IFS Istanbul Finance Summit 2018 | Istanbul Finance Summit | 12 September 2018 | Hilton Istanbul Bomonti Hotel, Merkez Mahallesi, Silahşör Cd. No:42, 34381 Şişli/İstanbul, Turkey

Followed by more than 198 local and foreign press members, the summit was published in 356 public and international newspapers and journals.

Uniting the audience by means of 32 different TV channels, a major part of 8th İstanbul Finance Summit was broadcast live. The summit was broadcasted on different newspaper report and was viewed on 2313 different web pages.

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2018 Speakers:

Prof. Dr. Murat Yülek
Chairman, IFS Advisory Board

Osman Arslan
General Director and Member of Board, Halkbank, Turkey

H.E. Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden
President, South Western of Somalia

Vasip Şahin
Governor, Istanbul

Mehmet Şimşek
Deputy Prime Minister, Turkey

Mehmet Şimşek
Deputy Prime Minister, Turkey

Prof. Dr. Kerem Alkin
Member of Board, Turkiye Wealth Fund & Academician, Medipol University

Dr. Ayman Sami Hassan Homoud
Dr. Sami Homoud Group / Islamic Banking Consulting & Training L.L.C.

Taleh Kazimov
CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board, PASHA Bank, Azerbaijan

Alvaro Ortiz
Chief Economist, Turkey, China & Geostrategy, Garanti BBVA Group

Mehmet Emin Özcan
General Director and Member of Board, , Vakıfbank, Turkey

Recep Süleyman Özdil
Chairman of the Executive Board, Halkbank

Nihat Zeybekci
Minister of Economy, Turkey

İsmet Gergerli
Member of the Board of Directors and General Manager, KGF, Turkey

Himmet Karadağ
Acting Chairman of the Board, Turkiye Wealth Fund Management Co.

Ünal Eryılmaz
Board Member, Capital Markets Board of Turkey

Murat Uysal
Deputy Governor, The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey

Mustafa Okay
Executive Director, Payment Systems Dept., The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey

Simge Alpargun
Territory Leader for Financial Services, IBM

Oleg Churiy
Deputy Governor of National Bank of Ukraine

Murat Çelik
Digital Generation Banking Group, Executive Vice President (CDO), Denizbank, Turkey

Sugeng
Deputy Governor, Bank Indonesia

Metin Özdemir
Chairman, ADFIMI & General Director, Ziraat Katılım Bankası

Refik Akıncı
Senior Advisor – Development Finance Institutions, TSKB

Syad Talat Mehmood
CEO, Zarai Taraqiati Bank, Pakistan

Patricia Ojangole
Member of ADFIMI Audit Board and CEO, Uganda Development Bank

Zafer Sönmez
Investment Director, Khazanah Turkey Regional Office, Turkey

Naci Ağbal
Minister of Finance, Turkey

Ali Rıza Alaboyun
Chairman, Bera Holding, Turkey

Şenol Duman
CFO, Borsa Istanbul

Semih Ergür
CEO, IC Holding, Turkey

Ender Kuru
CFO, Ficosa, Turkey

Dato’ Azmi Murad
Executive Director, Malaysia Airports, Turkey

Gintare Narkevičiūtė
CEO, Nexus Operations, Lithuania

Hurşit Güneş
Academician, Marmara University & Former Member of Parliament

Sheikh Abdulla Bin Saoud Al-Thani
Governor, Qatar Central Bank

Bashir Issa Ali
Governor, Central Bank of Somalia

Mahmut Kayacık
CEO & Member of Board, Takasbank, Turkey

Cevdet Yılmaz
Former Deputy Prime Minister and Former Minister of Development and Member of Parliament, Turkey

Ziya Altunyaldız
President of Industry, Trade, Energy, Natural Resources, Information and Technology Committee, Member of Parliament, Turkey

Faik Öztrak
Member of Turkish Group of NATO PA, Chairperson of NATO PA – Economics and Security Committee (ESC), Member of Parliament, Turkey

