About Ekin
English
Fluent
Turkish
Native or bilingual
German
Basic
Experience
- YILDIRIM Group of CompaniesExecutive Financial Coordination & Project Management DirectorDIGITAL AND ITMay 2019 - Today (7 years and 1 month)Istanbul, Türkiye• Shareholders Demerger: IT Demerger Committee• Head of IT PMO for Financial Affairs including design, implementation, integration, migration, QA, stakeholder management, vendor management, purchase, exit• Inhouse Digitalization Projects: master vendor data governance and compliance, C-level approval systems, treasury approval system, tax consolidation, financial affairs portal• Top Approver: group IT purchases, IT payments (monthly average USD 1.5M), IT key user authorizations including dev users, consulting purchasing• Structuring Financial Processes for IT: designing financial control function, recruiting financial controller and contract lawyer, designing IT Capex-Opex structures, implementing budgeting system, designing the purchasing process, implementing control points• Finance Projects: investor securing (Sweden), Infrastructure Fund establishment (Luxemburg), M&A (Croatia), securing government incentives (Italy), subsidiary exit (Russia), subsidiary AP committees (Albania, Kosovo), budgeting & capital increases (Kazakhstan), Sukuk issuance (Turkiye), ensuring BoD decisions for strategic financing actions, intra group debt nettings• Subsidiary Restructuring: overseeing share transfer processes, recruiting business development, sales & marketing functions, approving new projects, following-up non-performing assets, collaboration with law on conflicts, designing corporate mechanisms, digitalization of processes• Coordination of Foreign offices: the Netherlands, Switzerland, Colombia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, China rep office• Membership: CSRD Committee
- Borsa IstanbulIT Project Manager (IT PMO)DIGITAL AND ITJanuary 2016 - January 2019 (3 years)Istanbul, Türkiye• Project Manager: transferring old trading platform to new (NASDAQ) system, principal PM for Derivatives Market (VIOP) and joint PM for Precious Metals Market (Gold Exchange), joint project with strategic partner and shareholder NASDAQ OMX, # of stakeholders 650+• Project Manager: establishment of international incubation/acceleration center in the NYC/US (joint project with Bogazici University, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul Commerce University)• Establishment and administration of IT R&D Center• Representative of BIST: Presenting and defending all R&D projects at juries and seminars organized by the Turkish Ministry of Industry and Technology• PMO Tasks: supervising all IT projects, moderating all IT executive meetings, follow-ups
- Borsa IstanbulSenior OD & Project Management ExpertDIGITAL AND ITJanuary 2013 - January 2016 (3 years)Istanbul, Türkiye• Organizational Structuring: merger of three legacy exchanges (Istanbul Stock Exchange, Istanbul Gold Exchange, Derivatives Market) and incorporating Borsa Istanbul (BIST) as a joint stock company, designing corporate mechanisms to ease privatization (2013-2014)• Organizational Structuring: merging three institutions (Borsa İstanbul, Istanbul Settlement and Custody Bank, Central Securities Depository and Trade Repository) under Türkiye Wealth Fund (2016)• IT Project Manager: implementing HR ERP system and other digital support solutions• Designing and implementing performance management system, succession processes, systems and regulations• Membership: BIST Sustainability Committee• Representative of BIST: Capital Markets Institution (SPK) seminars
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Education
- PhD Student - Business AdministrationISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITYPhD Student - Business Administration
- Master of Business AdministrationISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY2024Master of Business Administration