Invest in Turkey Forum 2023 | EEL Events | 18 September 2023 | St. Ermin's Hotel, Autograph Collection, 2 Caxton St, London SW1H 0QW, UK

This forum is a part of EEL Events’ Turkish investment event series, focusing on opportunities in Turkey and presenting to international companies, what the country can offer for their business growth.

Organised for the last nine years, this one-day conference has been successfully gathering renowned investors and potential business partners offering an unparalleled opportunity to hear from the source about the investment environment in Turkey, strategic sectors, concrete projects for investments and prospects for the medium-long term business perspectives. Through case studies, interactive panel discussions and keynotes, top industry stakeholders will gather to learn about significant opportunities drawn from the energy and infrastructure sectors, explore sustainable finance trends and drivers, discover mergers and acquisitions sentiment for the rest of 2023 and identify next potential investments opportunities, joint-ventures or other partnerships.

2023 Speakers

Osman Koray Ertaş
Türkiye Ambassador to the United Kingdom

Itir Ciftci
Office Managing Partner, Istanbul, CIFTCI Attorney Partnership

Sait Eryılmaz
Partner, CIFTCI Attorney Partnership

Başar Kırka
Senior Associate, CIFTCI Attorney Partnership

David Grylls
Partner, Actis

Cristina Bergomi
Senior Vice President, GE Verona – Financial Services

Simge Ündüz
Managing Director Corporate Finance, ÜNLÜ Yatırım Holding A.Ş

Hande Yayla Oğuzülgen
Partner, YAK Law

Özge Konukçu
Partner, YAK Law

Murat Sarıkaya
CFO, 1915Çanakkale Köprüsü

Yunus Emre Özben
Deputy Director General, Akbank

Emre Hatem
Vice Chairman of the Board, Rönesans Enerji, Board Member, Rönesans Holding

Volkan Z. Hidayetoglu
Managing Partner, Hidayetoglu Partners

James Ingham
Partner, Dentons

Naci Özgür Özel
Commercial General Manager, Siro Energy

Nihal Yuksel
Project Finance & Business Development Director, Kalyon Holding

Dr. Abdullah Çerekçi
Strategy & M&A Director, Zorlu Holding

Simten Öztürk
Managing Director, Dome Group

Axel Kalinowski
Head of Central & Southern Europe, London Stock Exchange

Sergei Strigo
Co-Head of Emerging, Markets Fixed Income, Amundi

Lokesh Arora
Vice President, Sustainable Bonds, HSBC

Chris Gaunt OBE
Chairman, BCCT

Bulent Tekmen
Cultivating Partner & Cultivating CEO, Colendi

Ersida Docaj
Senior Banker, Banking – TMT, EBRD

Selin Barlin Aral
Chief Legal & People Officer, Getir

Asli Erden Ozturk
Associate Director, Senior Banker, EBRD

Issam Badri
Asset Financing & Private Credit Structuring, Bank of America

Kayahan Karadaş
CEO, İş Enerji

Ahmet Can Yakar
Project Finance Managing Director, ICBC Yatırım

Ahmet Cüneyt Selçuk
Financial Investments Unit Manager, Invest in Türkiye

2023 Sponsors

CO-HOSTS:
• Clifford Chance
• CIFTCI
• Invest in Turkiye

GOLD SPONSOR:
• YAK

COFFEE BREAK SPONSOR:
• Dentons

BRONZE SPONSOR:
• Hidayetoglu Partners

PARTNERS:
• BCCT
• Guyad

MEDIA PARTNERS:
• TEBA
• BYTV
• Turkish British
• BBBA