, Greek Insurance Companies Association, Greek Insurance Brokers Association, Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Greek Exporters Association and Cyprus Insurance Institute, Financial Liability Insurance, Cyber Risk Insurance and Managers and Officers Financial at the Greek Chamber of Commerce and Industry. She has lectured on Liability Insurance. She also attended professional and personal development training courses (Talanx Management Development Program, Strategic Leadership Seminar SDA BOCCONI).
Tim GRAFTON
Insurance Council of New Zealand - PresidentTim Grafton is the Chief Executive Officer of the Insurance Council of New Zealand (ICNZ) and Vice President of the Global Federation of Insurance Associations (GFIA).
Tim has extensive experience providing strategic, policy and communications advice to public and private sector leaders and has advised leading private companies as well as former Prime Ministers and Finance Ministers.
Prior to ICNZ, Tim was the executive director of a leading market research firm.
Oybek N.KHALILOV
MOSAIC Insurance Group- CEOKhalilov Oybek - CEO of MOSAIC Insurance Group, has 30 years of experience in managing international insurance companies. He is the founding member and chairman of the Insurance Association of Uzbekistan and led the development of the new Insurance Activities Law.
Oybek Khalilov successfully managed the American International Group companies in Central Asia between 1995 and 2015 and previously served as the CEO of Uzbekistan Export-Import Insurance Company.
Oybek has led teams of American Chambers of Commerce in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Mongolia for over 25 years.
Nicola GIORDANO
Allianz SE Reinsurance - Earthquake R&D LeaderNicola Giordano is Earthquake R&D Lead at Allianz SE - Reinsurance, working within the group’s Center of Competence for Natural Perils. Before Allianz, he extensively worked in the field of seismic engineering, participating in risk assessment projects across Central Italy, California, Nepal and Malawi. Nicola holds PhD from Politecnico di Milano and conducted research at the University of California, Berkeley and at the University of Bristol, UK. His research and professional activities have been published in high impact journals and presented at international conferences and seminars.”
Hayato KOMADA
Board Member, General Manager of the Overall Coordination Department, General Manager of the Life Insurance Consultation Office - Japan Life Insurance AssociationData of Birth: September 1, 1964
Place of Birth: Tokyo, JAPAN
Educational Attainment: Bachelor of Commerce (1988), Waseda University
Career
April 1988 Joined the Life Insurance Association of Japan
April 2001 Assistant General Manager, Public Relations Department
April 2008 Assistant General Manager, Planning Department
April 2013 Deputy General Manager, Planning Department
Assistant General Manager, Planning Department and
Assistant General Manager, International Affairs Department
April 2016 Deputy General Manager, Planning Department and
Assistant General Manager, International Affairs Department
April 2018 Deputy General Manager (General Manager, Overall Coordination Department), Planning Department,
Deputy General Manager and Assistant General Manager, International Affairs Department and
General Manager, Life Insurance Consultation Office
December 2019 Board Member,
General Manager, Life Insurance Consultation Office and
General Manager, Overall Coordination Department
April 2021 Board Member and
General Manager, Overall Coordination Department
April 2022 - today Board Member,
General Manager, Overall Coordination Department and
General Manager, Life Insurance Consultation Office
Valentin DENUZIERE
EY-PartnerValentin joined EY in October 2022 to create the Emerging Tech Consulting team of EY Paris.Valentin has over 17 years of experience in Retail Banking consulting and related new technologies.
He is leading the Gen AI acculturation within EY France and currently assisting the Executive Committee of an Insurance company to evaluate the impacts of generative AI, define use cases and validate a multi-years roadmap. Valentin is graduated from Panthéon-Sorbonne where he completed a Master in Financial Engineering & Fiscal Strategy and Dauphine-PSL.
Marc HARTENBACH
Turkey and Iberia - Head of Life and HealthMarc Hartenbach joined Swiss Re in 2007, and since then he had various roles in the Life & Health Reinsurance business with responsibility for Middle East and Turkey. In 2023 he was appointed Head of Life and Health Turkey and Iberia.
Marc holds a Master of Advanced Studies degree in Corporate Finance and Insurance Management from the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland. He is Swiss. In his spare time Marc enjoys skiing with his family in the Alps.
Gunhild BERG
World Bank - Head of Financial Sector DepartmentGunhild Berg is a Lead Financial Sector Specialist in the World Bank Group’s Finance, Competitiveness, & Innovation Global Practice.
She is currently responsible for developing policies and programs to support financial sector development and stability in the Europe and Central Asia region.
Prior to that she covered the World Bank’s financial sector work in several countries in Africa.
Before joining the World Bank, she worked for KfW Development Bank.
She holds a PhD in Economics from Goethe University Frankfurt and a Masters in Economics from Mannheim University.