Erhan Usta
Member of Parliament, Turkey

Şakir Ercan Gül
Former President, Savings Deposit Insurance Fund, Turkey

Dr. Ekrem Keskin
Secretary General, The Banks Association of Turkey

Ahmet Candan
Secretary General, Association of Financial Institutions, Turkey

Saleh Jelassi
Country Director, Islamic Development Bank Group Country Gateway Office in Turkey

Dr. Wissam Fattouh
Secretary General, Union of Arab Banks, UAE

Cornelia Meyer
Chairman & Chief Executive, Meyer Resources (MRL Corporation), United Kingdom

Fatih Aydın
Blueriver Asset Management, London, U.K.

Sevdil Yıldırım
Member of Board, KOTEDER, Turkey

Dr. Samir Mannai
Saudi Portfolio Securities CEO and Board Member, Saudi Arabia

Nazih Al Naser
Member of Board – Managing Director, Anfaal Capital, Saudi Arabia

Olcay Yağcı
Nomura, London

Fuat Sami
Founder and General Manager at LabX Business Angel Network

İbrahim Coşkuner
TEB

Ceren Sayar
İş Bankası

Uğur Sennaroğlu
Garanti Bankası

Yakup Sezer
Manager, Albaraka Türk Participation Bank Process Management and Organization Department & the Founding Coordinator of Albaraka Garaj Startup Acceleration Center

Former Speakers:

Dr. Walid Abdelwahab
Director Infrastructure Department, Islamic Development Bank, Saudi Arabia

Badlisyah Abdul Ghani
Executive Director and CEO, CIMB Islamic Bank Berhad, Malaysia

Shezad Abedi
Head of Turkish Commodities, BGC Partners, Turkey

Naci Ağbal
Minister of Finance, Turkey

Ahmet Akça
Chairman of the Board, Turkcell, Turkey

Serra Akçaoğlu
CEO, Citibank, Turkey

Prof. Dr. Vedat Akgiray
Former Chairman, Capital Markets Board, Turkey

Hüsnü Akhan
CEO, Doğuş Group, Turkey

Ziya Akkurt
Former CEO, Akbank, Turkey

Rashed A. Al-Baloushi
Chief Executive, Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, UAE

Basil M. Al Ghalayini
Chairman & CEO, BMG Financial Group, KSA

Abdulaziz Bin Mohamed Bin Zahir Al Hinai, PhD
Vice President, IDB, KSA

Fawaz Al Issa
Vice Chairman & CEO, Turcapital Holding, Kuwait

Ahmad Mohamed Ali Al Madani, PhD
President, IDB Group, KSA

Aabed Al Zeera
CEO & Board Member, International Investment Bank, Kingdom of Bahrain

Ali Rıza Alaboyun
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Turkey

Prof. Dr. Kerem Alkin
Head of Economics Department & Academician, Commercial Sciences Faculty, Istanbul Commerce University, Turkey

Prof. Dr. Savaş Alpay
Chief Economist, Islamic Development Bank, Saudi Arabia

Belkis Alpergün
General Manager, Coface, Turkey

Ziya Altunyaldız
President of Industry, Trade, Energy, Natural Resources, Information and Technology Committee and Member of Parliament, Turkey

Bülent Arınç
Deputy Prime Minister, Turkey

Ali Arslan
General Director, Financial Sector Relations and Exchange, The Undersecreteriat of Treasury of Turkish Republic, Turkey

Süleyman Aslan
General Manager, Halkbank, Turkey

Zeynep Aslan
President, Luxembourg-Turkey Business Club & Manager of Turkish Desk at Fuchs et Associés Finance, Luxembourg

Hakan Ateş
CEO, Denizbank, Turkey

Fatih Aydın
Executive Director, Goldman Sachs, UK

Assoc. Prof. Ahmet Faruk Aysan
Member, Monitary Policy Comittee, Central Bank of Turkey

