After graduating from the Department of Economics of Boğaziçi University in 2000, Hulusi Horozoğlu started his career in the same year at Citibank’s Management Associate Program in Turkey. He worked as Relationship Manager at the Financial Institutions Division of Citibank A.Ş. from 2001 to 2004, and thereafter joined HSBC in 2004. He took office at the Corporate Banking Department of HSBC Turkey as Relationship Manager, before moving on to his role as Senior Banker at the Financial Institutions and Public Sector of Citibank Turkey in 2005. Between 2006 and 2012, he served as Director of Global Islamic Banking, Syndications and Debt Capital Markets as well as Head of Non- Presence Countries, Saudi Arabia and Oman at Citigroup Dubai. He joined HSBC Turkey in 2012 and worked as Head of Global Capital Financing and Debt Finance until 2014. Between 2014 and 2016, he held Assistant General Manager, Managing Director, Head of Corporate and Investment Banking role at HSBC Turkey. During 2016 - 2018, on top of his roles as Assistant General Manager, Managing Director, Head of Wholesale Banking and Investment Banking, Horozoğlu served as Interim Regional Head of Corporate and Commercial Banking Client Coverage for Middle East, North Africa and Turkey. During 2018 - 2020, Horozoğlu worked at HSBC Dubai as Regional Head of Business Development for Middle East, North Africa and Turkey.
Tuğba Ersoylu has a BS degree in Economics from the Middle East Technical University and holds Executive MBA degree from Boğaziçi University. Ersoylu has started her professional career in 1997 at Finansbank A.Ş. as Financial Control and Planning specialist and continued working as a financial controller at BNP - AK - Dresdner Bank from 1999 to 2003 and as Budget and MIS Supervisor within Corporate and Commercial Banking Business Unit at Kocbank and Yapı Kredi Bankası. In 2006, Ersoylu joined Merrill Lynch Yatırım Bankası A.S. at the initial establishment stage of the Bank in Turkey and served as Deputy CFO from 2006 to 2018 and later as the Country Risk Manager, until she joined Doğan Investment Bank.
Fuat Tolga Kısakürek obtained his BS Degree in Business Administration / Management from Middle East Technical University Ankara in 1999 after which he joined Citibank Turkey as Management Associate and held Assistant Manager, Manager, Vice President and Director roles at Cash Management, Financial Institutions and Corporate Banking departments till March 2015. He then joined HSBC Turkey and assumed Head of Large Corporates and International Subsidiary Banking role till June 2019. Prior to joining Doğan Investment Bank in November 2020, he worked as Group Director, Corporate Banking at Türk Ekonomi Bankası (TEB, a subsidiary of BNP Paribas). He has been working at Doğan Investment Bank since November 30, 2020.
Bilge Levent graduated from METU Statistics Department in 1995 and completed Koç University Executive MBA program in 2015. Following one-year training program at Ziraat Bank Banking School in 1995, she started her banking career at Ziraat Bank Treasury Management Department. After working in managerial positions in fx, money market and global subsidiaries treasury management units in Financial Markets Department, she was assigned as Head of Financial Markets Department in 2012 and has carried out this task until 2019. Between 2019-2021 she worked as Head of Treasury Management and International Banking Group, to be responsibile from the Departments of Financial Markets, Analytical Balance Sheet Management, Financial Institutions and Foreign Trade Operations. In addition to these duties, she served as a member of the board of director and supervisors at Ziraat Asset Management, Ziraat Securities, Ziraat Germany, Ziraat Montenegro, Ziraat Russia. Bilge Levent has Capital Markets and Derivative Instruments License. She has been working at Doğan Investment Bank as of February 1, 2023.
Gökhan Saydar has a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from İstanbul Technical University and holds an MBA degree from Koç University. He has embarked on his career at PDF, an M&A Advisory House. He joined Is Investment in 2003 and has been involved in landmark privatization projects and public offerings. He joined HSBC Turkey Corporate Finance Department in 2005 as Associate and advanced his career having served over 14 years as Senior Associate, Associate Director and Director.
He has also acted as Head of M&A and ECM between 2015-2019. He leverages an expertise of over 20 years and strong know-how in M&A and ECM transactions. He has closed prestigious transactions in diversified sectors including industrials, FIG, real estate, retail, energy, automotive, food and beverages, transportation.