Erdal GUNER
Dogma Alares - Co-FounderErdal Güner is the co-founder of Dogma Alares, next-generation consulting firm founded in 2019. He graduated from Boğaziçi University, Mechanical Engineering department and completed his master’s degree in Economics at Bilkent University. He started his career at PwC as a management consultant and worked for IBM UK, KPMG UK and Accenture building solid strategy and management consultancy experience for 25+ years in UK and Turkey.
He is a well-respected, technologically savvy, customer and people centric senior business leader with 25+ years of experience in strategy and operations consulting. Erdal developed strong management, advisory and execution skills on banking & insurance sectors focusing on formulating and implementing business strategies and setting up new businesses for large corporations . Erdal acts as a trusted advisor to C-level executives of major financial institutions in Turkey and UK.
Ceyhun EREN
Allianz Türkiye - Director of Technical, Environmental and Climate Change Services and Risk Engineering DepartmentsDr. Ceyhun Eren is the Director of Allianz Technical, Environment and Climate Change Services and Risk Engineering Departments at Allianz Turkey. In addition, as the Business Continuity Officer of Allianz Turkey, he also carries out the processes of preparing and testing the plans for the revival of the company's critical business processes. Dr. Eren is a civil engineer specializing in structural earthquake engineering, especially the behavior of buildings during earthquakes and possible damage estimation methods. He completed his undergraduate, graduate and doctoral studies at Boğaziçi University. He is the former Chairman of the Risk Engineering Committee of the Association of Insurance and Reinsurance Companies of Turkey and a member of TUYAK. In addition to his role at Allianz, courses on Business Continuity Management System, Risk Management, Risk Engineering, Fire and Earthquake Engineering at Turkish German University, Özyeğin University, Bahçeşehir University, TII (Turkish Insurance Institute Foundation) and SEGEM (Turkish Insurance Education Center) gives. He frequently speaks at conferences and publishes articles in various engineering and science journals in Turkey and abroad.
Dr. Ceyhun Eren is the Director of Allianz Teknik, Environmental & Climate Change Services and Risk Engineering Departments at Allianz Türkiye. He also has the role of Business Continuity Management Officer of Allianz Turkey, preparing business recovery plans and conducting BCM tests. Dr. Eren is a civil engineer specialized in earthquake engineering, particularly in the earthquake response of structures and loss estimation methodologies. He holds Bachelor of Science, Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from Boğaziçi University. He is the former president of the Risk Engineering Committee of the Turkish Association of Insurance and Reinsurance Companies and is a member of TUYAK. In addition to his role at Allianz, he lectures on Business Continuity Management, Risk Management, Risk Engineering, Fire and Earthquake Engineering at Turkish – German University, Özyeğin University, Bahçeşehir University, TII (Foundation of Turkish Insurance Training) and SEGEM (Insurance Training) Center of Turkey). He is a frequent speaker at conferences and has published papers in engineering and scientific journals.
Mehmet TUGTAN
Anadolu Sigorta- General ManegerZekai Mehmet Tuğtan, who graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of International Relations, started his career at Türkiye İş Bankası in 2001. Tuğtan, who has held different positions at Türkiye İş Bankası throughout his career, was appointed as the General Manager of Anadolu Sigorta as of January 20, 2023, after serving as the Retail Banking Marketing Department Manager between 2021-2022. Tuğtan completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School in 2022.
Mehmet UVEZ
EBRD - Head of Ankara Office and Deputy Head of TürkiyeMehmet Üvez has been appointed as Head of the Ankara Office and Deputy Head of Turkey at the EBRD, effective January 1, 2022. Mehmet is based in Ankara, Turkey and reports to the President of the EBRD Türkiye.
Mehmet Üvez has been working at the EBRD since 2015. Prior to his appointment as Head of Ankara RO, he worked as the Inclusion Leader of the Gender and Economic Inclusion Division of the Bank's Economics, Policy and Governance Division. He has worked directly under the Director of Gender and Economic Inclusion, providing country strategy and policy initiatives for youth, women and people living in less developed regions of Turkey for a variety of sectors including agribusiness, infrastructure, energy and natural resources sectors.
Mehmet Üvez has over 20 years of experience working with the Turkish Government, International Organizations and Financial Institutions. Prior to joining the EBRD, Mehmet worked as the Deputy Chairman of the Board of Treasury Controllers at the Turkish Treasury and Deputy Head of the Audit Authority responsible for oversight of EU-Turkey Financial Cooperation under the Pre-Accession Instrument.
Mehmet Üvez is a Turkish citizen who holds an MBA from the University of Rochester, William E. Simon School of Business and a BA in Business Administration from Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences.