Zeti Akhtar Aziz, Phd
Governor, Bank Negara Malaysia

Ali Babacan
Deputy Prime Minister, Turkey

David Bagley
Vice President, European Investment Bank, Luxembourg

Cüneyt Başaran
Chief Editor, BloombergHT, Turkey

Kaan Başaran, PhD
Head of Origination and Sales – Turkey, Nomura International Plc., UK

Erdem Başçı, PhD
Governor, Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey

Prof. Dr. Adem Baştürk
General Secretary, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, Turkey

Andy Baukol
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Middle East and Africa,US Treasury Department, USA

Mr. Zafer Baysal
Vice President & CEO of GAMA Power Systems, Turkey

Prof. Dr. Taner Berksoy
Dean, Bahcesehir University, Faculty of Economy, Turkey

A.Orhan Beşkok
Senior Executive Vice President, TSKB, Turkey

Tevfik Bilgin
Chairman, Nuh Cement Inc., Turkey

Claudio Borio
Head, Monetary and Economic Department, BIS, Switzerland

Mehmet Bostan
CEO, Vakıf Emeklilik, Turkey

Turgut Boz
SME Banking Senior Deputy General Director, TEB, Turkey

Gökhan Bozkurt
Former CEO, Türk Telekom, Turkey

Willem Buiter, PhD
Chief Economist, Citigroup, USA

Amer Bukvich
CEO, Bosna Bank International, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Mehmet Büyükekşi
Chairman, Turkish Exporters Assembly, Turkey

Vince Cable, PhD
Minister of Business, Innovation & Skills, UK

Jaime Caruana
General Manager, Bank for International Settlements, Switzerland

Peter Casey
Senior Director, Policy & Strategy, Head of Islamic Finance, Dubai Financial Services Authority, Dubai

Rehan N. Chaudri
Principal, Altrinsic Global Advisors, UK

George Coelho
Managing Director, Good Energies Inc., UK

Zafer Çağlayan
Minister of Economy, Turkey

İbrahim H. Çanakçı
Executive Director, IMF

Abdullah Çelik
Coordinator, Bank Asya Group of Companies, Turkey

Hakan Çelik
Journalist & Anchorman, Turkey

Osman Çelik
Undersecretary of Treasury, Turkey

Serhat Süreyya Çetin
General Director, Güneş Sigorta, Turkey

Murat Çetinkaya
President, Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey

Murat Çiçek
Chief Editor, Kanal24, Turkey

Çağatay Çulcuoğlu
Deputy General Manager, Anadolu Agency, Turkey

Cavit Dağdaş
Undersecretary of Treasury, Turkey

Özlem Dalga
Head of Economics, Bloomberg HT, Turkey

İsmail Dalla
Professor of Economics, The George Washington University, USA

Ahmet Ümit Danışman
CEO, Akenerji, Turkey

Michael Davey
Director, EBRD, Turkey

Mohammed Dawood
Managing Director, Global Capital Financing, HSBC, United Arab Emirates

Arnaud De Bresson
Managing Director, Paris Europlace, France

Hayrettin Demircan
Deputy Undersecretary of Treasury, Turkey

İhsan Uğur Delikanlı
President, Black Sea Trade & Development Bank, Greece

Hande Demirel
Journalist, BloombergHT, Turkey

Janamitra Devan
Vice President, World Bank Group, USA

Tuncay Dinç
CEO, Borsa İstanbul, Turkey

Saruhan Doğan
Executive Vice President, Treasury and Investment Banking, Finansbank, Turkey

Berra Doğaner
General Manager and Member of Board, Turkish Yatırım A.Ş., Turkey

Haluk Dortluoğlu
CEO & Member of the Executive Board, BIM, Turkey

Ali Çetin Dönmez
Executive Vice President, Borsa Istanbul, Turkey

Pınar Eczacıbaşı
Managing Partner, GP-Trust Financial Management and Advisory Services Ltd, Turkey