Nihan Tarmur has 30 years of experience in corporate and commercial banking, specialized in credit underwriting, loan origination, project and structured finance, cash management and trade finance. She started her banking career as a Yapı Kredi Bankası Management Trainee in Corporate Banking division in 1994. She worked as Director in Corporate Banking between 2007 and 2012. She lastly served as the Corporate Sales Director for Unicredit Securities in Turkey. In 2012, Nihan joined to Alternatifbank as Head of Sales and Credit Support Unit in Corporate and Commercial Banking division. In 2016, she joined BesfinFinancial Services as Executive Directorwhere she focused on advisory services regarding project finance, refinancing and restructuring. Nihan Tarmur has a BS degree inChemistry from Boğaziçi University and holds a master’s degree in accounting and finance from Bilgi University and a Business Certificatefrom Georgetown University in US (D.C.),
She has been working at Doğan Investment Bank sinceDecember 8, 2020.
Işıl Gürbüz graduated from Boğaziçi University, Department of International Relations and Political Science in 1993. She completed Harvard University’s Administration and Management Executive Certificate Program between 1994 and 1995. Gürbüz started her career at Koçbank A.Ş. in the Correspondent Banking Department and later worked as Treasury and Correspondent Banking Regional Executive at Interbank A.Ş. She joined Garanti Bank in 1998 and served as Deputy Head of Financial Institutions responsible for correspondent banking, trade finance and syndications until May 2007. In 2007, she moved to Eurobank Tekfen A.Ş to establish the Trade Finance and Sales Department. From 2008 to 2021, she was Division Manager at the International Banking Department of QNB Finansbank, responsible for relations with global financial institutions and fixed income investors, fund raising from debt capital markets and structured finance. She managed the fiduciary business of QNB Finansbank under the Treasury and International Banking Department between 2018 and 2021. She has been the Director of Financial Institutions and Investor Relations at Doğan Investment Bank since April 12, 2021.
Yasemin Oruğ earned BS degree in economics from Faculty of Economics of Istanbul University in 1998, MBA degree in finance from University of Texas at Dallas in 2008 and MBA degree in real estate from Bahçeşehir University in 2016. Yasemin Oruğ started her banking career in 2000 as an assistant specialist in the Retail Banking Product Development Department at Koçbank A.Ş. Between 2008 and 2017, she served as Credit Portfolio Manager, Branch Manager and Treasury Manager at DD Konut Finansman A.Ş. Between 2017 and 2020, she served as CEO Office Manager and Business Development Manager at Doğan Şirketler Grubu Holding A.Ş., during which she took role in the preparation process of the Doğan Investment Bank's establishment permit application.
She has been working at Doğan Investment Bank since August 11, 2020.
Sinem Eda Güllüoğlu got her BS degree from Istanbul University, Faculty of Literature in 2003. She started her career in the Human Resources department of Hürriyet Newspaper in 2004 and took part in the recruitment, performance evaluation and reward processes of the newspaper's publication group. Between 2011 and 2013, she managed performance management, employer branding, training planning, and recruitment processes at Doğan Online. Between 2013 and 2019, she worked as Head of Human Resources and Administrative Affairs in DD Mortgage (JV of Deutsche Bank & Doğan Group). After 2019, she worked as Head of Human Resources at Doruk Faktoring A.Ş. She has been responsible for all Human Resources processes since the establishment of the Bank.
Ayşe Türker Çınar received her law degree from Marmara University School of Law and holds an LL.M. degree from Santa Clara University, California. She began her career in private practice handling a variety of different litigation matters for clients at both trial and appellate levels. She also worked for an international law firm based in İstanbul providing legal counsel to multinational companies operating in Turkey. Later, she worked at Şekerbank T.A.Ş. as a legal counsel responsible for managing legal matters regarding the operation of the bank including contract drafting/reviewing, litigation, and providing opinions on issues related in particular to commercial law.
Hikmet Aras got her BS degree from Middle East Technical University Computer Engineering Department in 2003. Same year, she started her career as Application Infrastructure Specialist in Finansbank Information Technologies department. During 2008 - 2017, she worked as System Architect and Consultant for Fiba Holding foreign subsidiaries and got her graduate degree from Boğaziçi University Computer Engineering Department in 2010. In her career of 18 years, she took several roles in Fiba Group companies, and finally worked in Fibabanka as Head of IT Infrastructure Team responsible of open systems, backup storage systems and banking applications administration.