Burak Ali Göçer
GARANTI BBVA PENSION AND LIFE INC.-General ManagerHaving graduated from Middle East Technical University with a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering and a master's degree in Finance from San Diego University.
Göçer started his career at Interbank in 1995 and then worked at Bayındırbank. Göçer, who started to work as a Director in the Digital Banking Unit at Garanti Bank in 1999, was appointed as the Branchless Banking Unit Manager in 2002.
Between 2004-2007, he took a short break from his professional career and established various online services. With the establishment of Garanti Mortgage, Garanti Bank's subsidiary operating in mortgage loans, he was appointed as the Assistant General Manager responsible for Sales and Marketing in October 2007.
Göçer, who was appointed as the Director in charge of Retail Banking at Garanti Bank in 2010, has been serving as the General Manager of Garanti BBVA Pension since 1 January 2017.
Serap Oguz GONULAL
General Directorate of Insurance - Deputy General ManagerShe worked at the World Bank between 2004-August 2023. Serap provides policy advice on insurance market reform to governments and regulators/supervisors around the world. She has been actively engaged in the designing and implementation of the Insurance Sector Development Projects, with a special focus on advisory services and the design of creating a sustainable insurance market, upgrading the regulatory/supervisory structure, and advice on solutions to close the protection gap. Prior to joining the World Bank, she worked for the Turkish Treasury, Deputy General Director of the Insurance Regulatory and Supervisory Directorate of the Turkish Prime Ministry Office.
Prof.Dr.Ufuk YAZGAN
Istanbul Technical University - Professor of Earthquake EngineeringProf.Dr. Ufuk Yazgan is a Professor of Earthquake Engineering at Istanbul Technical University. He is a structural engineer and his research is centered on earthquake risk management. He earned his Ph.D. from ETH Zurich. He earned his BSc and MSc degrees from METU, Ankara. Additionally, he also worked at University of California, San Diego as a visiting Fulbright Scholar. Before his current academic appointment, Prof. Yazgan served as a vulnerability expert Cat Perils team at Swiss Re, Zurich.
Taylan TURKOLMEZ
Chairman of the Management Committee and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Insurance Association of TürkiyeTaylan Türkölmez, born in Istanbul in 1969, graduated from Boğaziçi University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Political Science and International Relations, and then completed his master's degree at Marmara University Banking and Insurance Institute.
Türkölmez started his career at Yapı Kredi Pension Inc. in 1991. Türkölmez became the Assistant General Manager in charge of Financial Management in 2006, and the General Manager and Member of the Board of Directors at the same institution in 2009, and joined Allianz Yaşam ve Emeklilik A.Ş. passed into it.
In 2015, Allianz Hayat ve Emeklilik A.Ş. and Allianz Yaşam ve Emeklilik A.Ş. as the General Manager, and currently serves as the General Manager and Board Member of both companies.
Türkölmez, who became a Member of the Board of Directors of Emeklilik Gözetim Merkezi A.Ş. in 2009, was elected as a Member of the Life and Pension Management Committee in the Association of Insurance Reinsurance and Pension Companies of Turkey in 2014.
He has been a Member of the FODER Advisory Board since 2019.
As of 2020, he continues his duties at TSB as Chairman of the Management Committee and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Fikret Utku OZDEMIR
Milli Reinsurance INC -General Manager and Board MemberFikret Utku Özdemir, who graduated from Hacettepe University Engineering Faculty Nuclear Energy Engineering Department Associate Degree and Middle East Technical University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Business Administration Department, completed his master's degree in Finance at EDHEC Business School.
Özdemir, who started to work as a Member of the Board of Inspectors at Türkiye İş Bank INC. in 1996, served at different levels in various departments of the Bank between 2005 and 2017.
On August 27, 2019, Milli Reinsurance INC. appointed as a Member of the Board of Directors and General Manager, Özdemir is also a member of the Turkish Insurance Association Non-Life Management Committee and Anadolu Anonim Türk Sigorta Şirketi Board Member.
Yavuz OLKEN
AXA INSURANCE - CEOYavuz Ölken graduated from the civil engineer department at the İstanbul Technical University in 1989.
He joined AXA Sigorta in 2002 as the Head of Corporate Lines, and Vice General Manager.
He was responsible for Information Technologies & Operational Excellence, Commercial and Corporate Risks Sales Unit, Reinsurance, Risk Engineering, Personal Lines and Health Departments.
In 2018, he was appointed as the CEO of AXA Sigorta and member of the Board of Directors.
Hakan GÜLDAĞ
Writer and Chairman of the Board - Ekonomi NewspaperBorn in Istanbul in 1961, Hakan Güldağ completed his primary education in Istanbul Oruçgazi and secondary education in Private Darüşşafaka High School and Pertevniyal High School. He studied journalism at Istanbul University Press and Broadcasting School, and history at Boğaziçi University, Faculty of Basic Sciences.
