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Istanbul, Türkiye

Managing own Family Office including an extensive portfolio of retail and residential real estate properties in the United States, Canada, UK and Turkey. Portfolio includes over 100 retail rental units; 160 developed and sold townhomes and 3 single-family residential development properties. Additionally, we invest in private equity, venture capital and public markets, either as a fund LP or direct investor.

South Africa

Appointed to the Board of Directors of Primedia Group, a leading South African media and advertising company operating broadcasting, digital, outdoor, and news operations targeting premium consumers. Primedia’s shareholders include private equity investors from the Mineworkers Investment Company, Ethos, RMB and Old Mutual Group. Overseeing the company's OTT product development and implementation of ad tech across broadcast and OOH divisions.

Toronto, Canada

www.aryacorp.ca Founded in 1986, Arya Corporation has focused on the acquisition, development and management of retail, commercial and residential properties throughout Toronto and Southern Ontario. By combining strategic deployment of capital with marketing, design and property management services, Arya aims to build lasting communities for shopping, work and living.We actively manage a portfolio of retail shopping centers located in Hamilton, Oshawa and Markham -- some of GTA's most attractive catchment areas. Our tenants include leading blue chip names such as Bank of Montreal and Tim Horton's.We also co-invest or lead-invest in development projects, where we bring to bear our 30-year expertise in site identification, municipal planning, architectural design, construction and sales / marketing.

Muscat, Oman

SABCO Media is the leading broadcast, outdoor and digital media company in the Sultanate of Oman, owned by members of the Omani Royal Family. Engineered a successful post pandemic turnaround, expansion of their revenues by 40% and reduction in Opex of 25%. Institutionalized key processes in reporting, audience ratings measurement and digitalization of their assets.

Istanbul, Turkey

Istanbul, Turkey

Istanbul

Actera Group Private Equity with its $1.5B portfolio recruited me to transform an outdated Turkish broadcast media property into an industry-leading consumer internet business. By year 2, we’d achieved #1 market position with a strong presence in over 40 major metropolitan areas, garnering attention across Europe from Wired and Webrazzi, a leading tech blog.My turnaround strategy consisted of restructuring headcount across the enterprise, expanding and refocusing our sales force, implementing robust recruiting/training/onboarding programs, and driving massive technology consolidations to unify business operations and capture insightful analytics.In addition, I orchestrated the design and agile development of a leading-edge OTT radio platform with a back-end ad server, taking a hands-on role in constructing the UI alongside my engineers.With a product in place and our team position to scale, I implemented numerous business development initiatives to gain international recognition while broadening revenue streams. For example, I introduced a geo-targeted ad sales strategy with performance-based pricing, negotiating licensing deals and joint ventures with multinational media companies, secured partnerships with ad agencies, and drove thought-leadership campaigns across US, UK, Italy, Spain, France, and all of Eastern Europe. Consequently, we won industry awards, greatly enlarged our consumer base, and gained lucrative business relationships with Fortune 100 firms as well as local commerce in selected target areas.

Istanbul, Turkey

Founded, scaled growth and successfully exited from investment in Turkey's largest frozen yogurt dessert chain. Developed proprietary recipe, store concept and business processes. Sold 100% of the business to CGV Cinemas (Korea) / Cinemaximum.

Istanbul, London, Dubai

Upon its acquisition of Biletix, Ticketmaster appointed me Managing Director to drive post-M&A integration and expand its presence in the EMEA region.I joined the Europe Executive Committee to assimilate Biletix into the Ticketmaster brand and co-develop a multinational business development strategy, involving the launch of M&A campaigns targeting strategic assets in Greece and UAE. During this expansion, Ticketmaster was acquired by Live Nation, for whom I acted as a key leader in the development of its Middle Eastern operations.

Istanbul

Following my tenure with Monitor, I relocated to Eastern Europe to capitalize on the bustling economic climate. There, I created Turkey’s first e-ticketing solution, which changed the entertainment industry permanently. Biletix grew into a market-leading consumer technology company with 170 staff driving business through a robust web platform, plus 46 retail shops and several thousand self-serve kiosks / ATMs.By the time Ticketmaster acquired us, we owned virtually all of the market share in our emerging market, won 9 awards for our e-commerce technology, and sustained explosive year-over-year growth to set the foundation for a nine-figure revenue stream.Biletix’ success started with a powerful investment strategy coupled with strong government alliances and a joint-venture deal with one of Turkey’s largest holding companies. From there, I drove all aspects of building, launching, and leveraging our ecommerce platform, sourced our leadership team, set budgets and performance metrics, produced integrated marketing campaigns, and led the company through its well-covered launch.Biletix ascended quickly. I negotiated contracts with top entertainment brands, developed PR programs and press events with major media, landed influential joint ventures, and secured exclusive sponsorships for international conferences, events, and tours across Europe. Following years of success, I orchestrated one of the most successful exits in the nation at the time, with a buyout from Ticketmaster/IAC which generated 8x MoIC / 44% IRR for the shareholders.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Based out of Boston as a management consultant, I worked on corporate strategy and business development projects on behalf of large companies such as AT&T, Knight Ridder, John Hancock Insurance, and Hardee’s restaurant franchise. I enjoyed teaming up with C-level Fortune 500 leaders to conduct market research, analyze existing business practices and revenue streams, and develop growth plans including repositioning products and services, designing GTM strategies, and building out distribution networks and partnerships.Two years into my tenure, I took the opportunity (at management’s request) to open up EMEA operations in Turkey, immediately pulling on strategic accounts with Yapi Kredi Bank and Raks Media – a fortuitous relocation indeed.