Feyzullah Eğriboyun
Deputy General Manager, Asya Katılım Bankası, Turkey

Murat Erden
Group CFO, Turkcell, Turkey

Özgür U. Eroğlu
Vice President & CEO, Gama Power Systems, Turkey

Turan Erol, PhD
Chief Advisor to the Prime Minister, Turkey

Vahdettin Ertaş, PhD
Chairman, Capital Markets Board of Turkey

Wenjian Fang
CEO, Bank of China, London Branch, UK

Christopher Fawcett
Senior Investment Officer, Permal Legg Mason, USA

Sandy Meyer Frucher
Vice Chairman, NASDAX OMX Group, USA

Ahmet Genç, PhD
General Director, Insurance, The Undersecretariat of Treasury, Turkey

Frank Gerstenschläger
Member of the Board, Deutsche Börse Group, Germany

Mohd İzani Ghani
Senior Vice President, Khazanah Nasional Berhad, Malaysia

Martial Godet
Head of Global Emerging Markets Strategy, BNP Paribas, UK

Subir Gokarn
Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank, India

Didem Gordon
Vice Chairman, Turkish Institutional Investment Managers’ Association, Turkey

Hasan Basri Göktan, PhD
Chairman & Executive Board Member, Şekerbank T.A.Ş., Turkey

Már Gudmundsson
Governor, Central Bank, Iceland

Şakir Ercan Gül
Chairman, The Savings Deposit Insurance Fund, Turkey

Hakan Güldağ
Executive Director, Dünya Group, Turkey

Prof. Dr. Hurşit Güneş
Member of Parliament, Turkey

Naim Hakim
CFO, Odeabank-Bank Audi Group, Lebanon

Önder Halisdemir, Phd
CEO & Member of Board, Aktif Bank, Turkey

Claus-Michael Happe, PhD
Head of Division, Federal Ministry of Finance, Germany

Zbigniew Hockuba, PhD
Member of Board, National Bank of Poland, Poland

Dirk Hollander
Partner, ZEB GmbH, Germany

Hulusi Horozoğlu
Head of Global Capital Financing and Debt Finance, HSBC, Turkey

Said Ibrahimi
CEO, Casablanca Finance City Authority, Morocco

Jay Itzkowitz
Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Global Eagle Entertainment Inc., USA

Kâmil Janacek
Board Member, Czech National Bank, Czech Republic

Mr. Saleh Jelassi
Resident Representative, Islamic Development Bank, Group Country Gateway Office, Turkey

Rashad-Rudolf Kaldany
Executive Vice President, Emerging Markets at Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec, Canada

Harun Kapetanovic
Director of International Financial Services, Government of Dubai, UAE

Prof. Dr. Eser Karakaş
Journalist, Star Gazetesi, Turkey

İbrahim Karaosmanoğlu
Mayor of Kocaeli, Turkey

Peter Kaznacheev
Managing Partner & Member of the Supervisory Board, Khaznah Strategies, Russia

Alp Keler, PhD
CEO, AK Asset Management, Turkey

Prof. Dr. Turalay Kenç
Deputy Governor, Central Bank, Turkey

Harun R. Khan
Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India

Tevfik Kınık
Executive Vice President, Capital Markets Board of Turkey

Erkan Kilimci
Deputy Governor, The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey

Klaus Kirchhoff
Chairman, Kirchhoff Consult AG, Germany

Vera Kobalia
Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, Georgia

Artunç Kocabalkan
Anchorman and Research Manager, CNBC-e, Turkey

Marcin Kolasa, PhD
Economic Advisor, National Bank of Poland, Poland

Dr. Temel Kotil
Deputy Chairman & CEO, Turkish Airlines, Turkey

Musa Kulaklıkaya
Director General, SESRIC, Turkey

Atilla Kurama
Board Member, Yıldız Holding, Turkey

Lincoln Leong Kwok-Kuen
Deputy CEO, MTR, Hong Kong

Stephen Saint Leger
Managing Director, Cambridge Associates, USA

Mark Lewis
Representative, IMF, Turkey

Peter Lord
Head of European Institutional Asset Management and Head of global Sovereign Wealth Funds, Fidelity Management, UK