In 1987, he started to work at Dünya Newspaper's Foreign News Service. In the following years, he worked as the Chief of the Foreign News Service, the Chief of the Stock Exchange Service, and served in the editorial offices.
Güldağ, who worked as a reporter, chief and director in many newspapers and publications, served as the Editor-in-Chief of the DÜNYA Newspaper between 2008-2019, and as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of NBE Media and News INC, which published the DÜNYA newspaper between 2019 and 2022.
Güldağ, who was elected as the chairman of the Turkish Media and Communication Assembly in 2011, also served as a member of the High Advisory Board of the Economy Journalists Association and the Vocational Monitoring and Ethics Committee of the Journalists Association of Türkiye. He has been working as a Member of the Board of the Journalists Association of Turkey since 2022. Hakan Güldağ has been representing Türkiye as a Member of the Executive Board in the European Economic Press Federation (EEPF) since 2005.
Hakan Güldağ, who was among the founders of Nasıl Bir Ekonomi newspaper in 2022, serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ekonomi newspaper.
Beyhan Budak
Expert Clinical Psychologist, AuthorBeyhan Budak, who was educated in primary and high school in Ankara, completed his undergraduate education at Istanbul University, Department of Psychology. After his university education, he completed his master's degree in Clinical Psychology and Psychological Counseling and Guidance.
After working in a hospital affiliated to the Ministry of Health for many years, Beyhan Budak left his job and started to continue her psychotherapy and education studies in the center she established in Ankara.
In 2018, at the TEDx Kaleiçi event, “What You Buy Is Not Happiness!” and in 2019 at the TEDx Izmir event “How does a person change, how does not a person change?” Beyhan Budak gave speeches on the topics of self-help, personal development and motivation in many institutions and cities, and still continues to give speeches on these issues. At the same time, he shared in many television and radio programs about his field and acted as a script consultant for some cartoons.
His books titled "Be Good to Yourself, Beautiful Person" published in 2019, "It's Not Your Fault - A Guide to Getting Over the Burdens of the Past" published in 2020 and "Searching Where You Lose Happiness" published in 2021 have been on the bestseller lists for a long time.
Apart from providing psychological support to his clients, he publishes videos on "Popular Psychology" and "Self Help" on many social media platforms, especially YouTube, to reach people who cannot receive psychological help for many reasons. His videos, which he shared on his YouTube channel, which is subscribed to by approximately 2 million people, have been watched more than 150 million times so far.
Cemal KISMIR
BNP PARIBAS CARDIF-General ManagerCemal Kişmir graduated from Marmara University Faculty of Business Administration (English) and received an MBA degree in Finance from Barney School of Business.
Prior to BNP Paribas Group, he worked as a senior manager in various fields at Garanti Bank between 1996 and 2005, and in the early years of his career, he worked at Mobil Oil in domestic and international positions.
Kişmir, who has over 25 years of experience in the field of financial services, joined BNP Paribas Group and Türk Ekonomi Bankası as GM in 2005.
He has been serving as the Turkey CEO of BNP Paribas Cardif and Head of the Investment Solutions Group since 2011.
Cemal Kişmir, in addition to his duty as a Board Member of BNP Paribas Cardif Turkey, also serves as a Board Member of TEB Portfolio Management, TSB and EGM.
Noyan DOGAN
Author
Uğur ÇAĞLAR
WIYO - General ManagerUğur holds an undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering from Middle East Technical University and completed an Executive MBA program at Koç University. He embarked on his professional journey in 2002 as a management consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he honed his analytical and problem-solving skills.
His career path led him to join Booz Allen Hamilton, where he continued to excel as a management consultant in Turkey and the Middle East, working on projects across multiple countries. In 2007, Uğur transitioned to the finance sector, joining TEB/BNP Paribas, where he began to shape his expertise in financial management and strategy.
In 2011, Uğur took on a pivotal role at BNP Paribas Cardif, where he assumed the position of Assistant General Manager for Marketing, showcasing his ability to drive business growth and market presence. This role served as a stepping stone to his appointment as General Manager of Azərbaycan Sənaye Sigorta in 2015, where he demonstrated strong leadership as Chairman of the Board of Directors for over three years.
In 2019, Uğur Çağlar assumed the position of C-Level executive for Corporate Sales and Business Development at MetLife, where he continued to harness his strategic vision and leadership skills. Since August 2022, he has been serving as the General Manager of Turkcell Dijital Sigorta A.Ş., further solidifying his reputation as a dynamic and accomplished leader in the insurance industry.