Per Loren
Head of International Corporate Strategy, Liquidnet Europe Ltd., UK

Dr. Hakan Lucius
Head of Division, Corporate Responsibility and Civil Society, Luxembourg

Nicolas Mackel
CEO, Luxembourg for Finance, Financial Center Development and Promotion Agency, Luxembourg

Kemal Madenoğlu
Undersecretary, State Planning Agency, Turkey

Thomas Maier
Managing Director, EBRD, UK

Şant Manukyan
Managing Director, International Stock and Derivatives Market, İş Yatırım, Turkey

Güler Manisalı Darman
Founder, Corporate Governance & Sustainability Center, Turkey

Osman Mardin
Managing Director, Sardis Capital Limited, UK

Bojan Markovic
Former Vice Governor, National Bank of Serbia & Lead Regional Economist European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Turkey

Farid Masood
Head of Advisory Services and Asset Management, ICD, KSA

John McCarthy
Chairman, ING Bank, Turkey

Giorgio Medda
Country Manager, Azimut Holding Group, Turkey

Mohamed Hedi Mejai
Head of Investments, Islamic Development Bank, KSA

Hasan Murat Mercan, Assoc. Prof.
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, Turkey

Cornelia Meyer
CEO & Chairman, MRL Corporation Ltd, UK

İbrahim Mirmahmutoğulları
Chairman, Mir Holding-Ekin Fund Management, Turkey

Mark Moody Stuart
Former Chairman and Former CEO, Royal Dutch Shell, UK

Yunus Nacar
CEO, Türkiye Finans Katılım Bankası, Turkey

Gintare Narkevičiūtė
CEO, Nexus Operations, Lithuania

Robert Nijhout
Executive Director, ICISA, Netherlands

Mary O'Connor
Head of Global Financial Institutions, Willis Group Holdings, USA

Aileen O'Donoghue
Director of Policy and Communications, Irish Stock Exchange, Ireland

Joe Osnoss
Managing Director and Co-Head of Europe, Middle East and Africa for SilverLake Partners, USA

Mr. R.Süleyman Özdil
Chairman of Halkbank, Turkey

Murat Özgen
CEO, Is Private Equity, Turkey

Faik Öztrak
Former Member, Turkish Group of North Atlantic Assembly, Member of Parliament, Turkey

Hayati Öztürk
Principal Consultant, SOCAR Turkey Energy Co., Turkey

Dániel Palotai
Executive Director for Monetary Policy, Central Bank, Hungary

Gianni Franco Papa
Group Head of Central & Eastern Europe Division, UniCredit, Italy

Sanjay Patel
Head of International Private Equity, Apollo, UK

İbrahim Peker
Executive Vice Chairman, Capital Markets Board, Turkey

Luiz Awazu Pereira da Silva
Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Brazil, Brazil

Ulf Petterson
Director, Development & Construction, Amstar Global Partners, USA

Alain Pithon
Secretary General, Paris EUROPLACE, France

Gyula Pleschinger
Member of the Monetary Policy Committee, Central Bank of Hungary, Hungary

Stephan Pouyat
Director, Global Head of International Markets, Euroclear, France

John F. Powers
CEO, Stanford Management, USA

Kaiser Rafiq, PhD
Managing Director, Royal Emirates Group, UAE

Shahid Malik Rafique
Member of Parliament & Former Government Minister, UK

Antony Randazzo
Director of Economic Research, Reason Foundation, USA

Andreas Rinker, PhD
Managing Partner, Zeb GmbH, Germany

Brian Robertson
Global CEO, HSBC, UK

John Rosenberg
General Partner, Technology Crossover Ventures, UK

Salvatore Rossi
Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Italy

Mrs. Gökçen Karaca Şahin
Managing Director, Halic Financial Leasing Company, Turkey

Jochen Sanio
President, BaFin, Germany

Sinan Sar
Manager, United International Management S.A, Luxembourg

Zeliha Saraç
Head of Economics, 24 TV, Turkey

Harri Saukkomaa
Member of Advisory Board, Taaleritehdas, Finland

Philip Saunders
Head, Investec Global Asset Allocation, UK

Julien Sevaux
Managing Partner & Co-Founder, Stanhope Capital LLP, UK

Açıl Sezen
Editor in Chief, Bloomberg HT Radio, Turkey

Anne Sibert, PhD
External Member of Monetary Policy Committee, Central Bank of Iceland, UK

Roland Siller
First Vice President, KfW Development Bank, Germany

Graham Sinclair
Sustainable Investment Strategist, SINCO, South Africa

Ben Slay
Senior Advisor, UNDP Istanbul Regional Hub for Europe and the CIS, Turkey

Zafer Sönmez
Investment Director, Khazanah Turkey Regional Office, Turkey

Martin Spurling
General Manager, HSBC, Turkey

Sohail Sultan
Managing Partner, Cobussen & Partners, Bahrain

Hannes Swoboda, PhD
Chairman, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialist & Democrats in the European Parliament, Austria

Vasip Şahin
Governor of İstanbul, Turkey

Mehmet Şimşek
Minister of Finance, Turkey

Nesrin Şirvan
Director, Business Development, JCR Eurasia Ratings, Turkey

Ali Erhan Tamer
CEO, Sigortayeri.com, Turkey

Zehra Taşkesenlioğlu
EU Harmonization Process Spokeswoman, Member of Parliament, Turkey

Alain Terraillon
Representative, European Investment Bank, Turkey

Christoph Tiskens
Director for South East Europe and Turkey, KfW Development Bank, Germany

Mevlüde Aysun Tokbağ
Partner, Wildgen, Partners in Law, Luxembourg

Dimitris Tsitsiragos
Vice President, Global Client Services, USA

Halil Tunalı
Member of the Board, Borsa Istanbul, Turkey

M. İbrahim Turhan, PhD
Chairman & CEO, Borsa Istanbul, Turkey

Jim Turnbull
Senior Capital Markets Advisor, European Reconstruction and Development Bank, UK

Ahmet Türkoğlu
CEO, Öztürk Şirketler Grubu, Turkey

Thomas Uhlman
Member of the Board, AVANA Invest GmbH, Germany

Erhan Usta
Member of Parliament’s Planning and Budget Commission & Member of Parliament, Turkey

Cengiz Üçbaşaran
Adviser to the Board, Garanti Factoring, Turkey

Evren Üçok
Partner, Early Bird Venture Capital, Turkey

Hubertus Vath
Managing Director, Frankfurt Main Finance e. V., Germany

Leonid Simon Vindman
Managing Partner, Tungsten Capital, Germany

Constantin Von Moltke
Head, Project & Commodity Finance Loan Syndication, Financing & Advisory, UniCredit Bank AG, Italy

Esra Ada Vural
Head, Corporate Investors Department, Capital Markets Board of Turkey

Louise Westerlind
Co-Founder & CEO, Fongogo, Turkey

Fahrettin Yahşi
Member of Board , AlBaraka Türk Katılım Bankası A.Ş., Turkey

Murat Yalçıntaş, PhD
Chairman, Istanbul Chamber of Commerce, Turkey

Kenan Yavuz
CEO, SOCAR Turkey Energy Co., Turkey

Servet Yıldırım
Editor in Chief, CNBC-e, Turkey

Halit Yıldız
General Manager, Şekerbank, Turkey

Taner Yıldız
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Turkey

Yılmaz Yıldız
Editor, Finance News, Anadolu Agency, Turkey

Durmuş Yılmaz
Chief Advisor to the President, Turkey

Cevdet Yılmaz, PhD
Minister of Development, Turkey

Süleyman Yılmaz
General Manager, KOBI Venture Capital Investment Trust Inc. Co., Turkey

Mehmet Yörükoğlu, PhD
Deputy Governor, TCMB, Turkey

Katarzyna Zajdel Kurowska
Board Member, National Bank of Poland, Poland

Prof. Dr. Murat Yülek
Chairman, IFS Advisory Board, Turkey

Andreas Zanner, PhD
Partner, CMS Hasche Sigle, Germany

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